Women in Film Noir - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0851706665 ISBN 13: 9780851706665

Publisher: British Film Institute, 1998

Synopsis

The first edition of "Women in Film Noir" (1978) assembled a group of scholars and critics committed to understanding the cinema in terms of gender, sexuality, politics, psychoanalysis and semiotics. This edition is expanded to include further essays which reflect the renewed interest in Film Noir. Exploring "neo-noir", postmodernism and other contemporary trends, new essays offer readings of, among others, "Bound" and "Basic Instinct", broadening the scope of the book to include questions of race and homosexuality.

About this title

From Library Journal:

Film noir flourished in the years during and immediately following World War II, but the genre has never disappeared, as shown by the recent popularity of films like Basic Instinct, Bound, and LA Confidential. These academic essays, compiled by Kaplan (English, SUNY), ponder the "absent family" in noir, the role of woman as destroyer and redeemer, the common theme of female duplicity, and the role of women in the narrative structure. Other films considered here are Blue Gardenia, Gilda, Double Indemnity, modern noir films like Klute, and the horror classic The Haunting, which one critic sees as a representation of the "disruptive force of lesbian desire." Though few studies of women in this popular genre exist, the book's academic format and language will discourage most general readers. Recommended for academic libraries.AStephen Rees, Levittown Regional Lib., PA
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Review:

"A major text of feminist criticism."--"Film Quarterly
Nielsen

About this edition

• Publisher: British Film Institute
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0851706665
• ISBN 13: 9780851706665
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Kaplan E. Ann