Rape in art cinema
By: edited by Dominique Russell
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780826429674
Description: Art cinema has always had an aura of the erotic, with the term being at times a euphemism for European films that were more explicit than their American counterparts. This focus on sexuality, whether buried or explicit, has meant a recurrence of the theme of rape, nearly as ubiquitous as in mainstream film. This anthology explores the representation of rape in art cinema. Its aim is to highlight the prevalence and multiple functions of rape in this prestigious mode of filmmaking as well as to question the meaning of its ubiquity and versatility. Rape in Art Cinema takes an interdisciplinary approach, bringing together recognized figures such as historian Joanna Burke, philosopher Ann J. Cahill, and film scholars Martin Barker, Tanya Horeck and Scott Mackenzie alongside emerging voices. It is international in scope, with contributors from Canada, the U.S. and Britain coming together to investigate the representation of rape in some of cinema's most cherished films.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: why rape? / Dominique Russell; title: Canonical works and auteurs. Screen/memory: rape and its alibis in Last year at Marienbad / Lynn A. Higgins; title: The fault lines of vision: Rashomon and The man left his will on film / Eugenie Brinkema; title: Buñuel: storytelling, desire and the question of rape / Dominique Russell; title: Materiality and metaphor: rape in Anne Claire Poirier's Mourir à tue-tête and Jean-Luc Godard's Weekend / Shana MacDonald; title: Sins of permission: the union of rape and marriage in Die Marquise von O and Breaking the waves / Victoria Anderson; title: Rough awakenings: unconscious women and rape in Kill Bill and Talk to her / Adriana Novoa; title: English-language independent cinemas. Jane Campion's women's films: art cinema and the postfeminist rape narrative / Shelley Cobb; title: Boys don't get raped / Ann J. Cahill; title: "If it was a rape, then why would she be a whore?" Rape in Todd Solondz' films / Michelle E. Moore; title: Cinéma brut and the new French extremists. "Typically French"? Mediating screened rape to British audiences / Martin Barker; title: On watching and turning away: Ono's Rape, cinéma direct aesthetics and the genealogy of cinéma brut / Scott MacKenzie; title: Uncanny horrors: male rape in Bruno Dumont's Twentynine palms / Lisa Coulthard; title: Sexual trauma and jouissance in Baise-moi / Joanna Bourke; title: Shame and the sisters: Catherine Breillat's À ma soeur! (Fat Girl) / Tanya Horeck.