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Passionate Detachments: An Introduction to Feminist Film Theory

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Passionate Detachments: An Introduction to Feminist Film Theory

Contributors:

By (Author) Sue Thornham

ISBN:

9780340652251

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint:

Hodder Arnold

Publication Date:

1st April 2003

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

Tertiary Education

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

Feminism and feminist theory
Media studies

Dewey:

791.4301

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

224

Dimensions:

Width 156mm, Height 234mm, Spine 15mm

Description

Feminist film theory has a complex history of debate, both with external theoretical positions and among its own theorists. At the heart of the debate is the difficult relationship between "woman" as cinematic representation, real life women and the female theorist. Passionate detachment is the stance of the feminist engaged in a critical reading of the cinema, whether as film critic, as film-maker or as audience member. This text traces the key developments and debates in feminist film theory over the past 25 years. Beginning with work on stereotypes of women from the early 1970s and moving to the most recent debates withing cultural criticism, it charts the relationship of feminist film theory to the contexts from which it arises - and to which it offers a challenge. From arguments about the "male gaze" to work on fantasy, horror and the body, each chapter presents a detailed critical account of a key area of debate. Feminist film theory emerges as the central arena in which feminist theories of representation, identity and cultural politics have been fought out from the 1970s onwards.

Reviews

ambitious and incisive an exemplary effort in bringing together and scrutinising a diverse and fluctuating body of material. Sight and Sound

Author Bio

Sue Thornham is Professor of Media and Film Studies at the University of Sussex, UK.

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