Provocation in women's filmmaking : authorship and art cinema / Janice Loreck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Loreck, Janice, 1986- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism and motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh, Scotland : Edinburgh University Press, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Critics regularly use the term 'provocateur' to describe controversial film directors. Although most individuals who attract this term are men, there is a long and largely unexamined history of female auteurs who shock and unsettle their viewers. <i>Provocation in Women's Filmmaking: Authorship and Art Cinema</i> investigates how women directors participate in the tradition of provocative art cinema. Focusing on the post-millennium films of auteurs such as Lisa Aschan, Catherine Breillat, Jennifer Kent, Isabella Eklöf, Lucile Hadžihalilović, Claire Denis, Anna Biller and Athina Rachel Tsangari, this book considers the aesthetics and strategies of women's provocative filmmaking in contemporary cinema. Challenging the gendering of provocation as a hyper-masculine mode of authorship, the book uncovers an enticing and complex array of divisive works by women.

A new critical perspective on the female auteur that considers her place in the avant-garde tradition of provocationIncludes close critical analysis of eight contemporary women filmmakers and their provocative worksProvides an exploration and account of provocation as an artistic strategy in cinemaOffers a feminist interrogation of the gendering of provocation, and the provocateur, in the discourses of film criticism as a masculine modeCritics regularly use the term provocateur to describe controversial film directors. Although most individuals who attract this term are men, there is a long and largely unexamined history of female auteurs who shock and unsettle their viewers. Provocation in Women's Filmmaking: Authorship and Art Cinema investigates how women directors participate in the tradition of provocative art cinema. Focusing on the post-millennium films of auteurs such as Lisa Aschan, Catherine Breillat, Jennifer Kent, Isabella Eklöf, Lucile Hadžihalilović, Claire Denis, Anna Biller and Athina Rachel Tsangari, this book considers the aesthetics and strategies of women's provocative filmmaking in contemporary cinema. Challenging the gendering of provocation as a hyper-masculine mode of authorship, the book uncovers an enticing and complex array of divisive works by women.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures

Acknowledgements

Introduction

CHAPTER 1 Sexuality and Obscenity: From Catherine Breillat to Lisa Aschan

CHAPTER 2 On Not Looking Away: Rape in the Films of Jennifer Kent and Isabella Eklöf

CHAPTER 3 The Provocations of the Pretty: The Films of Lucile Hadžihalilović

CHAPTER 4 Pursuing Transgression: Claire Denis's Taboo Intimacies

CHAPTER 5 Posing as an Innocent: Irony, Sincerity and Anna Biller

CHAPTER 6 Vaguely Disturbing: Humour in the Films of Athina Rachel Tsangari

Conclusion

Filmography

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Nov 2023).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781474483520

1474483526

9781474483513

1474483518