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Feminist Film Studies: Writing the Woman into Cinema
Author(s): Janet Mccabe (Author), Terri Murray (Author)
- Publisher: Wallflower Press
- Publication Date: 15 Aug. 2004
- Language: English
- Print length: 144 pages
- ISBN-10: 1904764037
- ISBN-13: 9781904764038
Book Description
An introduction to feminist film theory as a discourse from the early seventies to the present. McCabe traces the broad ranging theories produced by feminist film scholarship, from formalist readings and psychoanalytical approaches to debates initiated by cultural studies, race and queer theory.
Editorial Reviews
Review
This readable history of the intellectual evolution of feminist film studies emerges after real ‘road-testing’ in the classroom. — Diane Negra, University of East Anglia
About the Author
Janet McCabe is a lecturer in film studies at Trinity College, Dublin. She writes on feminist film theory and women’s narrative/narration in quality American television.
