{"product_id":"wages-of-sin-lea-jacobs-9780520207905","title":"Wages of Sin","description":"The story of the fallen woman was a staple of film melodrama in the late 1920s and 1930s. In traditional plots, a woman commits a sexual transgression, usually adultery. She becomes an outcast, often a prostitute, suffering humiliations that culminate in her death. In more modern variants, the heroine is a stereotypical \"kept woman,\" \"gold digger,\" or wisecracking shopgirl who uses men to become rich. In \u003ci\u003eThe Wages of Sin\u003c\/i\u003e, Lea Jacobs uses the fallen woman film, which served as a focal point for public criticism of the film industry, to explore Hollywood's system of self-censorship and the evolution of the rules governing representations of sexuality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on the extensive case files of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA), the industry trade association responsible for censorship, Jacobs focuses on six films. Her close analyses of \u003ci\u003eThe Easiest Way, Baby Face, Blonde Venus, Anna Karenina, Kitty Foyle\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eStella Dallas\u003c\/i\u003e reveal the ideology of self-regulation at work and the social constraints affecting the film industry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lea Jacobs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520207904\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520207905\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.97h x 6.03w x 0.65d","brand":"Lea Jacobs","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056205000959,"sku":"9780520207905","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_229a249c-8f16-49a3-9b41-49181e9de708.jpg?v=1685040075","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wages-of-sin-lea-jacobs-9780520207905","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}