Download or read book Popcorn and Sexual Politics written by Kathi Maio and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of movie reviews originally published in Sojourner, "to help (moviegoers) see through the powerful (often reprehensible) suggestions made by Hollywood about gender, race, and class in the country." Pointed but not preachy, Maio's critiques are thoughful, provoking, and entertaining. She clearly enjoys watching and discussing movies, and is generous in her appreciation of hard work, good ideas, and moving performances even in films she dislikes. Maio looks at each film both individually and in the contexts of history and society, covering more than 30 films in seven subject categories, such as romance, race, motherhood, and revenge. ISBN 0-89594-469-3: $21.95; ISBN 0-89594-468-5 (pbk.): $9.95.