Sapphism on Screen
Lesbian Desire in French and Francophone Cinema
Lucille Cairns
Looking for something intellectual that will challenge your focus and intelligence? Sapphism on Screen is a study of lesbian desire in French and Francophone films (written in English). 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 before having been assembled, and represents a valuable tool not just for researchers but also for university teachers creating courses both on lesbianism in film and on sexuality in French cinema. Many of the 89 texts treated are mainstream films which have achieved high critical acclaim and/or high viewing figures including, Henri-Georges Clouzot’s ‘Quai des orfevres’ (1947), Louis Malle’s ‘Milou en mai’ (1989), ‘Claude Chabrol’s ‘La Ceremonie’ (1995), Andre Techine’s ‘Les Voleurs’ (1995), and Francois Ozon’s ‘Huit femmes’ (2001). As such, they have contributed to hegemonic constructions of and debate on (female) homosexuality, in a century wherein sexed/gendered identity, including sexual orientation, has become a pre-eminent factor in the constitution of subjectivity. While the arguments have a French-language specificity, and have been produced in distinct socio-political and cultural contexts, this study also engages in analytical comparisons with relevant anglophone films and their own distinct discursive contexts. An excellent source of information and analysis that can carry you through advanced party conversation to impress the ladies.
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| ISBN | 9780748621651 |
| Genre | Film and Television; Literary Criticism |
| Copyright Date | 2006 |
| Publication Date | Jun-06 |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
| Format | Hardcover |
| No. of Pages | 233 |
| Language | English |
| Rating | NotRated |
| Subject | Homosexuality in motion pictures; Lesbianism In Motion Pictures; Literary Criticism / Gay & Lesbian; Motion Pictures; Performing Arts / Film & Video / General |
| BookID | 11016 |
