How Long to Read Women, Method Acting, and the Hollywood Film

How Long Does it Take to Read Women, Method Acting, and the Hollywood Film?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 3 minutes to read Women, Method Acting, and the Hollywood Film by Keri Walsh

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Women, Method Acting, and the Hollywood Film is the first study dedicated to understanding the work of female Method actors on film. While Method acting on film has typically been associated with the explosive machismo of actors like Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro, this book explores an alternate tradition within the Method—the work that women from the Actors Studio did in Hollywood. Covering the period from the end of the Second World War until the 1970s, this study shows how the women associated with the Actors Studio increasingly used Method acting in ways that were compatible with their burgeoning feminist political commitments and developed a style of feminist Method acting. The book examines the complex intersection of Method acting, sexuality, and gender by analyzing performances such as Kim Hunter’s in A Streetcar Named Desire, Julie Harris’s in The Member of the Wedding, Shelley Winters’s in The Big Knife, Geraldine Page’s in Sweet Bird of Youth, and Jane Fonda’s in Coming Home. Challenging the longstanding assumption that Method acting’s approaches were harmful to women and incompatible with feminism, this book argues that some of Hollywood’s most interesting female actors, and leading feminists, emerged from the Actors Studio in the period between the 1950s and the 1970s. Written for students and scholars of Film Studies, Cultural Studies, Theatre and Performance Studies, and Gender Studies, Women, Method Acting, and the Hollywood Film reshapes the way we think of a central strain in American screen acting, and in doing so, allows women a new stake in that tradition.

How long is Women, Method Acting, and the Hollywood Film?

Women, Method Acting, and the Hollywood Film by Keri Walsh is 242 pages long, and a total of 60,984 words.

This makes it 82% the length of the average book. It also has 75% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Women, Method Acting, and the Hollywood Film Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 33 minutes to read Women, Method Acting, and the Hollywood Film aloud.

What Reading Level is Women, Method Acting, and the Hollywood Film?

Women, Method Acting, and the Hollywood Film is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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