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Complicated Women : Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood
Complicated Women Sex and Power in PreCode Hollywood
Author: Mick LaSalle
In the pre-Code Hollywood era, between 1929 and 1934, women in American cinema took lovers, had babies out of wedlock, got rid of cheating husbands, enjoyed their sexuality, led unapologetic careers, and, in general, acted the way many think women only acted after 1968. — Before then, women on screen had come in two varieties-sweet ingenue or vam...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312284312
ISBN-10: 0312284314
Publication Date: 12/19/2001
Pages: 304
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Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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