This study explores the depiction of female prostitutes and prostitution in cinema. Russell Campbell shows the diverse representations of prostitutes and explores the cinematic prostitute as a figure shaped by both reactionary thought and feminist challenges to the norm. “"Marked Women" offers a comprehensive comparative study of the image of the female prostitute across international film history.”—Maureen Turim, author of "Films of Oshima Nagisa" “Definitive. "Marked Women" will be the basic reference point for anyone doing any further work in the subject of representations of female prostitution in world cinema.”—Chuck Kleinhans, coeditor of "Jump Cut" ""Marked Women" offers a comprehensive comparative study of the image of the female prostitute across international film history."--Maureen Turim, author of "Films of Oshima Nagisa" "Definitive. "Marked Women" will be the basic reference point for anyone doing any further work in the subject of representations of female prostitution in world cinema."--Chuck Kleinhans, coeditor of "Jump Cut" " "Marked Women" offers a comprehensive comparative study of the image of the female prostitute across international film history." -- Maureen Turim, author of "Films of Oshima Nagisa" " Definitive. "Marked Women" will be the basic reference point for anyone doing any further work in the subject of representations of female prostitution in world cinema." -- Chuck Kleinhans, coeditor of "Jump Cut" "Definitive. "Marked Women will be the basic reference point for anyone doing any further work in the subject of representations of female prostitution in world cinema."--Chuck Kleinhans, coeditor of "Jump Cut Russell Campbell is senior lecturer in the Film Programme at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He is the author of numerous articles and several books, including Cinema Strikes Back: Radical Filmmaking in the United States, 1930–1942. Campbell was the founding editor of The Velvet Light Trap and is also a professional script consultant and documentary filmmaker.