Author : Clemence G. Ozel
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (15 download)
Book Synopsis Queer Topographies in Contemporary French Cinema by : Clemence G. Ozel
Download or read book Queer Topographies in Contemporary French Cinema written by Clemence G. Ozel and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until the 1980s, the history of French cinema was for the most part written without the work of women filmmakers. Despite a recent surge of interest, the works that focus on the films of women filmmakers remain few. This project therefore seeks to replace women at the center of French film production by focusing on the films of three directors with very diverse backgrounds. Close readings of the films of Céline Sciamma, Virginie Despentes, and Emilie Jouvet, as well as the consideration of changing modes of film production will shed light onto the existence of a queer space within French film production. This project will therefore pave the way for the study of French films through an original lens, which will disrupt the history of French cinema as well as the very ways in which queer films have been examined. Instead of focusing on the thematic content of the films, this work will demonstrate that their queerness lies in their aesthetics and modes of production. In other words, this project opens up a new space for French film studies, at the center of which is queer.