Women Directors: The Emergence of a New Cinema - Hardcover

Quart, Barbara

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0275929620 ISBN 13: 9780275929626

Publisher: Praeger, 1988

Synopsis

Quart here extends her previous writings on what she terms `the best narrative cinema: women-centered cinema' and feminist filmmaking. Quart addresses American, Western European, and Eastern European directors, closing with Third World examples. Arguing that independent filmmaking best serves the quest for a woman's voice and vision, Quart chronicles the survival of women directors. She traces a heritage of women directors inside the Hollywood system and beyond. . . . This excellent study . . . [is] recommended for undergraduates in film and women's studies. Choice

The current level of activity among women directors is unequalled in the history of feature films. This unprecedented study examines major contemporary women directors of narrative feature film--their themes, their art, and the circumstances under which they work. Quart contends that women are creating a film language and film sensibility that are unique, strong, and--until now--unexplored. Her discussion centers on the ties between women directors, rather than on a survey of women who direct films. Beginning with the antecedents to today's burgeoning number of women directors, the study progresses to American women directors. Subsequent chapters focus on womenn directors in Western Europe and Eastern Europe, with some attention as well to Asia and Latin America.

About this title

About the Author:

BARBARA KOENIG QUART is Associate Professor of English at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York.

Review:

"I'd like to see an American audience able to analyze both difficult films and commercial celluloid kitsch. . . . Viewers can teach themselves this skill with clear and readable books like Quart's."-Women's Review of Books

." . .a straightforward, thorough and enteraining discussion of the major contemporary women film directors of narrative feature films in the U.S. and Europe."-Feminist Bookstore News

"Her knowledgeable survey chronicles the emergence of a New Cinema, where women directors in a dozen countries bring fresh language and sensitivity to the conventional themes of commercial feature movies."-Back Stage

?. . .a straightforward, thorough and enteraining discussion of the major contemporary women film directors of narrative feature films in the U.S. and Europe.?-Feminist Bookstore News

?I'd like to see an American audience able to analyze both difficult films and commercial celluloid kitsch. . . . Viewers can teach themselves this skill with clear and readable books like Quart's.?-Women's Review of Books

?Her knowledgeable survey chronicles the emergence of a New Cinema, where women directors in a dozen countries bring fresh language and sensitivity to the conventional themes of commercial feature movies.?-Back Stage

About this edition

• Publisher: Praeger
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0275929620
• ISBN 13: 9780275929626
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288