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Girlfriends, postfeminism, and the European chick-flick in France
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Harrod, Mary (2015) Girlfriends, postfeminism, and the European chick-flick in France. In: Handyside, Fiona and Taylor-Jones, Kate, (eds.) International cinema and the girl local issues, transnational contexts. Global Cinema . Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY: Palgrave MacMillan, pp. 35-47. ISBN 9781137388933
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Abstract
From the precocious charms of Shirley Temple to the box-office behemoth Frozen and its two young female leads, Anna and Elsa, the girl has long been a figure of fascination for cinema. The symbol of (imagined) childhood innocence, the site of intrigue and nostalgia for adults, a metaphor for the precarious nature of subjectivity itself, the girl is caught between infancy and adulthood, between objectification and power. She speaks to many strands of interest for film studies: feminist questions of cinematic representation of female subjects; historical accounts of shifting images of girls and childhood in the cinema; and philosophical engagements with the possibilities for the subject in film. This collection considers the specificity of girls' experiences and their cinematic articulation through a multicultural feminist lens which cuts across the divides of popular/art-house, Western/non Western, and north/south. Drawing on examples from North and South America, Asia, Africa, and Europe, the contributors bring a new understanding of the global/local nature of girlhood and its relation to contemporary phenomena such as post-feminism, neoliberalism and queer subcultures. Containing work by established and emerging scholars, this volume explodes the narrow post-feminist canon and expands existing geographical, ethnic, and historical accounts of cinematic cultures and girlhood.
Item Type: | Book Item | ||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > School of Modern Languages and Cultures > French Studies | ||||||
Series Name: | Global Cinema | ||||||
Publisher: | Palgrave MacMillan | ||||||
Place of Publication: | Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY | ||||||
ISBN: | 9781137388933 | ||||||
Book Title: | International cinema and the girl local issues, transnational contexts | ||||||
Editor: | Handyside, Fiona and Taylor-Jones, Kate | ||||||
Official Date: | December 2015 | ||||||
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Number of Pages: | 219 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 35-47 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
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