Gendered frames, embodied cameras

Gendered frames, embodied cameras: Varda, Akerman, Cabrera, Calle, and Maïwenn

by McFadden, Cybelle H.

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Using the framework of self-representation, this book rethinks problems of representation of the female body in French cinema and contemporary French culture. By filming themselves, these filmmakers visually claim their roles, establish their authority in the field, and expose new ways to configure representation, gender, and cinema.

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  • Full title :Gendered frames, embodied cameras : Varda, Akerman, Cabrera, Calle, and Maïwenn / Cybelle H. McFadden.

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Using the framework of self-representation, this book rethinks problems of representation of the female body in French cinema and contemporary French culture. By filming themselves, these filmmakers visually claim their roles, establish their authority in the field, and expose new ways to configure representation, gender, and cinema.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2014

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  • Description:1 online resource (xii, 233 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781611476330, 161147633X
  • oclc:ocn881183706
  • LC Classification:PN1998.3.V368
  • Dewey Decimal:791.4302/330925

Table of Contents

Introduction: Gendered frames, embodied cameras in contemporary French cinema (1987-2009) -- Section 1. Self-authorization through self-representation -- Reflected reflexivity: Agnès Varda's aging female body -- Enacted reflexivity: Chantal Akerman par Chantal Akerman -- Hybrid reflexivity: Dominique Cabrera's half-body, half-camera -- Section 2. Self-construction through faux narratives -- Orchestrated reflexivity: Sophie Calle's narrative body as artist -- Faux reflexivity: Maïwenn's camera and the female body -- Conclusion: Reflections on gendered frames, embodied cameras.

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Subjects

Akerman, Chantal Cabrera, Dominique Calle, Sophie Cinéma -- France Corps humain au cinéma Criticism, interpretation, etc France Human body in motion pictures Maïwenn Motion pictures Motion pictures -- France PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference Rôle selon le sexe au cinéma Sex role in motion pictures Varda, Agnès

Writers

McFadden, Cybelle H.

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