Rape in art cinema / edited by Dominique Russell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Russell, Dominique, 1965- editor.

Series:

Continuum film studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Independent films--History and criticism.

Independent films.

Rape in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Continuum, 2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Art cinema has always had an aura of the erotic, with the term being at times a euphemism for European films that were more explicit than their American counterparts. This focus on sexuality, whether buried or explicit, has meant a recurrence of the theme of rape, nearly as ubiquitous as in mainstream film. This anthology explores the representation of rape in art cinema. Its aim is to highlight the prevalence and multiple functions of rape in this prestigious mode of filmmaking as well as to question the meaning of its ubiquity and versatility. Rape in Art Cinema takes an interdisciplinary approach, bringing together recognized figures such as historian Joanna Burke, philosopher Ann J. Cahill, and film scholars Martin Barker, Tanya Horeck and Scott Mackenzie alongside emerging voices. It is international in scope, with contributors from Canada, the U.S. and Britain coming together to investigate the representation of rape in some of cinema's most cherished films.

Contents:

Introduction: why rape?

Dominique Russell

Canonical works and auteurs. Screen

memory: rape and its alibis in Last year at Marienbad

Lynn A. Higgins

The fault lines of vision: Rashomon and The man left his will on film

Eugenie Brinkema

Buñuel: storytelling, desire and the question of rape

Materiality and metaphor: rape in Anne Claire Poirier's Mourir à tue-tête and Jean-Luc Godard's Weekend

Shana MacDonald

Sins of permission: the union of rape and marriage in Die Marquise von O and Breaking the waves

Victoria Anderson

Rough awakenings: unconscious women and rape in Kill Bill and Talk to her

Adriana Novoa

English-language independent cinemas. Jane Campion's women's films: art cinema and the postfeminist rape narrative

Shelley Cobb

Boys don't get raped

Ann J. Cahill

"If it was a rape, then why would she be a whore?" Rape in Todd Solondz' films

Michelle E. Moore

Cinéma brut and the new French extremists. "Typically French"? Mediating screened rape to British audiences

Martin Barker

On watching and turning away: Ono's Rape, cinéma direct aesthetics and the genealogy of cinéma brut

Scott MacKenzie

Uncanny horrors: male rape in Bruno Dumont's Twentynine palms

Lisa Coulthard

Sexual trauma and jouissance in Baise-moi

Joanna Bourke

Shame and the sisters: Catherine Breillat's À ma soeur! (Fat Girl)

Tanya Horeck.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613207081

9781441116147

1441116141

9781628928921

1628928921

9781283207089

1283207087

9781441173799

144117379X

OCLC:

741690176