Focusing on the ground-breaking work of Laura Mulvey, Kaja Silverman, Teresa de Lauretis and Barbara Creed, this book explores how, since it began in the 1970s, feminist film theory has revolutionized the way that films and their spectators can be understood.
Examining the new and distinctive approaches of each of these thinkers, this book provides the most detailed account so far of their ideas.
It illuminates the six key concepts and demonstrates their value as tools for film analysis:
the male gaze the female voice technologies of gender queering desire the monstrous-feminine masculinity in crisis.
Testing their ideas with a number of other examples from contemporary cinema and TV, Shohini Chaudhuri shows how these four thinkers construct their theories through their reading of films.
An excellent study companion for all students of film theory and women’s studies.
By:
Shohini Chaudhuri (University of Essex UK)
Series edited by:
Robert Eaglestone
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 198mm,
Width: 129mm,
Spine: 14mm
Weight: 272g
ISBN: 9780415324328
ISBN 10: 0415324327
Series: Routledge Critical Thinkers
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 14 September 2006
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Professional & Vocational
,
A / AS level
,
Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Acknowledgements Why Mulvey, Silverman, de Lauretis, and Creed? Key Ideas 1. Beginnings 2. The Male Gaze 3. The Female Voice 4. Technologies of Gender 5. Queering Desire 6. The Monstrous-Feminine 7. Masculinity in Crisis. After Mulvey, Silverman, de Lauretis, Creed. Further Reading Works Cited Index
Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies, University of Essex, UK
Reviews for Feminist Film Theorists: Laura Mulvey, Kaja Silverman, Teresa de Lauretis, Barbara Creed
[A] believable alternate history.... A chilling tale. <p> -- USA Today
