| Description |
1 online resource (x, 260 pages) : illustrations |
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Theories of representation and difference |
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Theories of representation and difference.
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| Contents |
Spectacle and narrative -- Female authorship -- Early cinema and women's films |
| Summary |
The title of this book takes as its point of reference those early, primitive films in which mostly men, but occasionally women, peek through keyholes, offering bold demonstrations of the voyeuristic pleasure that has been central to virtually every contemporary theory of cinema. When we imagine a "woman" and a "keyhole," it is usually a woman on the other side of the keyhole, as the proverbial object of the look, that comes to mind. In this work the author is not necessarily reversing the conventional image, but rather asking what happens when women are situated on both sides of the keyhole. The question is not only who or what is on either side of the keyhole, but also what lies between them, what constitutes the threshold that makes representation possible. In all of the films discussed, the threshold between subject and object, between inside and outside, between virtually all opposing pairs, is a central figure for the reinvention of cinematic narrative. Films discussed include Helke Sander's Redupers, Julie Dash's Illusions, Patricia Rozema's I've Heard the Mermaids Singing, Yvonne Rainer's The Man Who Envied Women, Chantal Akerman's Je tu il elle, Ulrike Ottinger's Ticket of No Return, Anne Severson's Near the Big Chakra, Suzan Pitt's Asparagus, Germaine Dulac's The Smiling Madame Beudet, Agnes Varda's Cleo from 5 to 7, Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, Trin T. Minh-ha's Reassem-blage, Laleen Jayamanne's A Song of Ceylon, and the films of Dorothy Arzner |
| Analysis |
Theatre, Film and Television Studies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Feminism and motion pictures.
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Feminist films.
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Women in motion pictures.
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Motion pictures -- Philosophy
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
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Feminism and motion pictures
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Feminist films
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Motion pictures -- Philosophy
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Women in motion pictures
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Feminismus
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Film
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Frau
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Frauenfilm
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| Genre/Form |
Feminist films
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Feminist films.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780253055767 |
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0253055768 |
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058500059X |
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9780585000596 |
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