Women Directors: The Emergence of a New Cinema

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This study examines major contemporary women directors of narrative feature films - their themes, art and circumstances under which they work. Quart contends that women are creating a film language and sensibility that are unique, strong and, until now, unexplored. Her discussion centres on the ties between women directors, rather than on a survey of women who direct films. Beginning with the antecedents to today's burgeoning number of women directors, the study progresses to American women directors. Subsequent chapters focus on women directors in Western Europe and Eastern Europe, with some attention as well to Asia and Latin America. Appealing to a wide audience, this work will be of value to scholars of women's studies, film studies and popular culture.

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. . .a straightforward, thorough and enteraining discussion of the major contemporary women film directors of narrative feature films in the U.S. and Europe.-Feminist Bookstore News
Her knowledgeable survey chronicles the emergence of a New Cinema, where women directors in a dozen countries bring fresh language and sensitivity to the conventional themes of commercial feature movies.-Back Stage
I'd like to see an American audience able to analyze both difficult films and commercial celluloid kitsch. . . . Viewers can teach themselves this skill with clear and readable books like Quart's.-Women's Review of Books
." . .a straightforward, thorough and enteraining discussion of the major contemporary women film directors of narrative feature films in the U.S. and Europe."-Feminist Bookstore News
"Her knowledgeable survey chronicles the emergence of a New Cinema, where women directors in a dozen countries bring fresh language and sensitivity to the conventional themes of commercial feature movies."-Back Stage
"I'd like to see an American audience able to analyze both difficult films and commercial celluloid kitsch. . . . Viewers can teach themselves this skill with clear and readable books like Quart's."-Women's Review of Books

Author Bio

BARBARA KOENIG QUART is Associate Professor of English at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York.