Postmodern Chick Flicks

1. Introduction
Roberta Garrett

2. Postmodernism, New Hollywood and Women’s Films
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3. The Early 1990s ‘Postmodernist’ Melodrama: Female Virtue in the Consumer Age
Roberta Garrett

4. Romantic Comedy and Female Spectatorship
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5. Costume Drama, Historiography and Women’s History
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6. Neo-Noir and Noir-Lite: Masculinity and Postmodernist Aesthetics in New Retro-Noir
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7. Conclusion Fiftiesness Revisited: Desperate Housewives on the Big Screen
Roberta Garrett

Keywords: Cultural and Media Studies, American Cinema, Regional and Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, Film History, Film and Television Studies, Cultural Studies