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The Desire to Desire: The Woman's Film of the 1940s (Theories of Representation and Difference) (Paperback)

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Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Indiana University Press (1 Jun 1987)
Language English
ISBN-10: 025320433X
ISBN-13: 978-0253204332
Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.6 x 1.7 cm
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Analyzes the "women's pictures" of the forties, describes four subgroups, and discusses the role of women as film viewers.

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