Summary:

"Cinematic Howling presents a refreshingly unorthodox framework for
feminist film studies. Instead of criticizing mainstream movies from
feminist perspectives, Hoi Cheu focuses on women's filmmaking itself.
Integrating systems theory and feminist aesthetics in his close
readings of films and screenplays by women, he considers how women
engage the process of storytelling in cinema. The importance of these
films, he argues, is not merely that they reflect women's
perceptions, but that they have the power to reframe experiences and,
consequently, to transform life."--BOOK JACKET.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-202) and index.

1.Feminist film theory and the postfeminist era: Disney's Mulan
--2.Howling for multitudes: Angela Carter's The company of wolves
--3.The female authorial voice: Marguerite Duras' Hiroshima mon amour
--4.Beyond Freud and Lacan: Susan Streitfeld's Female perversions
--5.Cathartic meta-narrative: Lea Pool's Lost and delirious and
Barbara Sweete's Perfect pie (two scripts by Judith Thompson)
--6.Diasporic imagination and transcultural identity: Clara Law's The
goddess of 1967 --7.Representing representation: Agnes Varda's Sans
toit ni loi (Vagabond) --8.From text to context: metadocumentary and
skyworks --9.Filling the theory vacuum: Marleen Gorris' Antonia.

Classification:

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Dewey Class: 791.43082 -- Public performances
LCC Number: PN1995.9

Book Details:

Language: eng
Physical Description: viii, 206 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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