From hairdressers and caregivers to reproductive workers and
power-suited executives, images of women's labor have powered a
fascinating new movement within twenty-first-century European
cinema. Social realist dramas capture precarious working
conditions. Comedies exaggerate the habits of the global managerial
class. Stories from countries battered by the global financial
crisis emphasize the patriarchal family, debt, and unemployment.
Barbara Mennel delves into the ways these films about female labor
capture the tension between feminist advances and their
appropriation by capitalism in a time of ongoing transformation.
Looking at independent and genre films from a cross-section of
European nations, Mennel sees a focus on economics and work adapted
to the continent's varied kinds of capitalism and influenced by
concepts in second-wave feminism. More than ever, narratives of
work put female characters front and center--and female directors
behind the camera. Yet her analysis shows that each film remains a
complex mix of progressive and retrogressive dynamics as it
addresses the changing nature of work in Europe.
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