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Author Cheu, Hoi F. (Hoi Fung), 1966-

Title Cinematic howling : women's films, women's film theories / Hoi F. Cheu
Published Vancouver, Toronto : UBC Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 206 pages) : illustrations
Contents Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Feminist Film Theory and the Postfeminist Era -- 2 Howling for Multitudes -- 3 The Female Authorial Voice -- 4 Beyond Freud and Lacan -- 5 Cathartic Meta-narrative -- 6 Diasporic Imagination and Transcultural Identity -- 7 Representing Representation -- 8 From Text to Context -- 9 Filling the Theory Vacuum -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z
Summary "Cinematic Howling presents a refreshingly unorthodox framework for feminist film studies. Instead of criticizing mainstream movies from feminist perspectives, Hoi Cheu focuses on women's filmmaking itself. Integrating systems theory and feminist aesthetics in his close readings of films and screenplays by women, he considers how women engage the process of storytelling in cinema. The importance of these films, he argues, is not merely that they reflect women's perceptions, but that they have the power to reframe experiences and, consequently, to transform life."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-202) and index
Notes Includes some text in Latin
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Subject Feminist films -- History and criticism
Feminism and motion pictures.
Feminist film criticism.
Women motion picture producers and directors.
Women screenwriters.
Feminist films.
Feminist theory.
filmmakers.
ART -- Film & Video.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
Feminist theory
Feminism and motion pictures
Feminist film criticism
Feminist films
Women motion picture producers and directors
Women screenwriters
Weibliche Filmschaffende
Feministischer Film
Filmtheorie
Frauenfilm
Frau.
Frauenfilm.
Feminismus.
Filmtheorie.
Filmschaffende.
Film -- feminism.
Filmvetenskap.
Kvinnor och film.
Feministisk filmteori.
Kvinnor och film.
Feministisk filmteori.
Genre/Form Feminist films
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Feminist films.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780774855501
0774855509
1282593285
9781282593282
9786612593284
6612593288