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Visions of Struggle in Women's Filmmaking in the Mediterranean / edited by F. Laviosa.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Comparative Feminist Studies, 2752-3217
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures.
- Television broadcasting.
- Sex.
- Motion pictures--History.
- Feminism.
- Feminist theory.
- Film and Television Studies.
- Gender Studies.
- Film and TV History.
- Feminism and Feminist Theory.
- Local Subjects:
- Film and Television Studies.
- Gender Studies.
- Film and TV History.
- Feminism and Feminist Theory.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2010.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This provocative collection elaborates a trans-cultural definition of being a woman in struggle. Looking at the films of women directors in countries in the Mediterranean rim, this book spurs a contemporary discussion of women s human, civil, and social rights while situating feminist arguments on women s identity, roles, psychology and sexuality. Although their methodologies are diverse, these artists are united in their use of cinema as a means of intervention, taking on the role as outspoken and leading advocates for women s problems. Contributors examine the ways in which cinematic art reproduces and structures the discourses of realism and represents Mediterranean women s collective experience of struggle.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Series Editor's Foreword; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Israel: Orientalism and Europeanness; Maghreb: Political and Transcultural Resistance; Spain: Domestic Violence; France: Body Mutilation; Italy: Women of the Mafia; The Balkans: Peacekeeping and Women's (In)security; Greece: Women's New Roles and Identities; Turkey: Harsh Living Conditions; Syria: Female Identities and Political Resistance; Turkey, Jordan, Palestine: Honor Killings; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612908736
- 9781282908734
- 1282908731
- 9780230105201
- 0230105203
- OCLC:
- 649386225
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