Title Bande de filles : girlhood identities in contemporary France / Frances Smith

Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020 ©2020

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 103 pages) : illustrations Series Cinema and youth studies Cinema and youth cultures. Contents Contextualising Bande de filles/Girlhood -- Céline Sciamma's coming-of-age texts -- Feminising the banlieue in Bande de filles/Girlhood -- Solidarity and violence in Bande de filles/Girlhood -- Music and the transnational in Bande de filles/Girlhood -- Gender fluidity and queer girlhood in Bande de filles/Girlhood Summary "Few films in the twenty-first century have represented coming-of-age with the beauty and brutality of Bande de Filles (or Girlhood). This book provides an in-depth examination of Céline Sciamma's film, focusing on its portrayal of female adolescence in contemporary Paris. Motivated by the absence of black female characters in French cinema, Sciamma represents the lives of figures that have passed largely unnoticed on the big screen. While observing the girls' tough circumstances, Sciamma's film emphasises the joy and camaraderie found in female friendships. This book places Girlhood in its cinematic, as well as its sociocultural context. Pop music, urban violence, and female friendships are all considered here in a book draws out the complexity of Sciamma's deceptively simple portrayal of coming-of-age. Thoughtful, concise, and deeply contemporary, this book is perfect for students, scholars, and general readers interested in youth cultures, European cinema, gender and sexuality"-- Provided by publisher Notes "Routledge Focus" -- taken from front cover Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Frances Smith is Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Sussex (UK). Her research concerns teen cinema, nostalgia, and female authorship. She is the author of Rethinking the Hollywood Teen Movie and series co-editor of Refocus: The American Directors Series Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 27, 2020) Subject Sciamma, Céline, 1980- -- Criticism and interpretation SUBJECT Bande de filles (Motion picture) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2016129145 Subject Coming-of-age films -- France -- History and criticism Teenage girls in motion pictures. Teenage girls, Black -- France -- Paris -- Social conditions -- 21st century Motion pictures -- France -- History -- 21st century SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies. Teenage girls, Black -- Social conditions Coming-of-age films Motion pictures Teenage girls in motion pictures France France -- Paris Genre/Form Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book LC no. 2019049479 ISBN 9781351031622 1351031627 1351031600 9781351031615 1351031619 9781351031592 1351031597 9781351031608

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