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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778388203321

Autore

Penley Constance <1948->

Titolo

The future of an illusion : film, feminism, and psychoanalysis / / Constance Penley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 1989

©1989

ISBN

0-8166-8314-X

0-8166-1772-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 207 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Media and society ; ; [2]

Disciplina

791.43/088042

Soggetti

Feminism and motion pictures

Women and psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis and feminism

Experimental films

Psychoanalysis and motion pictures

Motion pictures - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Feminism and the Avant-Garde; Feminism and Film Theory; Feminism and Femininity in Godard; Sexual Difference in Popular Culture; Feminism and Pedagogy; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Analyzes the primary movements that have shaped the field of feminist film theory. Essential to anyone studying the sexual politics of representation.