What If I Had Been the Hero?: Investigating Women's Cinema

What If I Had Been the Hero?: Investigating Women's Cinema

by Sue Thornham (Author)

Synopsis

Sue Thornham's study explores issues in feminist filmmaking through an examination of a wide range of films by women filmmakers, ranging from the avant-garde to mainstream Hollywood, and from the 1970s to the present day, discussing directors including Sally Potter, Jane Campion, Julie Dash, Patricia Rozema and Lynne Ramsay.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 248
Edition: 2012
Publisher: British Film Institute
Published: 04 Jul 2012

ISBN 10: 184457363X
ISBN 13: 9781844573639

Author Bio
SUE THORNHAM is Professor of Media and Film and Head of School at the University of Sussex, UK. She is the author of Passionate Detachments: An Introduction to Feminist Film Theory (1996), Feminist Theory and Cultural Studies (2001) and Women, Feminism and Media (2007); the co-author, with Tony Purvis, of Television Drama: Theories and Identities (2005); the editor of Feminist Film Theory: A Reader (1999), and the co-editor, with Caroline Bassett and Paul Marris, of Media Studies:
A Reader
(3rd edition 2009).