{"product_id":"9781623565817","title":"Body and the Screen Female Subjectivities in Contemporary Women’s Cinema","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThinking Cinema\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eBody and the Screen\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFemale Subjectivities in Contemporary Women’s Cinema\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eKate Ince\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Film \/ Direction \u0026amp; Production\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eSince the 1980s the number of women regularly directing films has increased significantly in most Western countries; in France, Claire Denis and Catherine Breillat have joined Agnès Varda in gaining international renown, while British directors Lynne Ramsay and Andrea Arnold have forged award-winning careers in feature film. This new volume in the “Thinking Cinema” series draws on feminist philosophers and theorists from Simone de Beauvoir on to offer readings of a range of the most important and memorable of these films from the 1990s and 2000s, focusing as it does so on how the films convey women's lives and identities. Mainstream entertainment cinema traditionally distorts the representation of women, objectifying their bodies, minimizing their agency, and avoiding the most important questions about how cinema can \"do justice\" to female subjectivity. Kate Ince suggests that the films of independent women directors are progressively redressing the balance, reinvigorating both the narratives and the formal ambitions of European cinema. Ince uses feminist philosophers to interpret such films as \u003ci\u003eSex Is Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMorvern Callar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhite Material\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFish Tank\u003c\/i\u003e anew, suggesting that a philosophical understanding of female subjectivity as embodied and ethical should underpin future feminist film study.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eKate Ince\u003c\/b\u003e is Reader in French Film and Gender Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12 January 2017\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781623565817\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e208\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10.08\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331609526412,"sku":"9781623565817","price":44.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_5d5ca4f2-e44e-4eaf-81d2-e2edc086f448.jpg?v=1783597833","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781623565817","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}