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Feminisms in the cinema
by Laura. Pietropaolo and Ada. Testaferri
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Book Presentation:
Papers presented at a conference held Nov. 1990 at York University and other papers. Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Feminisms in the Cinema provides a platform for both women filmmakers and the women who analyze their films." —Bloomsbury Review
" . . . invaluable . . . [demonstrates] how gender and genre intersect . . . how feminisms are flourishing, at home and abroad." —Women's Review of Books
Well-known feminist theorists juxtapose their work with that of women filmmakers. Each writer addresses some aspect of marginality, discussing it as a political strategy and as a challenge to power structures.
About the authors:
LAURA PIETROPAOLO, Associate Lecturer at York University, teaches Italian language and literature. She is the author of articles on the cinema of Liliana Cavani and Ettore Scola. ADA TESTAFERRI is Associate Professor at York University, where she teaches Italian language and literature. She is editor of Donna: Women in Italian Culture.
Contents:
Acknowledgments
Introduction / Ada Testaferri
1. Modes of Identification and Representation
Pandora: Topographies of the Mask and Curiosity / Laura Mulvey
Locating the Displaced View / Midi Onodera
Women in the Shadows: Reclaiming a Metis Heritage / Christine Welsh
"Who is Speaking/": Of Nation, Community and First Person Interviews / Trinh T. Minh-ha
2. The Role of Fantasy in Lesbian Representation and Spectatorship
On the Subject of Fantasy / Teresa de Lauretis
Governing Lesbian Desire: Nocturne's Oedipal Fantasy / Patricia White
Female Misbehavior: On the Structure of Paradoxical Obedience in the Sadomasochistic Mise-en-scene / Monika Treut
3. Inscribing Woman in Socio-Historical Contexts
Neil Shipman: A Case of Heroic Feminity / Kay Armatage
Streetwalking Around Plato's Cave / Giuliana Bruno
An/other View of New Latin American Cinema / B. Ruby Rich
4. Feminist Film Readings: Personal Politics/Social Politics
A Parallax View of Lesbian Authorship / Judith Mayne
Signifying the Holocaust: Liliana Cavani's Portiere di notte / Margueritte Waller
Contributors
Index
See the publisher website: Indiana University Press
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