Femininity in the Frame: Women and 1950s British Popular Cinema by Melanie Bell

Femininity in the Frame: Women and 1950s British Popular Cinema

Melanie Bell

240 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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It's widely assumed that Britain in the 1950s experienced a return to traditional gender roles. Popular cinema has typically been seen to represent this era through the dominant image of the 'happy housewife'. "Femininity in the Frame" is a sharpl...

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