Cinema And The Second Sex: Women's Filmmaking In France In The 1980s And 1990s (film Studies: Bloomsbury Academic Collections)
by Carrie Tarr /
2016 / English / PDF
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Women's filmmaking in France has been a source of both delight and
despair. On the one hand, the numbers are impressive – over 250
feature-length films were made by over 100 women directors in
France in the 1980s and 1990s. On the other hand, despite the
heritage of French feminism, French women directors
characteristically disclaim their gender as a significant factor in
their filmmaking. This incisive study provides an informative,
critical guide to this major body of work, exploring the boundaries
between personal films (intimate psychological dramas relating to
key stages in life) and genre films (which demonstrate women's
ability to appropriate and rework popular genres). It analyzes the
effects of postfeminism, women's desire to enter the mainstream,
and the impact of a new generation of filmmakers, enabling readers
to take stock of the wealth and diversity of women's contribution
to French cinema during the 1980s and 1990s.
Women's filmmaking in France has been a source of both delight and
despair. On the one hand, the numbers are impressive – over 250
feature-length films were made by over 100 women directors in
France in the 1980s and 1990s. On the other hand, despite the
heritage of French feminism, French women directors
characteristically disclaim their gender as a significant factor in
their filmmaking. This incisive study provides an informative,
critical guide to this major body of work, exploring the boundaries
between personal films (intimate psychological dramas relating to
key stages in life) and genre films (which demonstrate women's
ability to appropriate and rework popular genres). It analyzes the
effects of postfeminism, women's desire to enter the mainstream,
and the impact of a new generation of filmmakers, enabling readers
to take stock of the wealth and diversity of women's contribution
to French cinema during the 1980s and 1990s.
