Undressing cinema : clothing and identity in the movies
Bruzzi shows how, far from being mere accessories, clothes are key elements in the construction of cinematic identities. She uses case studies to reassess established ideas about costume and fashion, and to challenge conventional interpretations
xxi, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780415139564, 9780415139571, 0415139562, 0415139570
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Cinema and haute couture: Sabrina to Pretty woman, Trop belle pour toi!, Pret-a-porter
Desire and the costume film: Picnic at Hanging Rock, The age of innocence, The piano
The instabilities of the Franco-American gangster: Scarface to Pulp fiction, Casino, Leon
The screen's fashioning of blackness: Shaft, New Jack City, Boyz N the Hood, Waiting to exhale
Clothes, power and the modern femme fatale: The last seduction, Disclosure, Single white female
The comedy of cross-dressing: Glen or Glenda, Mrs. Doubtfire, The adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the desert
The erotic strategies of androgyny: The ballad of Little Jo, The crying game, Orlando