Issues in Feminist Film Criticism

Book Overview

"This anthology makes it abundantly clear that feminist film criticism is flourishing and has developed dramatically since its inception in the early 1970s." --Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism

Erens brings together a wide variety of writings and methodologies by U.S. and British feminist film scholars. The twenty-seven essays represent some of the most influential work on Hollywood film, women's cinema, and documentary filmmaking to appear during the past decade and beyond.

Contributors include Lucie Arbuthnot, Linda Artel, Pam Cook, Teresa de Lauretis, Mary Ann Doane, Elizabeth Ellsworth, Lucy Fischer, Jane Gaines, Mary C. Gentile, Bette Gordon, Florence Jacobowitz, Claire Johnston, E. Ann Kaplan, Annette Kuhn, Julia Lesage, Judith Mayne, Sonya Michel, Tania Modleski, Laura Mulvey, B. Ruby Rich, Gail Seneca, Kaja Silverman, Lori Spring, Jackie Stacey, Maureen Turim, Diane Waldman, Susan Wengraf, Linda Williams, and Robin Wood.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253206103
• ISBN13: 9780253206107
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

A good place to start

This book was my best friend during my first ever film theory class. The writing is sometimes frustratingly academic, especially if you don't have a background in feminist theory, but the essays were always thought-provoking, and often enlightening.