Sue Thornham

What If I Had Been the Hero?

Investigating Women's Cinema

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Produktbeschreibung

Sue Thornham's study explores issues in feminist filmmaking through an examination of a wide range of films by women filmmakers, ranging from the avant-garde to mainstream Hollywood, and from the 1970s to the present day, discussing directors including Sally Potter, Jane Campion, Julie Dash, Patricia Rozema and Lynne Ramsay.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan Education
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 417565
• 2012
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. August 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 542g
• ISBN-13: 9781844573639
• ISBN-10: 184457363X
• Artikelnr.: 35424892

Autorenporträt

SUE THORNHAM is Professor of Media and Film and Head of School at the University of Sussex, UK. She is the author of Passionate Detachments: An Introduction to Feminist Film Theory (1996), Feminist Theory and Cultural Studies (2001) and Women, Feminism and Media (2007); the co-author, with Tony Purvis, of Television Drama: Theories and Identities (2005); the editor of Feminist Film Theory: A Reader (1999), and the co-editor, with Caroline Bassett and Paul Marris, of Media Studies: A Reader (3rd edition 2009).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments.- Introduction.- PART I: QUESTIONS.- What if I'd Been the Hero?.- Women's Liberation Cinema?.- Unexplored Territories.- PART II: EXPLORATIONS.- Heroes and Writers.- Landscapes and Stories.- Bodies and Passions.- Conclusion: Unfinished Business.- Postscript.- Notes.- Bibliography.- Index.