The Nasty Woman and The Neo Femme Fatale in Contemporary Cinema / by Agnieszka Piotrowska.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Piotrowska, Agnieszka, author.

Series:

Routledge Focus on Feminism and Film.

Routledge Focus on Feminism and Film

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in motion pictures.

Feminism and motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (137 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, [2018].

Summary:

The Nasty Woman and the Neo Femme Fatale in Contemporary Cinema puts forward the theoretical notion of the ‘nasty woman’ as a means of examining female protagonists in contemporary culture and cinema, particularly films directed by women. The phrase is taken from an insult thrown at Hillary Clinton during the 2016 Presidential election debates and reclaimed by the feminists worldwide. The volume also draws from the figure of the femme fatale in film noir. Piotrowska presents ‘the nasty woman’ across cultural and mythical landscape as a figure fighting against the entitlement of the patriarchy. The writer argues that in films such as Zero Dark Thirty, Red Road, Stories We Tell, and even Gone Girl the ‘nastiness’ of female characters creates a new space for reflection on contemporary society and its struggles against patriarchal systems. The nasty woman or neo femme fatale is a figure who disrupts stable situations and norms; she is pro-active and self-determining, and at times unafraid to use dubious means to achieve her goals. She is often single, but when married she subverts and undermines the fundamental principles of this patriarchal institution. For students and researchers in Cultural Studies, Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Film Studies and Psychoanalysis in Film Studies, The Nasty Woman and the Neo Femme Fatale in Contemporary Cinema offers an original way of thinking about female creativity and subjectivity. It is also a proud celebration of feminist and female authorship in contemporary Hollywood.

Contents:

Zero dark thirty: war autism? or a lacanian ethical act?

The killjoy and the nasty woman in Gone girl and The girl on the train

A new documentary ethics: trauma and reparation in Sarah Polley's Stories we tell

The non-femme fatale in Red road

Conclusion: where else will the nasty woman go : final nomadic remarks.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-429-99734-5

0-429-99733-7

0-429-50458-6

9780429504587

OCLC:

1076270544