What If I Had Been the Hero?: Investigating Women's Cinema
Autor Sue Thornhamen Limba Engleză Hardback – 4 iul 2012
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781844573646
ISBN-10: 1844573648
Pagini: 236
Ilustrații: 43 b/w photos
Dimensiuni: 153 x 234 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.49 kg
Ediția:2012
Editura: British Film Institute
Colecția British Film Institute
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1844573648
Pagini: 236
Ilustrații: 43 b/w photos
Dimensiuni: 153 x 234 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.49 kg
Ediția:2012
Editura: British Film Institute
Colecția British Film Institute
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Cuprins
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I: QUESTIONS
What if I'd Been the Hero?
Women's Liberation Cinema?
Unexplored Territories
PART II: EXPLORATIONS
Heroes and Writers
Landscapes and Stories
Bodies and Passions
Conclusion: Unfinished Business
Postscript
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
PART I: QUESTIONS
What if I'd Been the Hero?
Women's Liberation Cinema?
Unexplored Territories
PART II: EXPLORATIONS
Heroes and Writers
Landscapes and Stories
Bodies and Passions
Conclusion: Unfinished Business
Postscript
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Notă biografică
SUE THORNHAM is Professor of Media and Film and Head of School at the University of Sussex, UK. She is the author of Passionate Detachments: An Introduction to Feminist Film Theory (1996), Feminist Theory and Cultural Studies (2001) and Women, Feminism and Media (2007); the co-author, with Tony Purvis, of Television Drama: Theories and Identities (2005); the editor of Feminist Film Theory: A Reader (1999), and the co-editor, with Caroline Bassett and Paul Marris, of Media Studies:
A Reader (3rd edition 2009).
A Reader (3rd edition 2009).
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What happens when women tell their own stories in film? In What If I Had Been the Hero?, Sue Thornham addresses this question through an exploration of a wide range of films, from experimental feminist film to mainstream Hollywood, and from the 1970s to the present day, by film-makers including Sally Potter, Jane Campion, Deepa Mehta, Patricia Rozema and Lynne Ramsay. Her discussion takes in films from India and Argentina as well as Europe, Canada, Australia and the US.
Not content to take the 'post feminist' makeover film or the figure of the 'action chick' as evidence of women's increased power and status, Sue Thornham raises key issues about women as authors, subjects and heroes of their narratives. She argues that simple reversals of gendered positions of hero/heroine, active/passive, and subject/object are not enough.
Drawing on a wide range of feminist theoretical sources, What If I Had Been the Hero? makes an important intervention into contemporary debates, situating film-making within a rich history of female creativity, and insisting on the continuing importance of feminist theory.
Not content to take the 'post feminist' makeover film or the figure of the 'action chick' as evidence of women's increased power and status, Sue Thornham raises key issues about women as authors, subjects and heroes of their narratives. She argues that simple reversals of gendered positions of hero/heroine, active/passive, and subject/object are not enough.
Drawing on a wide range of feminist theoretical sources, What If I Had Been the Hero? makes an important intervention into contemporary debates, situating film-making within a rich history of female creativity, and insisting on the continuing importance of feminist theory.
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Studentfriendly introduction to issues in women's filmmaking
Includes case studies of a wide range of films including Gold Diggers, Blue Steel and In the Cut
Author is an expert on feminist filmmaking and the author and editor of several books in this area
Includes case studies of a wide range of films including Gold Diggers, Blue Steel and In the Cut
Author is an expert on feminist filmmaking and the author and editor of several books in this area