{"product_id":"complicated-women-sex-and-power-in-pre-code-hollywood","title":"Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eComplicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMick Lasalle\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780312284312\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eSt. Martin's Griffin\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2001\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e304\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the pre-Code Hollywood era, between 1929 and 1934, women in American cinema took lovers, had babies out of wedlock, got rid of cheating husbands, enjoyed their sexuality, led unapologetic careers, and, in general, acted the way many think women only acted after 1968. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore then, women on screen had come in two varieties-sweet ingenue or vamp. Then two stars came along: Greta Garbo, who turned the femme fatale into a woman whose capacity for love and sacrifice made all other human emotions seem pale; and Norma Shearer, who succeeded in taking the ingenue to a place she'd never been: the bedroom. In their wake came a deluge of other complicated women-Marlene Dietrich, Jean Harlow, and Mae West, to name a few. Then, in July 1934, the draconian Production Code became the law in Hollywood and these modern women of the screen were banished, not to be seen again until the code was repealed three decades later. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA thorough survey and a tribute to these films, \u003ci\u003eComplicated Women\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how this was the true Golden Age of women's films.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood | Mick Lasalle | Paperback | 9780312284312 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks F 1743913","offer_id":48199427653784,"sku":"1743913","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71a7_dC8yqL.jpg?v=1772557523","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/complicated-women-sex-and-power-in-pre-code-hollywood","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}