| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 269 pages) : illustrations |
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1. The Law Is the Law: ADAM'S RIB and THE VERDICT -- CHAPTER 2. Father Knows Best: Female Lawyers as Daughters in MUSIC BOX and CLASS ACTION -- CHAPTER 3. Female Lawyers and the Maternal: THE CLIENT and DEFENSELESS -- CHAPTER 4. A Question of Genre: JAGGED EDGE and GUILTY AS SIN -- CHAPTER 5. Female Power and Masculine Crisis: Investigation, Action, and Romance -- CHAPTER 6. Genre, Gender, and Law: The Female Lawyer Narrative and Its Influence |
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CHAPTER 7. Feminist Address and Spectatorship in THE ACCUSED, LOVE CRIMES, and FEMALE PERVERSIONS -- CONCLUSION. Female Lawyers in the Twenty-First Century -- NOTES -- FILMOGRAPHY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
| Bibliography |
Filmography: pages 249-250 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-256) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Women lawyers in motion pictures.
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Justice, Administration of, in motion pictures.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism.
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Justice, Administration of, in motion pictures
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Women lawyers in motion pictures
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0292706499 |
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9780292706491 |
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0292706502 |
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9780292706507 |
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0292797036 |
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9780292797031 |
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