From Reverence to Rape (Masterplots II: Women’s Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Molly Haskell
- First Published: 1974
- Type of Work: Social criticism
- Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction, Sociology
- Subjects: Acting or actors, Women’s issues, Films, movies, or motion pictures, Hollywood, Stereotypes, Filmmaking or filmmakers, Women’s movement
Form and Content
In From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies, feminist Molly Haskell, drawing on her experience as film critic for the Village Voice, traces the depiction of women in films from the 1920’s to the 1970’s. The first chapter, “The Big Lie,” provides an overview of the book and establishes Haskell’s recurring theme: Women are the pawns of a male-dominated motion-picture industry and are used in films to perpetuate images of female inferiority, serving as scapegoats for men’s problems and as vessels for the projection of...
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