To Desire Differently: Feminism and the French Cinema / Edition 2

by Sandy Flitterman-Lewis

Overview

Using biographic, historical, and textual analyses to elaborate an alternative, feminist cinematic tradition, this groundbreaking study presents an exploration of the impact of three French women filmmakers: Germaine Dulac, Marie Epstein, and Agnes Varda.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780231104975
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Publication date:	07/25/1996
Series:	A Morningside Book
Edition description:	Expanded ed., Morningside ed., with a ne
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	5.93(w) x 8.87(h) x 0.99(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Editorial Reviews

In this essential study of film and feminism, Flitterman-Lewis uses three major filmmakers to survey ways in which directors have challenged the cinematic assumptions of the patriarchy. Germaine Dulac was concerned with woman's desire, Marie Epstein with defining a female gaze, and Agnes Varda with formulating a feminine discourse.... Excellent.

Choice

A most important work. Its sustained commitment to textual analysis—and the close readings here are superbly written—and to a historical (and national consideration of female authorship makes it a valuable contribution to feminist film scholarship.

Film Quarterly