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Women on the edge: twelve political film practices

Women on the Edge re-envisions women's cinema as contemporary political practices by exploring the works of twelve filmmakers. Moving on from the 1970s feminist adage that the personal is political, Sharon Lin Tay argues that contemporary women's cinema must exceed the personal to be polit...

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Main Authors: Tay, Sharon Lin
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Feminism and motion pictures
Women motion picture producers and directors
Motion pictures > Political aspects
Individual film directors, film-makers
History of ideas
Feminism & feminist theory
Film theory & criticism
Media Studies
Performing Arts
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230250543
Summary: Women on the Edge re-envisions women's cinema as contemporary political practices by exploring the works of twelve filmmakers. Moving on from the 1970s feminist adage that the personal is political, Sharon Lin Tay argues that contemporary women's cinema must exceed the personal to be politically relevant and ethically cogent.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Originally published in: 2009.
Carrier Form: 224 p. : 12 b&w, halftones.
ISBN: 9780230217768
9780230250543 :
0230250548 :
CLC: I712.45
Contents: List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: A Revised Women's Cinema Through Lynn Hershmann-Leeson's Cyberfeminist Interventions PART I On the Edges of the Authorial Voice: Liv Ullmann's Faithless, Gendered Authorship, and Ingmar Bergman On the Edges of the Documentary: Jill Craigie's Political and Aesthetic Sensibilities On the Edges of Ethnography: Kim Longinotto's Institution of Feminist Discourses On the Edges of Art Cinema: Sally Potter and the Feminist Response PART II On the Edges of Postcolonialism: Deepa Mehta and Transnational Cinema On the Edges of National Cinema: Sofia

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