In this Book
- Issues in Feminist Film Criticism
- 1990
- Book
- Published by: Indiana University Press
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Issues in Feminist Film Criticism brings together a wide variety of writings and methodologies by U.S. and British feminist film scholars. The twenty-seven essays represent some of the most influential work on Hollywood film, women's cinema, and documentary filmmaking to appear during the past decade and beyond.
Among the subjects treated are images of women on the screen; questions of film realism; the notion of counter-cinema; the concept of "reading against the grain," the use of psychoanalytic theories; concerns over female spectatorship; women's place in specific genres, especially film melodrama; and issues related to the representation of lesbians and women of color.
Authors represented are Lucie Arbuthnot, Linda Artel, Pam Cook, Teresa de Lauretis, Mary Ann Doane, Elizabeth Ellsworth, Lucy Fischer, Jane Gaines, Mary C. Gentile, Bette Gordon, Florence Jacobowitz, Claire Johnston, E. Ann Kaplan, Annette Kuhn, Julia Lesage, Judith Mayne, Sonya Michel, Tania Modleski, Laura Mulvey, B. Ruby Rich, Gail Seneca, Kaja Silverman, Lori Spring, Jackie Stacey, Maureen Turim, Diane Waldman, Susan Wengraf, Linda Williams, and Robin Wood.
Table of Contents
- Half-Title Page
- pp. i-ii
- Title Page
- p. iii
- Dedication
- pp. v-vi
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xiv
- Introduction
- pp. xv-xxvi
- Introduction
- pp. 2-8
- Positive Images
- pp. 9-12
- Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema
- pp. 28-40
- Theorizing the Female Spectator
- pp. 41-57
- Introduction
- pp. 94-100
- Gentlemen Consume Blondes
- pp. 101-111
- Pre-text and Text in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
- pp. 112-125
- Introduction
- pp. 216-221
- Feminism, Film, and Public History
- pp. 238-249
- Textual Politics
- pp. 250-267
- In the Name of Feminist Film Criticism
- pp. 268-287
- Dis-Embodying the Female Voice
- pp. 309-328
- Introduction
- pp. 330-336
- Images and Women
- pp. 337-352
- Unspoken and Unsolved: Tell Me a Riddle
- pp. 353-364
- Desperately Seeking Difference
- pp. 365-379
- Feminist or Tendentious?
- pp. 395-404
- Anti-Porn: Soft Issue, Hard World
- pp. 405-417
- Variety: The Pleasure in Looking
- pp. 418-422
- Selected Bibliography
- pp. 425-438
- About the Author
- p. 451
Additional Information
ISBN
9780253055781
MARC Record
OCLC
1259584360
Launched on MUSE
2021-07-11
Language
English
Open Access
Yes