Feminist Film Studies

Feminist Film Studies is a readable, yet comprehensive textbook for introductory classes in feminist film theory and criticism.

Karen Hollinger provides an accessible overview of women’s representation and involvement in film, complemented by analyses of key texts that illustrate major topics in the field. Key areas include:

• a brief history of the development of feminist film theory
• the theorization of the male gaze and the female spectator
• women in genre films and literary a...