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Echo and Narcissus

- Women's Voices in Classical Hollywood Cinema

About Echo and Narcissus

Do women in classical Hollywood cinema ever truly speak for themselves? This work examines 8 classic films to show how women's speech is repeatedly constructed as a 'problem', an affront to male authority. It shows how women's natural ability to speak is interrupted or conditioned to a suffocating degree by sound technology itself.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780520070820
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 218
  • Published:
  • August 4, 1991
  • Dimensions:
  • 152x229x15 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 272 g.
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Expected delivery: December 19, 2024

Description of Echo and Narcissus

Do women in classical Hollywood cinema ever truly speak for themselves? This work examines 8 classic films to show how women's speech is repeatedly constructed as a 'problem', an affront to male authority. It shows how women's natural ability to speak is interrupted or conditioned to a suffocating degree by sound technology itself.

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