Women on the Edge: Twelve Political Film Practices

By Sharon Lin Tay

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: A Revised Women's Cinema Through Lynn Hershmann-Leeson's Cyberfeminist Interventions PART I On the Edges of the Authorial Voice: Liv Ullmann's Faithless, Gendered Authorship, and Ingmar Bergman On the Edges of the Documentary: Jill Craigie's Political and Aesthetic Sensibilities On the Edges of Ethnography: Kim Longinotto's Institution of Feminist Discourses On the Edges of Art Cinema: Sally Potter and the Feminist Response PART II On the Edges of Postcolonialism: Deepa Mehta and Transnational Cinema On the Edges of National Cinema: Sofia Coppola and Female Authorship On the Edges of Geopolitics: Sexual Difference in Ursula Biemann's Video Essays Conclusion: Vignettes of A New Feminist Politique: Gisela Sanders Alc?ntara, Guo Xiaolu, Christina McPhee, Liz Miller Notes Bibliography Index

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349304018
• ISBN13: 9781349304011
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 211 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"