Chantal Akerman

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Edited by Diana Holmes, Marion Schmid and Robert Ingram

Type

Studies

Subject

Director > Chantal Akerman

Keywords

Chantal Akerman

Publishing date

2010

Publisher

Manchester University Press

Collection

French Film Directors

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Hardcover • 208 pages
5 ½ x 8 ¼ inches (14 x 21 cm)

ISBN

978-0-7190-7716-6

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Book Presentation:
Chantal Akerman is widely acclaimed as one of cinema's boldest visionaries.

A towering figure in women's and feminist film-making, she produced a diverse and intensely personal body of work ranging from minimalist portraits of the everyday to exuberant romantic comedies, and from documentaries and musicals to installation art. This book traces the director's career at the crossroads between experimental and mainstream cinema, contextualising her work within the American avant-garde of the 1970s, European anti-naturalism, feminism and the post-modern aesthetics.

While offering an in-depth analysis of her multi-faceted film style, it also stresses the social and ethical dimension of her work, especially as regards her representation of marginal groups and her exploration of exilic and diasporic identities. Particular attention is given to the inscription of the Holocaust and of Jewish memory in her films.

About the authors:
Marion Schmid is Reader in French at the University of Edinburgh

Press Reviews:
Well informed and engagingly written.

See the publisher website: Manchester University Press

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