Sex Had Nothing to Do with It”
Mae West as Mentoring Icon
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11353261 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leslie Kreiner Wilson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 13-23 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Popular Film and Television (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0195-6051 • E-ISSN: 1930-6458 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01956051.2021.1997891 |
| OpenAlex | W4280514450 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
While many celebrate Mae West as a sex symbol and feminist icon, she wrote herself into a mentoring role during the Great Depression as well. Few remember that West wrote or cowrote most of her own scripts, and in those parts—as well as in other nonfiction writing—she counseled women, young people, even a congregation. Among the messages in her themes, characterizations, plotlines, and dialogue emerged a pastoral one in which her character instructed others in a manner that might—in today’s parlance—be termed life coach
Art · Character (mathematics · Icon · Literature · Nothing · Scripting language · Sociology · Symbol (formal · Visual arts · Gender Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Mentoring and Academic Development · Philosophy · Theological Perspectives and Practices
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |