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Daughters of desire : lesbian representations in film /
"This book explores lesbians in film from early representations to contemporary ones, spanning sixty years and over twenty films. Concentrating on lesbian desire and subtext, Kabir draws on films such as Queen Christina, The Killing of Sister George, Rebecca, Desperately Seeking Susan and The C...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2016.
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| Colección: | Bloomsbury academic collections. Film studies : world cinema.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Filmography; Introduction: Desire, Dyke-Icons, Mothers and Others Matter; Part One: Desire; 1. Lesbian Desire on the Screen: The Mother as Other: The Hunger; 2. The Castration of Lesbian Desire in Cinema: A Matter of Some Agency: Sister George Not at Her Personal Best; 3. European Lesbians in Film: Reformulating the Fetishization of Beauty: November Moon Falls At First Sight; 4. Lesbian Desire for Bedding Lesbians in Cinema: Plural Positionalities: Claire of the Moon Wants to Go Fish ... When Night Is Falling.
- Part Two: Subtext5. Lesbian Representations from Text to Screen: Reworking the Received: The Color Purple and Fried Green Tomatoes; 6. Lesbians Come Out on Celluloid: Rage and Trauma as Subtext: Lianna on Thin Ice Listens to Nocturne; 7. Early Cinema Lesbians in and out of the Closet: The Subtext Speaks the Unspeakable: Rebecca Seeks Queen Christina with Several Maidens in Uniform; 8. Lesbian Spectating of Film: Extratext, Subtext, Intertext, Interdiscourse: Desperately Seeking Susan at the Bagdad Cafe Looking for Salmonberries and Fire.
- 9. The Lesbian Subtext in Cinema: Resistant Readings: Thelma and LouiseBibliography; Index.