Essays about: "Sofia Coppola"

Found 1 essay containing the words Sofia Coppola.

  1. 1. Male nostalgia is a dead teenage girl : The romantic nostalgia of idealized traumatic female adolescence in Sofia Coppola’s The Virgin Suicides

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Filmvetenskap

    Author : Tova Hirsch; [2020]
    Keywords : Teenage girls; female adolescence; nostalgia; perfect femininity; Sofia Coppola; girlhood; female trauma;

    Abstract : The historic portrayal of the teenage girl in cinema as a mythical, sexual, hyper feminine and contemporary creature makes way for a specific but fairly common trope. Namely a trope where the teenage girl is used to elicit nostalgia and romance for the male protagonist, specifically because of her trauma and pain. READ MORE