Conversations with experience
Subtitle: feminist hermeneutics and the autobiographical films of German women
By: Andréa Staskowski.
Series: German life and civilization ;; v. 21
Publisher: P. Lang
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 135
Subjects: Feminism and motion pictures -- Germany.; Women in the motion picture industry -- Germany.; Women in motion pictures.; Feminist film criticism.; Hermeneutics.
Description: "The autobiographical films of German women form a unique body of work. Merging documentary and fiction footage, the filmmakers present a self (de)formed, but not constructed, by social forces. By historicizing, rather than psychologizing, their experience, these filmmakers call prevailing models of subject construction into question. Conversations with Experience examines the social and theoretical context of the films' production and proposes feminist hermeneutics as a theory of textual analysis. Drawing on the insights of Christa Wolf, Mary Daly, and Adrienne Rich, feminist hermeneutics recalls ontology as the basis for a conversational approach to critical engagement."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [127]-135).