Overview: First book on domestic violence in Hollywood film.Exposes the insufficiency of post-feminist and post-aware perspectives on domestic abuse.Engages productive ways of thinking about and responding to t. .This is the first book to critically examine Hollywood films that focus on male partner violence against women. These films include .Gaslight.,. Sleeping with the Enemy.,. What’s Love Got to Do with It.,. Dolores Claiborne.,. Enough., and .Safe Haven.. Shaped by the contexts of postfeminism, domestic abuse post-awareness, and familiar genre conventions, these films engage in ideologic
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