International Cinema and the Girl - Local Issues, Transnational Contexts (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)

From the precocious charms of Shirley Temple to the box-office behemoth Frozen and its two young female leads, Anna and Elsa, the girl has long been a figure of fascination for cinema. The symbol of (imagined) childhood innocence, the site of intrigue and nostalgia for adults, a metaphor for the precarious nature of subjectivity itself, the girl is caught between infancy and adulthood, between objectification and power. She speaks to many strands of interest for film studies: feminist questions of cinematic representation of female subjects; historical accounts of shifting images of girls and childhood in the cinema; and philosophical engagements with the possibilities for the subject in film. This collection considers the specificity of girls' experiences and their cinematic articulation through a multicultural feminist lens which cuts across the divides of popular/art-house, Western/non Western, and north/south. Drawing on examples from North and South America, Asia, Africa, and Europe, the contributors bring a new understanding of the global/local nature of girlhood and its relation to contemporary phenomena such as post-feminism, neoliberalism and queer subcultures. Containing work by established and emerging scholars, this volume explodes the narrow post-feminist canon and expands existing geographical, ethnic, and historical accounts of cinematic cultures and girlhood.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Global Cinema
Release date:	December 2015
First published:	2016
Authors:	Fiona Handyside
Editors:	Kate Taylor-Jones
Dimensions:	222 x 146 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	216
Edition:	1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-38891-9
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > Film theory & criticism Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
LSN:	1-137-38891-9
Barcode:	9781137388919

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