Passionate Detachments

An Introduction to Feminist Film Theory

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Sue Thornham

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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.

Author Biography:

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

Release date NZ

June 25th, 1997

Author

Sue Thornham

Audience

Undergraduate

Pages

224

Dimensions

156x234x15

ISBN-13

9780340652251

Product ID

2367408

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