Feminist Film Theory and Cleo from 5 to 7

The Film Theory in Practice series fills a gaping hole in the world of film theory. By marrying the explanation of a film theory with the interpretation of a film, the volumes provide discrete examples of how film theory can serve as the basis for textual analysis. Feminist Film Theory and Cleo from 5 to 7 offers a concise introduction to feminist film theory in jargon-free language and shows how this theory can be deployed to interpret Agnes Varda''s critically acclaimed 1962 film Cleo from 5 to 7. Hilary Neroni employs the methodology of looking for a feminist alternative among female-oriented films. Through three key concepts-identification, framing the woman''s body, and the female auteur-Neroni lays bare the debates and approaches within the vibrant history of feminist film theory, providing a point of entry to feminist film theory from its inception to today. Picking up one of the currents in feminist film theory - that of looking for feminist alternatives among female-oriented films - Neroni traces feminist responses to the contradictions inherent in most representations of women in film, and she details how their responses have intervened in changing what we see on the screen.>

About the author

Hilary Neroni is Professor of Film and Television Studies at the University of Vermont, USA. She is the author of Feminist Film Theory and Cléo from 5 to 7 (Bloomsbury, 2016), The Subject of Torture (2015), and The Violent Woman (2005) and has also published numerous essays on film and theory.

Product details

• Authors: Hilary Neroni, Hilary (University of Vermont Neroni, Neroni Hilary
• Assisted by: Todd Mcgowan (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2016
• EAN: 9781501313691
• ISBN: 978-1-5013-1369-1
• No. of pages: 168
• Series: Film Theory in Practice; Film Theory in Practice
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Filmgeschichte, Filmtheorie und Filmkritik, Soziale und ethische Themen, Fernsehen, TV, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Feminism & feminist theory, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Feminism and feminist theory, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism