Are you a bad girl?: The evolution of female sexuality in the post-war Hollywood cinema
by Pierce, Kimberly Christine, M.A., UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER, 2010, 114 pages; 1487903

Abstract:

In the decade separating Kinsey's report and Playboy Magazine from The Feminine Mystique, American society underwent substantial changes relating to female sexuality. An examination of films discussed in this thesis from Rebel Without a Cause (Nicholas Ray, 1955) to Love with the Proper Stranger (Robert Mulligan, 1963), reveals how the status of women in America evolved. The second wave of American feminism did not begin in full force until after 1963, but through these films female characters begin to emerge from the narrative periphery and by the time Where the Boys Are (Henry Levin) was released in 1960, a literal "female gaze" enters the narrative structure of Hollywood films, granting the female characters more agency, and the power of the gaze over their male counterparts.
 
AdviserMelinda Barlow
SchoolUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER
SourceMAI/ 49-03, p. , Feb 2011
Source TypeThesis
SubjectsAmerican history; Gender studies; Film studies
Publication Number1487903
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