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The Body and the Screen

By Kate Ince

The Body and the Screen

By Kate Ince

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Since the 1980s the number of women regularly directing films has increased significantly in most Western countries; in France, Claire Denis and Catherine Breillat have joined Agnès Varda in gaining international renown, while British directors Lynne Ramsay and Andrea Arnold have forged award-winning careers in feature film. This new volume in the "Thinking Cinemä? series draws on feminist philosophers and theorists from Simone de Beauvoir on to offer readings of a range of the most important and memorable of these films from the 1990s and 2000s, focusing as it does so on how the films convey women's lives and identities. Mainstream entertainment cinema traditionally distorts the representation of women, objectifying their bodies, minimizing their agency, and avoiding the most important questions about how cinema can "do justice" to female subjectivity. Kate Ince suggests that the films of independent women directors are progressively redressing the balance, reinvigorating both the narratives and the formal ambitions of European cinema. Ince uses feminist philosophers to interpret such films as Sex Is Comedy, Morvern Callar, White Material, and Fish Tank anew, suggesting that a philosophical understanding of female subjectivity as embodied and ethical should underpin future feminist film study.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
208
Release Date:
2017-01-12
Publication Date:
2017-01-12
Publisher:
Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1623562929
ISBN13:
9781623562922
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
459 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
16 cm
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