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Popcorn Venus

by Marjorie Rosen

This is a comprehensive study of the role of women in Hollywood cinema. Set out chronologically, it describes the emergence of the vamp and the flapper in films of the 1920s and proceeds to describe the changing roles of women through to the seventies. A well-researched study that provides a stepping stone into the field of early feminist film theories. A deliciously descriptive and informative book that is completely accessible to both film students and cinephiles.

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?