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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480536703321

Autore

Keesey Douglas

Titolo

Catherine Breillat / Douglas Keesey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-5261-1066-0

1-5261-1067-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 pages) : illustrations

Collana

French Film Directors Series

Manchester Film Studies

Disciplina

791.430233092

Soggetti

LITERARY CRITICISM - European - General

PERFORMING ARTS - Film & Video - History & Criticism

Film Scripts & Screenplays

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Electronic books

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

List of plates Series editors' foreword Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Female virgins and the shaming gaze 2. Sisters as one soul in two bodies 3. Masculine tendencies and macho violence 4. Staging masochism, facing shame Conclusion Filmography Select bibliography Index.

Previously issued in print: 2009.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

Nota di contenuto

List of plates -- Series editors' foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Female virgins and the shaming gaze -- 2. Sisters as one soul in two bodies -- 3. Masculine tendencies and macho violence -- 4. Staging masochism, facing shame -- Conclusion -- Filmography -- Select bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first English-language book on controversial female director Catherine Breillat, whose films include Romance, A ma soeur! (Fat Girl), Anatomy of Hell and The Last Mistress. This volume explores the director's complex relation to religion and to feminism, and it examines the differences between Breillat's films and patriarchal pornography,



engaging in detailed analysis of her intimate scenes between men and women. Keesey also discusses the literature, films, paintings and photos that have influenced Breillat's work, and extends this to show how Breillat's films have influenced other.