Catherine Breillat / Douglas Keesey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keesey, Douglas, author.

Series:

French film directors.

French film directors

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Breillat, Catherine--Criticism and interpretation.

Breillat, Catherine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 178 pages, 5 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This monograph looks at critically acclaimed and controversial film director, Catherine Breillat. It investigates the thorny differences between Breillat's films and patriarchal pornography. It covers all 11 of her feature films and reveals the ground between their inspirations and their critical reception.

Contents:

List of plates

Series editors' foreword

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Female virgins and the shaming gaze

2. Sisters as one soul in two bodies

3. Masculine tendencies and macho violence

4. Staging masochism, facing shame

Conclusion

Filmography

Select bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2009.

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 8, 2026).

ISBN:

9781526110664

1526110660

9781526110671

1526110679

OCLC:

962073555