Marguerite Duras

Informationen zum Autor Renate Günther is Lecturer in French at the University of Sheffield Klappentext The first book in English to deal exclusively with Duras' cinema, including such films as India Song, Le Camion, and Nathalie Granger. Provides a lucid and stimulating introduction to her films, which is accessible to a wide readerhip, both specialist and non-specialist.. Locates the films in their autobiographical as well as social and historical context, making the book broadly interesting to students and teachers in all areas of French Studies.. The book's empahasis on gender issues widens it's appeal to include those working in Women's Studies, Gender Studies and Gay and Lesbian Studies. Zusammenfassung This study of Duras cinema! examines such films as "India Song"! "Le Camion"! and "Nathalie Granger". It provides an introduction to her films! and locates them in their autobiographical as well as social and historical context! with an empahasis on gender issues. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of PlatesSeries Editor's ForewordAcknowledgments1. Autobiography, history and politics2. Words and images: Filming desire3. The politics of cinema4. Gender and sexualityAfterwordFilmographySelect bibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Renate Guenther, Renate Gunther, Gunther Renate, Tbd
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.05.2002
• EAN: 9780719057571
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-5757-1
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: French Film Directors (Paperba; French Film Directors Series; French Film Directors Series; French Film Directors (Paperba
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Individual Film Directors, Film-Makers, Film Theory & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Individual Director, Film history, theory or criticism