[{"key":"dc.contributor.author","value":"Weekley, Katie Louise","language":null},{"key":"dc.date.accessioned","value":"2009-02-17T19:42:21Z","language":null},{"key":"dc.date.available","value":"2009-02-17T19:42:21Z","language":null},{"key":"dc.date.issued","value":"1996","language":null},{"key":"dc.identifier.uri","value":"http:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/2429\/4684","language":null},{"key":"dc.description.abstract","value":"Appearing periodically since the Second World War years right up to the present, the\r\noutlaw couple film (a relative of two more potentially liberal genres, the buddy and the road\r\nmovie) has remained a deeply conservative genre, despite a glimpse of its possible energy in the\r\n1960s. Unlike the male buddy film, which tends to invest both protagonists with equal\r\ncapabilities and independence, the outlaw couple film almost always focalizes its narrative\r\nthrough the male character, and positions his female partner in a secondary role, where she can\r\nonly act in relation to his goals. While the outlaw aspect of these films offers the potential to\r\nescape the more conventional requirements of patriarchy (as happens in the male buddy films),\r\nthis escape is usually only reserved for the male characters, and the women of these films rarely\r\nmove beyond stereotypical representations.\r\nAfter a general introduction to the outlaw couple in chapter one, I look at the idea of\r\ngendered \"outlawism\" in chapter two, where I discuss film noir, the Western and the male\r\nbuddy movie (as it relates to Robin Wood's theories of \"Home\") for their precursory connections\r\nto the outlaw couple movie. In chapters three to five, I look at different examples of the outlaw\r\ncouple, from the forties with their portrayals in film noirs, through to the sixties with Bonnie and\r\nClyde (1967), to recent times with films made within the first half of this decade. These films\r\ndemonstrate that the outlaw couple film usually remains part of a deeply conservative genre.","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.format.extent","value":"4613000 bytes","language":null},{"key":"dc.format.mimetype","value":"application\/pdf","language":null},{"key":"dc.language.iso","value":"eng","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.publisher","value":"University of British Columbia","language":null},{"key":"dc.rights","value":"For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https:\/\/open.library.ubc.ca\/terms_of_use.","language":null},{"key":"dc.title","value":"The outlaw couple film: from World War Two to the present","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.type","value":"Text","language":null},{"key":"dc.degree.name","value":"Master of Arts - MA","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.degree.discipline","value":"Theatre","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.degree.grantor","value":"University of British Columbia","language":null},{"key":"dc.date.graduation","value":"1996-11","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.type.text","value":"Thesis\/Dissertation","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.description.affiliation","value":"Arts, Faculty of","language":null},{"key":"dc.description.affiliation","value":"Theatre and Film, Department of","language":null},{"key":"dc.degree.campus","value":"UBCV","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.description.scholarlevel","value":"Graduate","language":"en"}]