{"product_id":"the-body-and-the-screen-kate-ince-9781623565817","title":"The Body and the Screen: Female Subjectivities in Contemporary Women's Cinema","description":"Since 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 Agn鑚 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kate Ince\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1623565812\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781623565817\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/12\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Kate Ince","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939321348351,"sku":"9781623565817","price":47.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_83c8c941-aba5-4fb6-84e3-09350a179a29.jpg?v=1681440809","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-body-and-the-screen-kate-ince-9781623565817","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}