Analyses a wide range of film and still photographs to explore culturally dominant images and how they work. Extensively illustrated, this challenging collection of essays is essential reading for all students of media and women's studies.

Authored by Kuhn, Annette

Introduction; Chapter 1 Living dolls and 'real women', Frances Borzello, Annette Kuhn, Jill Pack, Cassandra Wedd; Chapter 2 Lawless seeing; Chapter 3 Sexual disguise and cinema; Chapter 4 The Big Sleep; Chapter 5 A moral subject;