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- About this book
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Violent women in cinema pose an exciting challenge to spectators, overturning ideas of 'typical' feminine subjectivity. This book explores the representation of homicidal women in contemporary art and independent cinema. Examining narrative, style and spectatorship, Loreck investigates the power of art cinema to depict transgressive femininity.
- About the authors
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Janice Loreck is a Teaching Associate in the School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University.
- Reviews
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“Violent men in film are usually received without comment, whereas violent women are suspect and thus the victims of a double standard. … they are some of the most important works currently being created, and they deserve a wider audience. This thoughtful, well-written book gives them the deft and detailed consideration due them. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.” (G. A. Foster, Choice, Vol. 54 (2), October, 2016)
- Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-17
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Horror, Hysteria and Female Malaise: Antichrist
Pages 18-35
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Science, Sensation and the Female Monster: Trouble Every Day
Pages 36-53
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Sex and Self-Expression: Fatal Women in Baise-moi
Pages 54-74
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Romance and the Lesbian Couple: Heavenly Creatures
Pages 75-99
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Violent Women in Contemporary Cinema
- Authors
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- Janice Loreck
- Copyright
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-137-52508-6
- DOI
- 10.1057/9781137525086
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-137-52507-9
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- VII, 179
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