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Film and Female Consciousness: Irigaray, Cinema and Thinking Women

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Film and Female Consciousness looks at a group of films which offer new and original representations of women's interiority and individuality: In the Cut , Lost in Translation , and Morvern Callar . Lucy Bolton compares these films with those which offer more standard — albeit provocative and interesting — treatments of female subjectivity: Klute , The Seven Year Itch , and Marnie . Considering each of the older, well-known films alongside the recent, experimental films illustrates how contemporary filmmaking techniques and critical practices can work together to create complex and provocative depictions of on-screen female consciousness. Drawing on the philosophy of Luce Irigaray in relation to women's cultivation of self-knowledge, this book examines each female character as she goes through a process of transition or transformation. This approach demonstrates how participating in the encounter between Luce Irigaray and cinema can yield greater understanding of both fields.

Language: English

Pages: 248

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Release: September 15, 2011

ISBN: 0230275699

ISBN 13: 9780230275690

Film and Female Consciousness: Irigaray, Cinema and Thinking Women

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Film and Female Consciousness looks at a group of films which offer new and original representations of women's interiority and individuality: In the Cut , Lost in Translation , and Morvern Callar . Lucy Bolton compares these films with those which offer more standard — albeit provocative and interesting — treatments of female subjectivity: Klute , The Seven Year Itch , and Marnie . Considering each of the older, well-known films alongside the recent, experimental films illustrates how contemporary filmmaking techniques and critical practices can work together to create complex and provocative depictions of on-screen female consciousness. Drawing on the philosophy of Luce Irigaray in relation to women's cultivation of self-knowledge, this book examines each female character as she goes through a process of transition or transformation. This approach demonstrates how participating in the encounter between Luce Irigaray and cinema can yield greater understanding of both fields.

Language: English

Pages: 248

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Release: September 15, 2011

ISBN: 0230275699

ISBN 13: 9780230275690

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