Undressing Cinema: Clothing and identity in the movies Contributor(s): Bruzzi, Stella (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415139570 ISBN-13: 9780415139571 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1997 Annotation: From Audrey Hepburn in Givenchy, to sharp suited gangsters in Tarantino movies, clothing is a key element in the construction of cinematic identities. "Undressing Cinema," an innovative examination of the significance of clothes in film, proposes new and dynamic links between cinema, fashion and costume history, gender, queer theory and psychoanalysis. Exploring new film noir, the gangster movie and New Black Cinema, Stella Bruzzi analyzes assumptions about femininity and masculinity and examines the relationship between gender and dress in recent cinema, discussing such films as "Basic Instinct," "Disclosure," "The Last Seduction," "Goodfellas," "Reservoir Dogs," "La Femme Nikita," "Malcolm X," "Boyz 'N The Hood" and "New Jack City," Bruzzi also considers drag in films, and proposes a radical differentiation between the unerotic cross-dressing of "Mrs Doubtfire" and the eroticized ambiguity of the androgynous "Orlando," With nearly 50 film stills, this handsome volume is a must for all film and fashion aficionados. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism |
Dewey: 791.436 |
LCCN: 97-7260 |
Physical Information: 0.59" H x 6.1" W x 9.32" (0.87 lbs) 248 pages |
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Publisher Description: From Audrey Hepburn in Givenchy, to sharp-suited gangsters in Tarantino movies, clothing is central to film. In Undressing Cinema, Stella Bruzzi explores how far from being mere accessories, clothes are key elements in the construction of cinematic identities, and she proposes new and dynamic links between cinema, fashion and costume history, gender, queer theory and psychoanalysis. |