Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction. Feminism’s Indelible Mark 1
5. Part I. Influences and Interlocutors
6. 1. Lesbian Reverie 31
7. 2. Playing with Dolls 51
8. 3. Todd Haynes and Julianne Moore 72
9. 4. Oh, the Irony 91
10. 5. “The Hardest, the Most Difficult Film” 111
11. 6. “Toxins in the Atmosphere” 137
12. 7. “All the Cake in the World” Five Provocations on Mildred Pierce 158
13. 8. The Politics of Disappointment 173
14. 9. All That Whiteness Allows 200
15. Part III. Intermediality and Intertextuality
16. 10. Written on the Screen 221
17. 11. It’s Not TV, It’s Mildred Pierce 243
18. 12. The Incredible Shrinking Star 256
19. 13. Having a Ball with Dottie 281
20. 14. Bringing It All Back Home, or Feminist Suppositions on a Film concerning Dylan 299
21. Filmography 317
22. References 321
23. Contributors 341
24. Index 345