Sapphism on Screen: Lesbian Desire in French and Francophone Cinema

by Lucille Cairns

This book sets out to investigate and theorise mediations of lesbian desire in a substantial corpus of films (spanning the period 1936-2002) by male and female directors working in France and also in French-speaking parts of Belgium, Canada, Switzerland and Africa. The corpus is unique in never before having been assembled, and represents a valuable tool not just for researchers but also for university teachers creating courses both on lesbianism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748621652
• ISBN13: 9780748621651
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher