What if I had been the hero? : investigating women's cinema /

What if I had been the hero? : investigating women's cinema /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Thornham, Sue.
Imprint:	London : Palgrave Macmillan on behalf of the British Film Institute, 2012.
Description:	vi, 236 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Feminist films -- History and criticism. Women in motion pictures. Women motion picture producers and directors -- Criticism and interpretation. Feminist film criticism. Feminist film criticism. Feminist films. Women in motion pictures. Women motion picture producers and directors. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8903687

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ISBN:	9781844573639 (pbk.) 184457363X (pbk.) 9781844573646 (hbk.) 1844573648 (hbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-226) and index. Filmography: p. 226-228.
Summary:	"What happens when women tell their own stories in film? In What If I Had Been the Hero?, Sue Thornham addresses this question through an exploration of a wide range of films, from experimental feminist film to mainstream Hollywood, and from the 1970s to the present day, by film-makers including Sally Potter, Jane Campion, Deepa Mehta, Patricia Rozema and Lynne Ramsay. Her discussion takes in films from India and Argentina as well as Europe, Canada, Australia and the US."--Cover p. [4].

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1. Questions
Chapter 1. 'What if I had been the Hero?Æ
Chapter 2. Women's Liberation Cinema?
Chapter 3. Unexplored Territories
Part 2. Explorations
Chapter 4. Heroes and Writers
Chapter 5. Landscapes and Stories
Chapter 6. Bodies and Passions
Conclusion: Unfinished Business
Postscript
Notes
Bibliography
Index