Feminist Film Theory and Cléo from 5 to 7 Contributor(s): Neroni, Hilary (Author), McGowan, Todd (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1501313681 ISBN-13: 9781501313684 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $108.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory - Philosophy | Movements - Critical Theory |
Dewey: 791.436 |
LCCN: 2015024517 |
Series: Film Theory in Practice |
Physical Information: 0.44" H x 5" W x 8" (0.65 lbs) 168 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The Film Theory in Practice series fills a gaping hole in the world of film theory. By marrying the explanation of a film theory with the interpretation of a film, the volumes provide discrete examples of how film theory can serve as the basis for textual analysis. Feminist Film Theory and Cl o from 5 to 7 offers a concise introduction to feminist film theory in jargon-free language and shows how this theory can be deployed to interpret Agnes Varda's critically acclaimed 1962 film Cl o from 5 to 7. Hilary Neroni employs the methodology of looking for a feminist alternative among female-oriented films. Through three key concepts-identification, framing the woman's body, and the female auteur-Neroni lays bare the debates and approaches within the vibrant history of feminist film theory, providing a point of entry to feminist film theory from its inception to today. Picking up one of the currents in feminist film theory - that of looking for feminist alternatives among female-oriented films - Neroni traces feminist responses to the contradictions inherent in most representations of women in film, and she details how their responses have intervened in changing what we see on the screen. |
Contributor Bio(s): McGowan, Todd: - Todd McGowan is Associate Professor of Film at the University of Vermont, US. He is the author of The Fictional Christopher Nolan (2012), Out of Time: Desire in Atemporal Cinema (2011), The Impossible David Lynch (2007), The Real Gaze: Film Theory After Lacan (2007), and other books. |