Women's New Cinema in Contemporary Turkey : As If We Were Free, As If a Beautiful Life Were Possible / Pinar Fontini.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fontini, Pinar, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Turkey.

Motion pictures.

Women motion picture producers and directors--Turkey.

Women motion picture producers and directors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2025]

Summary:

Examines the work of women filmmakers in comtemporary Turkey.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction: S¸ ehnaz, Elmas, Mina, and the Others Who Kill the Angel in Their Houses

Chapter 1 Burning Down The House: The Snapping Female Figure and Her Haphazard Wanderings

Chapter 2 Companions of Nesibe: Female Representation in Women’s New Cinema

Chapter 3 Her Resistance is Many: The Accented Filmmaking Practice in Women’s New Cinema

Chapter 4 “The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House”: The Political Aesthetics of Women’s New Cinema

Chapter 5 “Because of Her, We Can”: Subjectivity and Collectivity in Women’s New Cinema

Chapter 6 Her Existence is Resistance: Being a Female Director in the Turkish Film Industry

Afterword: Filmmaking is Not a Luxury

Epilogue

Filmography

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781399538510

1399538519

9781399538527

1399538527

OCLC:

1503846340