Gendering history on screen : women filmmakers and historical films / Julia Erhart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Erhart, Julia, author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

Library of gender and popular culture ; 15.

Library of Gender and Popular Culture ; 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historical films--History and criticism.

Historical films.

Women in motion pictures.

Women in the motion picture industry.

Women motion picture producers and directors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.

Place of Publication:

London, England : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2018.

Summary:

"Movies about significant historical personalities or landmark events like war seem to be governed by a set of unspoken rules for the expression of gender. Films by female directors featuring female protagonists appear to receive particularly harsh treatment and are often criticised for being too 'emotional' and incapable of expressing 'real' history. Through her examination of films from the United States, Europe, Australia and elsewhere, Julia Erhart makes powerful connections between the representational strategies of women directors such as Kathryn Bigelow, Ruth Ozeki and Alexandra von Grote and their concerns with exploring the past through the prism of the present. She also compellingly explores how historiographical concepts like valour, memory, and resistance are uniquely re-envisioned within sub-genres including biopics, historical documentaries, Holocaust movies, and movies about the 'War on Terror'. Gendering History on Screen will make an invaluable contribution to scholarship on historical film and women's cinema."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Chapter One: Historical films: definitions, significance, and feminist interventions

Chapter Two: Serial Killers, hysterics, and other 'undeserving' subjects: Women in contemporary commercial biopics

Chapter Three : Migration, internment, diaspora, war: First-person feminist documentary

Chapter Four : Revisiting Resistance and Occupation in Holocaust Films

Chapter Five : Women and the 'War on Terror'

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-195), filmography (pages 197-200), and index.

ISBN:

9781350986572

1350986577

9781786724267

178672426X

9781786734266

1786734265

OCLC:

1139315170