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Close encounters

Close encounters

by Constance Penley, Elisabeth Lyon, Lynn Spigel

Family in motion picturesWomen in motion picturesSex role in motion picturesScience fiction filmsHistory and criticism

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Family in motion picturesWomen in motion picturesSex role in motion picturesScience fiction filmsHistory and criticismFamilies in motion pictures

About the author

Constance Penley

1948

Authors

Constance Penley, Elisabeth Lyon, Lynn Spigel

Pages

298

Read time

≈ 7h

Editions

2

Language

English

Publisher

University of Minnesota Press

ISBN

9780816619122

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