Catherine Breillat

The first full-length monograph in English devoted to one of the most acclaimed and controversial directors in contemporary cinema

List of contents

List of plates
Series editors' foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Female virgins and the shaming gaze
2. Sisters as one soul in two bodies
3. Masculine tendencies and macho violence
4. Staging masochism, facing shame
Conclusion
Filmography
Select bibliography
Index

About the author

Douglas Keesey is Professor of Film and Literature at California Polytechnic State University

Summary

The first full-length monograph in English devoted to one of the most acclaimed and controversial directors in contemporary cinema -- .

Product details

• Authors: Keesey Douglas, Douglas Keesey, Keesey Douglas
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2015
• EAN: 9780719085628
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-8562-8
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: French Film Directors; French Film Directors Series; French Film Directors Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Individual Film Directors, Film-Makers, PERFORMING ARTS / Individual Director