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International Cinema and the Girl
Handyside, Fiona. Ed(S): Taylor-Jones, Kate E.
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Description for International Cinema and the Girl
Hardback. From Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz to Bella Swan in Twilight, the girl has been a subject of intense cinematic interest. This collection considers the specificity of girls' experiences and their cinematic articulation through a multicultural feminist lens which cuts across the divides of popular/art-house, Western/non Western, and north/south. Editor(s): Taylor-Jones, Kate E. Series: Global Cinema. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
From the precocious charms of Shirley Temple to the box-office behemoth Frozen and its two young female leads, Anna and Elsa, the girl has long been a figure of fascination for cinema. The symbol of (imagined) childhood innocence, the site of intrigue and nostalgia for adults, a metaphor for the precarious nature of subjectivity itself, the girl is caught between infancy and adulthood, between objectification and power. She speaks to many strands of interest for film studies: feminist questions of cinematic representation of female subjects; historical accounts of shifting images of girls and childhood in the cinema; and philosophical engagements with the ... Read more
From the precocious charms of Shirley Temple to the box-office behemoth Frozen and its two young female leads, Anna and Elsa, the girl has long been a figure of fascination for cinema. The symbol of (imagined) childhood innocence, the site of intrigue and nostalgia for adults, a metaphor for the precarious nature of subjectivity itself, the girl is caught between infancy and adulthood, between objectification and power. She speaks to many strands of interest for film studies: feminist questions of cinematic representation of female subjects; historical accounts of shifting images of girls and childhood in the cinema; and philosophical engagements with the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
Series
Global Cinema
Number of Pages
219
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137388919
SKU
V9781137388919
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Ref
99-15
About Handyside, Fiona. Ed(S): Taylor-Jones, Kate E.
Fiona Handyside is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Exeter, UK. Kate Taylor-Jones is Senior Lecturer in East Asian Studies at the University of Sheffield, UK.
Reviews for International Cinema and the Girl
“International Cinema and the Girl (2016), edited by Fiona Handyside and Kate Taylor-Jones, is a welcome and important contribution at the intersection of girls studies and feminist film theory. … This is a balanced and exciting collection of essays. … The editors have achieved their aim of assembling an impressive collection of essays that reassert the specificity of the girl ... Read more