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Hoi Cheu - Cinematic Howling: Women´s Films, Women´s Film Theories - 9780774813785 - V9780774813785
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Cinematic Howling: Women´s Films, Women´s Film Theories

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Description for Cinematic Howling: Women´s Films, Women´s Film Theories Hardback. Feminist film theory has flourished since the 1970s, but faces a double impasse. This work shows how studying women's filmmaking is more effective than criticizing mainstream movies from feminist perspectives. It analyzes films and screenplays by women to consider how women theorize the process and function of storytelling in cinema. Num Pages: 208 pages, 10 b/w photos, 5 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: APFA; JFSJ1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.

Cinematic Howling presents a refreshingly unorthodoxframework for feminist film studies. Instead of criticizing mainstreammovies from feminist perspectives, Hoi Cheu focuses on women’sfilmmaking itself. Integrating systems theory and feminist aestheticsin his close readings of films and screenplays by women, he considershow women engage the process of storytelling in cinema. The importanceof these films, he argues, is not merely that they reflectwomen’s perceptions, but that they have the power to reframeexperiences and, consequently, to transform life.

A major contribution to feminist scholarship that will appeal toscholars of both gender and film, Cinematic Howling is writtenin an approachable and inviting style, full of ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774813785
SKU
V9780774813785
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Ref
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About Hoi Cheu
Hoi F. Cheu teaches film theory and applied mediaaesthetics at Laurentian University, where he is the Director of theCentre for Humanities Research and Creativity.

Reviews for Cinematic Howling: Women´s Films, Women´s Film Theories
What a pleasant surprise that Cinematic Howling: Women’s Films, Women’s Film Theories, a new book for film and cultural studies, has all the elements of a good story with its unconventional title, engaging first person narrative and refreshing writing style! Yet Cinematic Howling is much more than a story about women’s films and feminist theory - it is an innovative ... Read more

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