EAN: 9783319650630

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN HOLLYWOOD FILM - DIANE L S...

This is the first book to critically examine Hollywood films that focus on male partner
violence against women. These films include Gaslight  Sleeping with the Enemy  What's Love Got
to Do with It  Dolores Claiborne  Enough  and Safe Haven. Shaped by the contexts of
postfeminism  domestic abuse post-awareness  and familiar genre conventions  these films engage
in ideological gaslighting that reaffirms our preconceived ideas about men as abusers  women as
victims  and the racial and class politics of domestic violence. While the films purport to
condemn abuse and empower abused women  this study proposes that they tacitly reinforce the
very attitudes that we believe we no longer tolerate. Shoos argues that films like these limit
not only popular understanding but also social and institutional interventions.

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