Cinema and the second sex : women's filmmaking in France in the 1980s and 1990s
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Cinema and the second sex : women's filmmaking in France in the 1980s and 1990s
（Women make cinema / Pam Cook, Ginette Vincendeau）
Continuum, 2001
- : hbk
- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. 297-306
Filmography: p. 285-296
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
"Cinema and the Second Sex" provides a critical assessment of women's wide-ranging contributions to the contemporary French film industry, both behind and in front of the camera, from 1981 to the present. The introduction identifies issues in women's film-making and assesses the representation of women within an historical and theoretical framework. Each chapter in the book includes close analysis of 5 or 6 films, and a concluding chapter examines the value and place of women in the current French film industry.
Table of Contents
- Female subjectivity
- growing up female
- sexual and social issues
- representations of "otherness"
- French comedy
- French heritage film
- the thriller
- the road movie
- conclusion
- filmography.
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