Bücher von E. Ann Kaplan

From 19th-century novels to films in the 1990s, American culture abounds with the images of white, middle-class mothers. Kaplan looks at how they appear in the psychoanalytic, historical and cultural spheres.

Analyzes the treatment of women in American movies and examines the themes of a variety of contemporary movies made by women.

An examination of a range of Hollywood films about colonial or exotic travel which shows that the 'male' and the 'imperial' gazes are intertwined in complex ways across cultures.