Cinema and the Second Sex

Women's Filmmaking in France in the 1980s and 1990s

Carrie Tarr, Brigitte Rollet (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

336 Seiten

2016
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-4742-9077-7 (ISBN)

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Women's filmmaking in France has been a source of both delight and despair. On the one hand, the numbers are impressive – over 250 feature-length films were made by over 100 women directors in France in the 1980s and 1990s. On the other hand, despite the heritage of French feminism, French women directors characteristically disclaim their gender as a significant factor in their filmmaking. This incisive study provides an informative, critical guide to this major body of work, exploring the boundaries between personal films (intimate psychological dramas relating to key stages in life) and genre films (which demonstrate women's ability to appropriate and rework popular genres). It analyzes the effects of postfeminism, women's desire to enter the mainstream, and the impact of a new generation of filmmakers, enabling readers to take stock of the wealth and diversity of women's contribution to French cinema during the 1980s and 1990s.

Carrie Tarr is Emeritus Professor of Film at Kingston University, UK. Brigitte Rollet is Researcher in Film at the Université de Versailles St-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France.

Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I – Personal Films
1. Growing Up
2. The Age of Possibilities
3. Couples
4. Families
5. Work, Art and Citizenship
Part II – Genre Films
6. Comedies
7. Crime Dramas
8. Road Movies
9. Historical Films
Conclusion
Filmography: Films Directed by Women 1980-1999
Supplementary Filmography: Films Directed by Women 2000
Bibliography
Index of Film Titles and Selected Proper Names

Erscheinungsdatum	06.10.2016
Reihe/Serie	Film Studies: Bloomsbury Academic Collections
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	632 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-4742-9077-9 / 1474290779
ISBN-13	978-1-4742-9077-7 / 9781474290777
Zustand	Neuware