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Jane Campion

Cinema, Nation, Identity

Edited by Alistair Fox, Hilary Radner and Irène Bessière

Type
Studies
Subject
DirectorJane Campion
Keywords
Jane Campion
Publishing date
2009
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Collection
Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media
Language
English
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Physical desc.
Paperback • 352 pages
6 x 9 inches (15.5 x 23 cm)
ISBN
978-0-8143-3432-4
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Book Presentation:
An innovative collection of original essays on Jane Campion, renowned female auteur filmmaker.

In Jane Campion: Cinema, Nation, Identity a diverse group of contributors challenge the view that Campion’s body of work lacks coherence or unity to instead examine the important characteristics and themes that underlie it. Editors Hilary Radner, Alistair Fox, and Irène Bessière have compiled rich, original scholarship on Campion’s oeuvre to probe issues previously neglected by scholars—like her debt to New Zealand sources and her personal views of family dynamics—and those that benefit from additional insight—such as her place in the feminist filmmaking tradition. This volume also investigates Campion’s distinct cinematic style in light of these issues to examine the source of her enduring cross-cultural and international appeal.

Contributors in the first section explore the creation of subjectivity and identity in Campion’s films, which include well-known works like The Piano and Holy Smoke, to trace the unique perspectives of Campion’s characters and Campion herself as director. In the second section, essays analyze Campion’s close relationship with literature and argue that the singular vision in her literary adaptations stems from her New Zealand background and her personal mythology. Contributors in the third section argue that while Campion devotes considerable attention to the evocation of feminine internal space, she also uses the symbolic potential of her external physical locations to register what is taking place in the inner life of her characters and reflect their search for personal fulfillment. A final group of essays presents a variety of responses to Campion’s films, demonstrating that Campion is a highly personal and idiosyncratic director who nonetheless manages to fascinate viewers across a broad cultural spectrum.

Taken together, contributors in Jane Campion: Cinema, Nation, Identity present a compelling analysis of Campion’s status as a leading female filmmaker with close attention to her distinctive cinematic style and particular mise-en-scène. The collective nature of this volume will appeal to students and teachers of film, literature, and gender studies, as well as fans of Campion’s work.

About the authors:
Hilary Radner is the foundation professor of film and media studies in the Department of Media, Film & Communication Studies at the University of Otago. Alistair Fox is professor of English and director of the Centre for Research on National Identity at the University of Otago. Irène Bessière is director of the program "Les Européens dans le cinéma américain: émigration et exil," Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, and co-director of the program "Histoire du cinéma et histoire de l’art" at the Institut national d’histoire de l’art.

Press Reviews:
The strength of this collection, its conceptual breadth, is tied to theoretical, historical, social, and aesthetic issues that are extremely timely in relation to contemporary cinema studies. It is one of the rare books to address the works of a woman filmmaker in terms of depth and scope."
-Marcia Landy, Distinguished Professor of English and Film Studies at the University of Pittsburgh and Author of Numerous Books, Including Monty Python&Rsquo;S Flying Circus (Wayne State University Press, 2005)

Arguably the preeminent female auteur currently active on the international film scene, Jane Campion continues to attract the interest of top scholars from around the world. This wide-ranging, well-conceived collection of new essays by some of Campion's most insightful critics makes a major contribution to our understanding of her achievement.
-Virginia Wright Wexman, Professor Emerita of English and Art History at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Editor of Jane Campion: Interviews

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