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Gendering History on Screen - Women Filmmakers and Historical Films

English · Hardback

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Movies about significant historical personalities or landmark events like war seem to be governed by a set of unspoken rules for the expression of gender. Films by female directors featuring female protagonists appear to receive particularly harsh treatment and are often criticised for being too 'emotional' and incapable of expressing 'real' history. Through her examination of films from the United States, Europe, Australia and elsewhere, Julia Erhart makes powerful connections between the representational strategies of women directors such as Kathryn Bigelow, Ruth Ozeki and Alexandra von Grote and their concerns with exploring the past through the prism of the present. She also compellingly explores how historiographical concepts like valour, memory, and resistance are uniquely re-envisioned within sub-genres including biopics, historical documentaries, Holocaust movies, and movies about the 'War on Terror'. Gendering History on Screen will make an invaluable contribution to scholarship on historical film and women's cinema.

About the author

Julia Erhart is Associate Professor in the School of Humanities and Creative Arts at Flinders University, Australia.

Product details

Authors Julia Erhart, Erhart Julia
Publisher Tauris, I.B.
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 21.05.2018
 
EAN 9781784535285
ISBN 978-1-78453-528-5
No. of pages 232
Dimensions 140 mm x 218 mm x 24 mm
Series Library of Gender and Popular Culture
Library of Gender and Popular Culture
Library of Gender and Popular
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet
Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, Films, cinema, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General

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