Women on the edge : twelve political film practices / Sharon Lin Tay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tay, Sharon Lin, 1976-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism and motion pictures.

Women motion picture producers and directors.

Motion pictures--Production and direction.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

xi, 211 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

Summary:

"Women on the Edge re-envisions women's cinema as contemporary political practices by exploring the works of twelve filmmakers. Moving on from the 1970s feminist adage that the personal is political, Sharon Lin Tay argues that contemporary women's cinema must exceed the personal to be politically relevant and ethically cogent"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Introduction: A Revised Women's Cinema Through Lynn Hershmann-Leeson's Cyberfeminist Interventions

PART I On the Edges of the Authorial Voice: Liv Ullmann's Faithless, Gendered Authorship, and Ingmar Bergman

On the Edges of the Documentary: Jill Craigie's Political and Aesthetic Sensibilities

On the Edges of Ethnography: Kim Longinotto's Institution of Feminist Discourses

On the Edges of Art Cinema: Sally Potter and the Feminist Response

PART II On the Edges of Postcolonialism: Deepa Mehta and Transnational Cinema

On the Edges of National Cinema: Sofia Coppola and Female Authorship

On the Edges of Geopolitics: Sexual Difference in Ursula Biemann's Video Essays

Conclusion: Vignettes of A New Feminist Politique: Gisela Sanders Alcntara, Guo Xiaolu, Christina McPhee, Liz Miller.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230217768

0230217761

OCLC:

461324056