Feminist Film Theory and Cléo from 5 to 7 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781501313684)

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.

Author: Hilary Neroni
ISBN-10: 1501313681
ISBN-13: 9781501313684
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Language: English
Published: 01/28/2016
Pages: 168
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.44d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/09/2015