Masculine singular : French new wave cinema /

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Author / Creator:	Sellier, Geneviève.
Uniform title:	Nouvelle vague : un cinéma au masculin singulier. English
Imprint:	Durham : Duke University Press, c2008.
Description:	vi, 269 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Motion pictures -- France -- History. New wave films -- France -- History and criticism. Motion pictures. New wave films. France. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6857939

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ISBN:	9780822341758 (cloth : alk. paper) 0822341751 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780822341925 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0822341921 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Translated from the French. Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-251) and index.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Aesthetic Doxa on the New Wave
Chapter 1. A New Generation Marked by the Emergence of Women
Chapter 2. Cinephilia in the 1950s
Chapter 3. Auteur Cinema: An Affair of State
Chapter 4. Contrasting Receptions
Chapter 5. The Precursors
Chapter 6. Between Romanticism and Modernism
Chapter 7. Nostalgia for a Heroic Masculinity
Chapter 8. The Women of the New Wave: Between Modern and Archaic
Chapter 9. Jeanne Moreau: Star of the New Wave and Icon of Modernity
Chapter 10. Brigitte Bardot and the New Wave: An Ambivalent Relationship
Chapter 11. The Independent Filmmakers of the Left Bank: A "Feminist" Alternative?
Conclusion: The New Wave's Legacy: "Auteur Cinema"
Appendix 1. Box Office Results
Appendix 2. The Press
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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