Violent Women in Contemporary Cinema
Author | : Janice Loreck |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 187 |
Release | : 2016-04-08 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781137525086 |
ISBN-10 | : 1137525088 |
Rating | : 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Violent Women in Contemporary Cinema by : Janice Loreck
Download or read book Violent Women in Contemporary Cinema written by Janice Loreck and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.