Ambiguous Cinema - From Simone De Beauvoir to Feminist Film-Phenomenology (Hardcover)

Simone de Beauvoir's notion of ambiguity became a cornerstone of her philosophy and influenced a radical rethinking of freedom well into the twenty-first century. In Ambiguous Cinema, Fuery examines Beauvoir's notion of ambiguity in relation to film experience, exploring both the legacies and limits of her existentialist ethics through a range of films by independent women filmmakers, including Joanna Hogg, Liliana Cavani, Debra Granik, Cheryl Dunye, Claire Denis, Lucrecia Martel, Lynne Ramsay and Celine Sciamma. In doing so, Fuery deftly demonstrates the currency and relevancy of Beauvoir's ideas to contemporary debates in film-philosophy and feminist thought by examining how these women filmmakers navigate turbulent themes such as moral choice, power, adolescence, love, trauma and motherhood. Reimagining Beauvoir's idea of ambiguity within the context of film studies, Fuery asks that we confront and embrace difficult emotional situations so that we might realise an authentic, if indeterminate, freedom through our cinematic experiences.

General

Imprint:	Edinburgh University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2022
Authors:	Kelli Fuery
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Unsewn / adhesive bound
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-1-399-50423-2
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > General
LSN:	1-399-50423-1
Barcode:	9781399504232

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