Marjorie Rosen is an American author, journalist, screenwriter, and professor best known for her 1973 book '' Popcorn Venus: Women, Movies and the American Dream''. Rosen currently teaches Journalism at

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in New York .

Career

Holding both a Bachelor's and Master's degree from the

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and

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respectively, Rosen has worked for a multitude of companies as a journalist including

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, and

Film Comment ''Film Comment'' is the official publication of Film at Lincoln Center. It features reviews and analysis of mainstream, art-house, and avant-garde filmmaking from around the world. Founded in 1962 and originally released as a quarterly, ''Film Co ...

as well as many others. Rosen has written four books throughout her career, the first being her most well-known feminist film work ''

Popcorn Venus ''Popcorn Venus: Women, Movies & the American Dream (Popcorn Venus)'' is a book written by Marjorie Rosen, published in 1973. Considered one of the first books written by a woman exploring film from a feminist perspective, Rosen's study covers wo ...

(1971),'' followed by a mystery novel titled ''What Nigel Knew'' (1981) which was written under the alias Evan Field. Rosen's next book is ''Mia & Woody: Love and Betrayal (1994),'' which was written about

Mia Farrow Maria de Lourdes Villiers "Mia" Farrow ( ; born February 9, 1945) is an American actress. She first gained notice for her role as Allison MacKenzie in the television soap opera '' Peyton Place'' and gained further recognition for her subsequent ...

and

Woody Allen Heywood "Woody" Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American film director, writer, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades and multiple Academy Award-winning films. He began his career writing ...

's relationship, with the help of Mia Farrow's past nanny, Kristi Groteké. Marjorie Rosen's most recent book is ''Boom Town: How Wal-Mart Transformed an All-American Town into an International Community (2009),'' which examines Walmart's influence on a small town in Arkansas. Rosen has also worked as a screenwriter on projects such as ''The Alfred G. Graebner Handbook of Rules and Regulations'' with CBC, and ''First the Egg'' with

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. Additionally, she worked as a screenwriter on an Emmy award-winning special for ABC, ''Read Between the Lines: Starring the Harlem Globetrotters''''.'' For her screenwriting, Rosen has earned two fellowships throughout her career. Now, Rosen is a professor of Journalism at

Role in Feminist Film Theory

Marjorie Rosen's novel '' Popcorn Venus: Women, Movies & the American Dream'' is one of the first feminist film theory books. In Rosen's own words, ''

'' is the "first major retrospective on women in films". The book is comprehensive coverage of films from the early to later 20th century, focusing primarily on women's problematic characterization on-screen. Despite some criticism of Rosen's lack of emphasis on diverse women in film, Rosen laid much of the groundwork for feminist film analysis with her book.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rosen, Marjorie American feminist writers American journalists American screenwriters Feminist theorists University of Michigan alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Living people