Do films made by women comprise a "counter-cinema" radically
different from the dominant tradition? Feminist film critics
contend that women filmmakers do present from a distinctive vision,
or "countershot," and Lucy Fischer argues persuasively for this
view. In rich detail this book relates the idea of a counter-cinema
to theories of intertextuality and locates it in the broad context
of recent feminist film, literary, and art criticism. Fischer also
employs an original critical model of the dialogue between women's
cinema and film tradition in the very organization of the book.
Each chapter discusses a theme or genre (such as the musical, the
"double," the myth of womanhood, and the figure of the actress),
counterposing two or more works--from the feminist and from the
dominant cinema. What emerges is a fascinating picture of a women's
film tradition that not only addresses but reworks and remakes the
mainstream cinema.
Fischer successfully combines two main strains of feminist
criticism: the deconstructive critique of the dominant culture from
a feminist standpoint and the study of a feminist counterculture.
Examining films from Persona and The Lady from Shanghai to
Girlfriends and Sisters, or the Balance of Happiness, the book
offers fresh interpretations of individual works and can,
incidentally, serve as an introduction to the field of feminist
film criticism.
Originally published in 1989.
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General
Imprint: |
Princeton University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Princeton Legacy Library |
Release date: |
July 2014 |
First published: |
July 2014 |
Authors: |
Lucy Fischer
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Dimensions: |
254 x 178 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
362 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-691-60921-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Performing arts >
Films, cinema >
General
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LSN: |
0-691-60921-7 |
Barcode: |
9780691609218 |
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