This seems a very interesting book, and one I would like to review...
I have done a lot of work on MORVERN CALLAR and am currently writing a
book for McFarland on the grief-stricken woman in European and American
cinema. Although there is a contact address for Palgrave's publicity
department, there is no actual contact name. Would you happen to know the
appropriate person's name?
Best wishes,
Richard
On Mon, July 25, 2011 16:07, Lucy Bolton wrote:
> Film and Female Consciousness: Irigaray, Cinema and Thinking Women
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> by Lucy Bolton
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> /Film and Female Consciousness/ analyses three contemporary films that
> offer complex and original representations of women's thoughtfulness and
> individuality: /In the Cut/ (2003), /Lost in Translation/ (2003) and
> /Morvern Callar/ (2002). Lucy Bolton compares these recent works with
> well-known and influential films that offer more familiar treatments of
> female subjectivity: /Klute /(1971), /The Seven Year Itch/ (1955) and
> /Marnie/ (1964). Considering each of the older, celebrated films
> alongside the recent, unconventional works illustrates how contemporary
> filmmaking techniques and critical practices can work together to create
> provocative depictions of on-screen female consciousness.
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> Drawing on the philosophy of Luce Irigaray in relation to women's
> cultivation of self-knowledge, this book examines female characters as they
> go through processes of transition or transformation. Bolton's approach
> demonstrates how the encounter between Irigaray and cinema can yield a
> fuller understanding of the fundamental relationship between film and
> philosophy. Through meticulous theoretical positioning, and close textual
> analysis, Bolton shows how cinema can create works of philosophy that
> investigate questions of personal identity, sexuality and relationships
> with others. Furthermore, the book explores the implications of this
> approach for filmmakers and spectators, and suggests Irigarayan models of
> authorship and spectatorship that reinvigorate the notion of women's
> cinema.
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> http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=415769
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