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Women Directors
Barbara Quart
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Description for Women Directors
Paperback. This study examines major contemporary women directors of narrative feature films - their themes, art and the circumstances in which they work. Quart contends that women are creating a film language and sensibility that are unique, strong and, until now, unexplored. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 429.
Quart here extends her previous writings on what she terms `the best narrative cinema: women-centered cinema' and feminist filmmaking. Quart addresses American, Western European, and Eastern European directors, closing with Third World examples. Arguing that independent filmmaking best serves the quest for a woman's voice and vision, Quart chronicles the survival of women directors. She traces a heritage of women directors inside the Hollywood system and beyond. . . . This excellent study . . . [is] recommended for undergraduates in film and women's studies. Choice The current level of activity among women directors is unequalled in the history ... Read more
Quart here extends her previous writings on what she terms `the best narrative cinema: women-centered cinema' and feminist filmmaking. Quart addresses American, Western European, and Eastern European directors, closing with Third World examples. Arguing that independent filmmaking best serves the quest for a woman's voice and vision, Quart chronicles the survival of women directors. She traces a heritage of women directors inside the Hollywood system and beyond. . . . This excellent study . . . [is] recommended for undergraduates in film and women's studies. Choice The current level of activity among women directors is unequalled in the history ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
Number of Pages
299
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780275934774
SKU
V9780275934774
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About Barbara Quart
BARBARA KOENIG QUART is Associate Professor of English at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York.
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