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January 22, 1991 0253206103 978-0253206107 5th

"This anthology makes it abundantly clear that feminist film criticism is flourishing and has developed dramatically since its inception in the early 1970s." —Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism

Erens brings together a wide variety of writings and methodologies by U.S. and British feminist film scholars. The twenty-seven essays represent some of the most influential work on Hollywood film, women's cinema, and documentary filmmaking to appear during the past decade and beyond.

Contributors include Lucie Arbuthnot, Linda Artel, Pam Cook, Teresa de Lauretis, Mary Ann Doane, Elizabeth Ellsworth, Lucy Fischer, Jane Gaines, Mary C. Gentile, Bette Gordon, Florence Jacobowitz, Claire Johnston, E. Ann Kaplan, Annette Kuhn, Julia Lesage, Judith Mayne, Sonya Michel, Tania Modleski, Laura Mulvey, B. Ruby Rich, Gail Seneca, Kaja Silverman, Lori Spring, Jackie Stacey, Maureen Turim, Diane Waldman, Susan Wengraf, Linda Williams, and Robin Wood.


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"This anthology makes it abundantly clear that feminist film criticism is flourishing and has developed dramatically since its inception in the early 1970s." Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism

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  • Paperback: 480 pages
  • Publisher: Indiana University Press; 5th edition (January 22, 1991)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0253206103
  • ISBN-13: 978-0253206107
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #594,455 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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3.0 out of 5 stars Great essays, terrible publishing mistakes, June 11, 2007
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This is a solid anthology of feminist film criticism, but a couple fatal flaws significantly decrease its value (see paragraph 2). Some classics and some new material make it a nice introduction. Most of the familiar writers are representing including Laura Mulvey, Linda Williams, B. Ruby Rich, Maureen Turim, and Kaja Silverman. However, if you already have a decent collection of feminist writings on film, there may be some overlap. For instance: do we really need yet another anthology with "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema"??? Mulvey is great, but she DID write other essays.

One major criticism concerns the publisher: the pages jump directly from 262 to 295 completely omitting Rich's "In the Name of Feminist Film Criticism" - one of the reasons I bought the book in the first place. You also miss the last pages of Annette Kuhn's "Textual Politics" as well as the beginning of the de Laurentis' "Rethinking Women's Cinema". Once the book gets into the 300s, it jumps back to 296, mid-essay, of course!

My three-star rating has nothing to do with the contents - it's solely directed at the sloppy publisher. I have no idea why Indiana UP screwed this up so bad - they're usually very reliable. This is an okay place to start, but there are better feminist anthologies out there.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A good place to start, September 23, 1999
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This book was my best friend during my first ever film theory class. The writing is sometimes frustratingly academic, especially if you don't have a background in feminist theory, but the essays were always thought-provoking, and often enlightening.
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Great book, but I only purchased it because I neede for the class I am taking called, "Women in Fiilm".
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