Sapphism on screen : lesbian desire in French and Francophone cinema /

This book sets out to investigate and theorise mediations of lesbian desire in a substantial corpus of films (spanning the period 1936-2002) by male and female directors working in France and also in French-speaking parts of Belgium, Canada, Switzerland and Africa. The corpus is unique in never befo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cairns, Lucille, 1963-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2006.
Subjects:
Homosexuality in motion pictures.
Lesbianism in motion pictures.
Motion pictures > France.
Motion pictures > Social aspects > France.
Motion pictures > French-speaking countries.
Motion pictures > Social aspects > French-speaking countries.
Homosexualité au cinéma.
Lesbianisme au cinéma.
Cinéma > France.
Cinéma > Aspect social > France.
Cinéma > Aspect social > Francophonie.
Cinéma > Francophonie.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Reference.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
Homosexuality in motion pictures
Lesbianism in motion pictures
Motion pictures
Motion pictures > Social aspects
Filmkunst.
Films.
Lesbische liefde.
France
French-speaking countries
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Lesbian desire in film: coming to terms
  • Bad girls: criminality
  • Mad girls: pathology
  • Girls on the edge: liminality
  • Girls on top: sapphology
  • Conclusion.

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