| Description |
xxix, 287 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Culture and the moving image |
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Culture and the moving image.
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| Note |
Collection of essays previously published by Sight and sound. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-264) and index. |
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Filmography: pages 243-253. |
| Contents |
Border crossings : women and film in context / Linda Ruth Williams ; Everything in question : women and film in prospect / Pam Cook -- [Pt. 1]: Icons. The colour of virtue : Lillian Gish, whiteness and femininity / Richard Dyer ; Exorcised : Marlene Dietrich and German nationalism / Gertrud Koch ; From Dietrich to Madonna : cross-gender icons / Marjorie Garber ; Glamour and suffering : Gong Li and the history of Chinese stars / Berenice Reynaud ; Denying her place : Hattie McDaniel's surprising acts / Stephen Bourne ; Audrey Hepburn : fashion, film and the 50s / Elizabeth Wilson ; Catherine Deneuve and French womanhood / Ginette Vincendeau ; Never a victim : Jodie Foster, a new kind of female hero / B. Ruby Rich ; The outsider : Whoopi Goldberg and shopping mall America / Andrea Stuart ; A body of political work : Tilda Swinton in interview / Michael O'Pray -- [Pt. 2]: Women against the grain. High and low : the transformation of the rape-revenge movie / Carol J. Clover ; 'Thelma & Louise' and the tradition of the male road movie / Manohla Dargis ; The 'Alien' trilogy : from feminism to AIDS / Amy Taubin ; Working against the grain : women in animation / Irene Kotlarz ; Sisters under the skin : video and blockbuster erotic thrillers / Linda Ruth Williams -- [Pt. 3]: Deconstructing masculinity. The beast's beauty : Jean Gabin, masculinity, and the French hero / Ginette Vincendeau ; Grabbing the knife : 'The silence of the lambs' and the history of the serial killer movie / Amy Taubin ; 'Cape Fear' and femininity as destructive power / Pam Cook ; 'Falling down' and the rise of the Average White Male / Carol J.Clover ; Men, women, children and the baby boom movies / Lizzie Francke ; Fathers and daughters in French cinema : from the 20s to 'La belle noiseuse' / Ginette Vincendeau -- [Pt. 4]: Queer alternatives. Homo pomo : the new queer cinema / B. Ruby Rich ; Queer questions : a response to B. Ruby Rich / Pratibha Parmar ; Queer male cinema and feminism / Amy Taubin ; Female misbehaviour : the cinema of Monika Treut / Julia Knight -- [Pt. 5]: Women direct. Leni Riefenstahl : the body beautiful, art cinema and fascist aesthetics / Thomas Elsaesser ; Chantal Akerman and feminist film-making / Angela McRobbie ; Monitoring conformity : the career of Doris Dörrie / Carole Angier ; Mira Nair : a new hybrid cinema / Andrea Stuart ; Against crawling realism : Sally Potter on 'Orlando' / Walter Donohue ; Julie Dash : 'Daughters of the dust' and a black aesthetic / Karen Alexander ; Jane Campion : costume drama and reclaiming women's past / Stella Bruzzi. |
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Women in motion pictures.
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Sex role in motion pictures.
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Lesbianism in motion pictures.
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Feminism and motion pictures.
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Women motion picture producers and directors.
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| Added Author |
Cook, Pam, 1943-
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Dodd, Philip, 1949-
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| Added Title |
Sight and sound.
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| ISBN |
1566391423 cloth |
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9781566391429 cloth |
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1566391431 pb |
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9781566391436 pb |
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