>On 5/2/96, Kate Bowles wrote: > >>Putting together a first year subject component on the screen production of >>gender, I am looking for movies which deal with masculinity and >>consumerism, particularly images of men shopping. >> >>It strikes me that we most often see a man "shopping" for clothes when he >>is sponsoring a female shopper, e.g. _Pretty Woman_. It's his credit card, >>but she's doing the shopping. Is this because shopping for clothes, >>especially the trying-on of roles which it involves, creates the impression >>of both vanity and anxiety, and this sits uneasily with the masculine >>screen image? Still? This seems like an unsatisfactory conclusion. >> In an interesting twist on this, in Paul Mazursky's DOWN AND OUT IN BEVERLY HILLS, Richard Dreyfuss takes Nick Nolte shopping (on his credit card) on Rodeo Drive. Ann Shepphird [log in to unmask] ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]