Women Do Genre in Film and Television

• Other Authors: Harrod, Mary (Editor), Paszkiewicz, Katarzyna (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2018
• Subjects: Women in the motion picture industry; Women in television broadcasting; Film genres
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• Physical Description: xiv, 266 pages : illustrations 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-253) and index.
• ISBN: 9781138695801

This volume examines how different generations of women work within the genericity of audio-visual storytelling not only to "undo" or "subvert" popular formats, but also to draw creatively on their generative force. Recent examples of filmmakers within and outside Hollywood as well as women working in non-directing authorial roles remind us that women are in various ways authoring commercially and culturally impactful audio-visual texts across a range of genres. Put simply, this volume asks: what do women who are creatively engaged with audio-visual industries do with genre and what does genre do with them? The writers in this collection respond to its invitation from diverse perspectives and with different answers, notably spanning issues of directing, screenwriting, performance and audience address/reception