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Feminist Film Theory: A Reader Sue Thornham
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

In other words, if we can't define feminism, we can't develop a theory or practice of it (I had to stop for a moment and look up “praxis”–which means the practice of an “art, science or skill”). File Type : .PDF Category :Ebook Excerpt :Feminist Film Theory: A Reader edited by Sue Thornham. Mulvey's work was more successful and unique because of her feminist perspective and it laid the foundation for feminist film theory. Please bear with me as I try to make sense of what I am attempting to articulate. Film studies taught me that I'd spent my entire life “reading against the grain” to find the points of and places in entertainment that I could connect to, that I could love. I've been reading some feminist film theory lately, and came upon an interesting tidbit about Laura Mulvey (best known for bringing 'the gaze' to film critique). Whether you are looking to brush up on your montage techniques or take a dive into Feminist film theory, this book is a great read. Feminism (and gender theory ) would disagree. A sexual difference-based analytical theory for feminist intent, and then by demonstrating how a psychoanalytic reading of a film can actually pervert the potential for a film deconstruction that could result in productive conclusions for feminist film and gender theory. Written by Warren Buckland, this book can help you develop the skills and language necessary Buckland uses many examples of either directors or specific films within a genre or style to help the reader grasp what are truly difficult to understand film theories. Hooks quotes Carmen Vasquez, It's great for you that you are a perfectly innate feminist, but personally, for me, reading all this 'inactive' 'philosophizing' made me able to articulate my rage and understand why, exactly, things like the grammar you mentioned made my blood boil. Lingzhen Wang's comprehensive introduction recounts the history and limitations of established feminist film theory, particularly its relationship with female cinematic authorship and agency. Lately I have been reading up on feminist film theory and thinking about how I can apply it to my research on video games. €�Afterthoughts on 'Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema' inspired by King Vidor's Duel in the Sun (1946).” Feminist Film Theory: A Reader. The theory of Freud, Lacan and their successors inspired the psychoanalytic direction of feminist film theory that initiated in the 1970s with Laura Mulvey's “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema. Feminist Film Theorists (Routledge Critical Thinkers): Shohini. Read books on your computer or other mobile devices with our FREE Kindle Reading Apps. Laura Mulvey is a feminist theorist who applied psychoanalysis to film theory.