| Description |
xii, 259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [242]-252. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. The classical and contemporary Hollywood cinema: Is the gaze male? -- Patriarchy and the male gaze in Cukor's Camille (1936) -- Fetishism and the repression of motherhood in Von Sternberg's Blonde Venus (1932) -- The struggle for control over the female discourse and female sexuality in Welles's Lady from Shanghai (1946) -- Forms of phallic domination in the contemporary Hollywood film: Brooks's Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) -- pt. 2. The independent feminist film: The avant-gardes in Europe and the USA -- Silence as female resistance in Marguerite Duras's Nathalie Granger (1972) -- Female politics in the symbolic realm: Von Trotta's Marianne and Juliane (The German sisters) (1981) -- The American experimental woman's film: Yvonne Rainer's Lives of performers and Film about a woman who... (1972-4) -- The realist debate in the feminist film: a historical overview of theories and strategies in realism and the avant-garde theory film (1971-81) -- The avant-garde theory film: three case studies from Britain and the USA: Sigmund Freud's Dora (1979), Thriller (1979), Mulvey/Wollen's Amy! (1980) -- Mothers and daughters in two recent women's films: Mulvey/Wollen's Riddles of the Sphinx (1976) and Michelle Citron's Daughter-rite (1978) -- The woman director in the Third World: Sara Gomez's One way or another (1974) -- The future of the independent feminist film: strategies, production, exhibition, and distribution in the USA -- Conclusion: Motherhood and patriarchal discourse. |
| Subject |
Women in motion pictures.
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Women in the motion picture industry.
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Feminist films.
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| Indexed Term |
American cinema films, 1932-1977. Characters: Women - Feminist viewpoints |
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Cinema films Feminist directors, 1971-1981 - Critical studies |
| ISBN |
0416317502 paperback $12.95 (est.) |
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