Genre, authorship and contemporary women filmmakers

Examining the significance of women's work in popular film genres, Genre, Authorship and Contemporary Women Filmmakers sheds light on women's contribution to genre cinema through an exploration of filmmakers like Kathryn Bigelow, Diablo Cody, Sofia Coppola and Kelly Reichard

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Paszkiewicz, Katarzyna
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press 2018, [2018]©2018
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Introduction : impossible liaisons? Genre and feminist film criticism
  • Subversive auteur, subversive genre
  • Repeat to remake : Diablo Cody and Karyn Kusama's Jennifer's Body
  • Hollywood transvestite : Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker
  • Genre in the margins : Kelly Reichardt's Meek's Cutoff
  • Genre on the surface : Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette
  • What a woman wants? : Nancy Meyers's The Intern
  • Afterword : desperately seeking wonder women