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Postfeminist Cliques?: Class, Postfeminism, and the Molly Ringwald-John Hughes Films
- Cinema Journal
- University of Texas Press
- 49, Number 3, Spring 2010
- pp. 24-44
- 10.1353/cj.0.0209
- Article
- Additional Information
In order to reconsider the ways in which social class is articulated in 1980s postfeminist culture, this article investigates three iconic films starring Molly Ringwald: Sixteen Candles (John Hughes, 1984), The Breakfast Club (Hughes, 1985), and Pretty in Pink (Howard Deutch, 1986).