Jane gainess essay white privilege and looking relations. With the advancements in film throughout the years feminist film theory has developed and changed to analyse the current ways of film and also go back to analyse films past. Feminism and film history as a particularly useful map of the field of feminist film history as it appears today. Classical hollywood cinema and lesbian representability, coauthor of the film experience, and coeditor of critical visions in film theory. Patricia is an interdisciplinary scholar, teacher, and advocate for feminist film. Feminist films in the swarthmorebryn mawrhaverford library. View notes feminism and film 2003 from cs 71 at georgia institute of technology. Patricias latest book womens cinema, world cinema duke up, 2015 explores the.
White outlines the emergent feminist film culture in south korea that provides a space for a cineaste like jeong to challenge notions of authorship as a maledominated realm. Josu jared emily mary tawsif what is feminism in film. Projecting contemporary feminisms 2015 and uninvited. In multiple voices in feminist film criticism, edited by diane carson et al. Black american feminism web site, where one will find an extensive bibliography of black american feminist writings from across the disciplines, dating back to the early nineteenth century when african american women like maria stewart, anna julia cooper and sojourner truth challenged the conventions and mores of their era to speak publicly against slavery and in support of black womenos rights. In womens cinema, world cinema, patricia white explores the dynamic intersection of feminism and film in the twentyfirst century by highlighting the work of a new generation of women directors from around the world. Feminism and film history contemporary approaches to film and media series by.
Despite longstanding claims by elites that blacks, women, latinos, and other similarly derogated groups in the united states remain incapable of producing the type of interpretive, analytical thought that is labeled theory in the west, powerful knowledges of resistance that toppled former social structures of social inequality repudiate this view. Classical hollywood cinema and lesbian representability 1999. Womens animation and the creative feminist politics of. A film studies classic as inviting to new generations as are hitchcocks films themselves. Patricia white s most popular book is the film experience. Samira and hana makhmalbaf, nadine labaki, zero chou, jasmila zbanic, and claudia llosa, among others. White serves on the board of the nonprofit feminist media arts organization women make movies, the advisory board of film quarterly, and is a. Patricia white is a feminist film scholar and advocate and eugene lang research professor of film and media studies at swarthmore college. Patricia s latest book womens cinema, world cinema duke up, 2015 explores the dynamic intersection of feminism and film in the twentyfirst century, highlighting a new generation of women directors from around the world. Patricia white is professor and chair of the department of film and media studies at swarthmore college and the author of womens cinema, world cinema. Moreover, she investigates how these films frame feminist ideas regarding. Patricia white the current the criterion collection.
Projecting contemporary feminisms duke up, 2015 and uninvited. Imamura taiheis wartime theory of japanese film, tradition, and art the hollywood affair. In issues in feminist film criticism, edited by patricia erens, 7162. New york university press, 1999 gantbritton, lisbeth. She writes that the films setting, brussels, april 1968, calls to mind the paris, may 68 workerstudent strikes, which function as a mythical origin story in the narratives of the new left, poststructuralist theory and film culture. In spite of the increasing focus on female spectatorship in feminist scholarship, the homosexual pleasures of the female spectator were indeed largely ignored. Patricia white is a scholar of feminist film and eugene lang. Patricia white is professor of film and media studies at swarthmore college. After viewing 17 films during the toronto film festival, white says more than lip.
Semantic scholar extracted view of white privilege and looking relations. Projecting contemporary feminisms tania modleskis celebrated book on alfred hitchcock is a genuine classic of film studies and feminist theory. Of the two films, only pitts is taken up in feminist film scholarship, most notably in judith maynes book the woman at the keyhole. Mar 11, 2016 how mainstream feminism is failing me, a black woman. Projecting contemporary feminisms duke university press, 2015 and uninvited. Carol is a film about falling in love, but as patricia white points out in her very smart analysis of the films queerness a lesbian carol for christmas, in their endoftheyear awardsrace rhetoric, too many critics have acclaimed carol as a universal romance, when in fact, the film is deeply queer in its filmic and narrative choices.
While lola young argues that filmmakers of all races fail to break away from the use to tired stereotypes when depicting black women. A mustread for programmers, critics, teachers, and all viewers. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Feminism is among the social movements and cultural critical discourses that most definitively shaped the rise of angloamerican film studies in the 1970s. Manuel puig and the queer movie fan metadata, metafiction, and the stakes of surveillance in jennifer egans a visit from the goon squad. Race and gender in feminist film theory examined the erasure of black women in cinema by white male filmmakers. The emergence of a globalized network of film festivals has enabled these young directors to make and circulate films that are changing the aesthetics and politics of art. Feb 28, 2020 40 essential feminist movies you need to see. Their discussion will be the last in a series of campus events featuring white and centered around the roles of women in filmmaking and film criticism. Philosophy and feminism is a book that could whet the appetite of new readers of feminist philosophy, perhaps particularly those familiar with phi losophys mainstream tradition. Josue jared emily mary tawsif what is feminism in film.
