Feminist film theory and Cléo from 5 to 7
By: Hilary Neroni
Series: Film theory in practice; Film theory in practice
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781501313684; 9781501313691
Subjects: Feminist film criticism; History and criticism; Women in motion pictures; Feminism and motion pictures; Cléo de 5 à 7 (Motion picture)
Description: The Film Theory in Practice series fills a gaping hole in the world of film theory. By marrying the explanation of a film theory with the interpretation of a film, the volumes provide discrete examples of how film theory can serve as the basis for textual analysis. Feminist Film Theory and Cléo from 5 to 7 offers a concise introduction to feminist film theory in jargon-free language and shows how this theory can be deployed to interpret Agnes Varda's critically acclaimed 1962 film Cléo from 5 to 7. Hilary Neroni employs the methodology of looking for a feminist alternative among female-oriented films. Through three key concepts-identification, framing the woman's body, and the female auteur-Neroni lays bare the debates and approaches within the vibrant history of feminist film theory, providing a point of entry to feminist film theory from its inception to today. Picking up one of the currents in feminist film theory - that of looking for feminist alternatives among female-oriented films - Neroni traces feminist responses to the contradictions inherent in most representations of women in film, and she details how their responses have intervened in changing what we see on the screen
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Feminist film theory; title: Feminism and Cléo from 5 to 7; title: Conclusion.