International Cinema and the Girl
Autor: | Fiona Handyside, Kate Taylor-Jones |
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EAN: | 9781137388926 |
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Sprache: | Englisch |
Produktart: | eBook |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 29.04.2016 |
Untertitel: | Local Issues, Transnational Contexts |
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Schlagworte: | Action Cinema Argentinian Cinema Auteur British Cinema Chick-flicks Female Directors Feminism French Cinema Ger Girlhood Iranian Cinema Italian Cinema Japanese Cinema Music on film Post feminism US popular cinema teen film tween film |
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From the precocious charms of Shirley Temple to the box-office behemoth Frozen and its two young female leads, Anna and Elsa, the girl has long been a figure of fascination for cinema. The symbol of (imagined) childhood innocence, the site of intrigue and nostalgia for adults, a metaphor for the precarious nature of subjectivity itself, the girl is caught between infancy and adulthood, between objectification and power. She speaks to many strands of interest for film studies: feminist questions of cinematic representation of female subjects; historical accounts of shifting images of girls and childhood in the cinema; and philosophical engagements with the possibilities for the subject in film. This collection considers the specificity of girls' experiences and their cinematic articulation through a multicultural feminist lens which cuts across the divides of popular/art-house, Western/non Western, and north/south. Drawing on examples from North and South America, Asia, Africa, and Europe, the contributors bring a new understanding of the global/local nature of girlhood and its relation to contemporary phenomena such as post-feminism, neoliberalism and queer subcultures. Containing work by established and emerging scholars, this volume explodes the narrow post-feminist canon and expands existing geographical, ethnic and historical accounts of cinematic cultures and girlhood.From the precocious charms of Shirley Temple to the box-office behemoth Frozen and its two young female leads, Anna and Elsa, the girl has long been a figure of fascination for cinema. The symbol of (imagined) childhood innocence, the site of intrigue and nostalgia for adults, a metaphor for the precarious nature of subjectivity itself, the girl is caught between infancy and adulthood, between objectification and power. She speaks to many strands of interest for film studies: feminist questions of cinematic representation of female subjects; historical accounts of shifting images of girls and childhood in the cinema; and philosophical engagements with the possibilities for the subject in film. This collection considers the specificity of girls' experiences and their cinematic articulation through a multicultural feminist lens which cuts across the divides of popular/art-house, Western/non Western, and north/south. Drawing on examples from North and South America, Asia, Africa, and Europe, the contributors bring a new understanding of the global/local nature of girlhood and its relation to contemporary phenomena such as post-feminism, neoliberalism and queer subcultures. Containing work by established and emerging scholars, this volume explodes the narrow post-feminist canon and expands existing geographical, ethnic and historical accounts of cinematic cultures and girlhood.
Margherita Sprio, University of Westminster, UK Clara Bradbury-Rance, University of Manchester, UK Lara Cox, University of Paris, France Joel Gwynne, National Institute of Education, Singapore Mary Harrod, University of Warwick, UK Danielle Hipkins, University of Exeter, UK Debbie Martin, University College London, UK Lucy Bolton, Queen Mary, University of London, UK Tim McNelis, University of Liverpool, UK Samantha Colling, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Lisa Downing, Birmingham University, UK Marty Zeller-Jacques, Queen Margaret, UK