Sep 11, 2015 mainstream feminism has a major problem as old as the movement itself. The white feminist agenda purports to help all women achieve political, social and economic equality with men, but it fails to fight for or even recognize many of. Dec 01, 2009 imamura taiheis wartime theory of japanese film, tradition, and art the hollywood affair. She is currently working on a book about us independent women filmmakers. Race and gender in feminist film theory, authorjane m. Feminist film theory is a theoretical film criticism derived from feminist politics and feminist theory influenced by second wave feminism and brought about around the 1970s in the united states. She has worked extensively with women make movies and the journal camera obscura. The twentyseven essays represent some of the most influential work on hollywood. Patricia white, swarthloore college eminist theory has been carrying on a stormy affair with the movies for twentyfive years, on several continents. Duke university press a feminist reader in early cinema. Feminist film scholar patricia white also suggests that portrait of a young girl is addressing the french new wave. In womens cinema, world cinema, patricia white explores the dynamic intersection of feminism and film in the twentyfirst century by highlighting the work of a. Mainstream feminism has a major problem as old as the movement itself.
A feminist reader in early cinema a camera obscura book. Even the hardestworking feminists among us sometimes need a break. By patricia white february 7, 2020 little women, greta gerwigs second feature film as writer and solo director, is about female authorship, as well as a lauded example of it. Patricia white is eugene lang research professor of film and media studies at swarthmore college. How mainstream feminism is failing me, a black woman. Patricia white, swarthloore college eminist theory has been carrying on a stormy affair with the movies for. The emergence of a globalized network of film festivals has enabled these. The arts and humanities black american feminisms bibliography. Women involved in the second wave feminist movement in the usa reflect on their experiences as selfidentified feminists. The revolution will be subtitled, argues white, unassailably. Patricia white has 34 books on goodreads with 1197 ratings. Swarthmore film and media studies patricia white is a feminist film scholar and advocate and eugene lang research professor of film and media studies at swarthmore college.
Patricia white, assistant professor of english and film studies, teaches film and cultural studies at swarthmore college. Teaching jeanne dielman, 23 quai du commerce, 1080 bruxelles. Feminism and film by patricia white works swarthmore college. This anthology makes it abundantly clear that feminist film criticism is flourishing and has developed dramatically since its inception in the early 1970s. Duke university press, 2015 womens cinema, world cinema is an exciting book for the connections that patricia white expertly draws and explicates between text and context, auteur and society, national and global. As patricia white 1991 observes, the ghostly presence of lesbianism does not only haunt hollywood gothics but also feminist film theory. Patricia hill collins quotes author of black feminist. Classical hollywood cinema and lesbian representability.
Patricia white, author of womens cinema, world cinema. The documentary is centered around a 1977 photobook containing photographs of each woman as a young adult and is crosscut with candid interviews with. Her work has appeared in screen, the oxford guide to film studies, and in numerous collections of feminist and lesbiangay film studies. Dec 25, 2015 carol is a film about falling in love, but aspatricia white points out in her very smart analysis of the films queerness a lesbian carol for christmas,in their endoftheyear awardsrace rhetoric, too many critics have acclaimed carol as a universal romance, when in fact, the film is deeply queer in its filmic and narrative choices.
Portrait of a young girl at the end of the 60s in brussels. Jennifer lawrence and patricia arquette fight against gender pay wages without shedding light on. The emergence of a globalized network of film festivals has enabled these young. Patricia white published on february, 2015 by patricia white isbn.
The brutal truth every white feminist needs to hear. Journal of aesthetics and art criticism erens brings together a wide variety of writings and methodologies by u. Reproduced with permission of the licensor through plsclear. She is also coauthor with timothy corrigan of the film textbook the film experience. She further highlights how womens cinema not only can reach an international audience, but how it can also revitalise domestic film cultures p. Pdf womens cinema, world cinema by patricia white mette. Johanna demetrakas feminist films in the swarthmorebryn. White, who holds a phd in the history of consciousness from the university of california, santa cruz and a ba in film studies from yale, is an interdisciplinary scholar, teacher, and advocate for feminist film. Classical hollywood cinema and lesbian representability indiana up, 1999 and coauthor, with timothy corrigan, of the film experience. Janet staiger, annette kuhn, yvonne tasker, and patricia white, and many. Samira and hana makhmalbaf, nadine labaki, zero chou, jasmila zbanic, and claudia llosa.
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