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Kathleen McHugh is a Professor in the Department of English at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Her academic interests center on contemporary critical feminist theory, film visual culture, industrial media feminism, and prose visual autobiography. She is the co-editor of influential works including 'American Domesticity: How-To Manual Hollywood Melodrama' and 'South Korean Golden Age Melodrama: Gender, Genre National Cinema'. McHugh has published extensively in academic journals such as Cultural Studies, Jump Cut, and Screen, focusing on issues of domesticity, feminism, and autobiography within cinematic contexts. Her forthcoming book examines the work of director Jane Campion and its contribution to the 'woman's film' genre, challenging traditional portrayals of femininity in the film industry. McHugh is currently involved in a new project titled 'Industrial Media Feminism', which explores the intersections of media, gender, and cultural narratives.
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