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Women on the Edge: Twelve Political Film Practices /

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Women on the Edge re-envisions women's cinema as contemporary political practices by exploring the works of twelve filmmakers. Moving on from the 1970s feminist adage that the personal is political, Sharon Lin Tay argues that contemporary women's cinema must exceed the personal to be polit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tay, Sharon Lin (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Subjects:
Cultural and Media Studies.
Directing.
Feminism.
Film and Television Studies.
Gender Studies.
Intellectual Studies.
Media Studies.
Communication.
Culture > Study and teaching.
Feminist theory.
Gender expression.
Gender identity.
Intellectual life > History.
Motion pictures and television.
Motion pictures > Production and direction.
Sex (Psychology)
Sociology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Women on the Edge re-envisions women's cinema as contemporary political practices by exploring the works of twelve filmmakers. Moving on from the 1970s feminist adage that the personal is political, Sharon Lin Tay argues that contemporary women's cinema must exceed the personal to be politically relevant and ethically cogent.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XI, 211 pages)
ISBN:9780230250543
DOI:10.1057/9780230250543