The Postfeminist Biopic: Narrating the Lives of Plath, Kahlo, Woolf and Austen

B. Polaschek

Nov 2013 · Springer

Ebook

191

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About this ebook

This book contributes to the growing literature on the biopic genre by outlining and exploring the conventions of the postfeminist biopic. It does so by analyzing recent films about the lives of famous women including Sylvia Plath, Frida Kahlo, Virginia Woolf and Jane Austen.

About the author

Bronwyn Polaschek completed her doctorate at Otago University, New Zealand. She is an independent scholar working in the fields of film, cultural theory, and gender.

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