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
(Bloomsbury academic collections, Film studies . European cinema)
Bloomsbury Academic, 2016
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  Iwate
  Miyagi
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  Yamagata
  Fukushima
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  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
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  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
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  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
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Note
First published in 2001 by Continuum
Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-306) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
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
by "Nielsen BookData"