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OverviewSaccharine for some, poignant for others, Jacques Demy's 'enchanted' world is familiar to generations of French audiences accustomed to watching Christmas repeats of his fairytale Peau d'ane (1970) or seeing Catherine Deneuve and Francoise Dorleac prance and pirouette in Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (1966). Demy achieved international recognition w Full Product DetailsAuthor: Darren Waldron , Diana Holmes , Robert IngramPublisher: Manchester University Press Imprint: Manchester University Press Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.240kg ISBN: 9781526106995ISBN 10: 152610699 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 27 January 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction: 'Un demi, Jacques, bien frais, avec de la mousse': background and early filmmaking 1. Jacques Demy, the Nouvelle Vague and beyond 2. Melodic reconfigurations: Demy's musicals 3. Fantasy and its disenchantments: fairytale, fable and myth in the Demy-monde 4. Gender and sexuality in the Demy-monde 5. Mythologising Demy Concluding remarks Filmography Select bibliography Index -- .ReviewsThis important work is long overdue' -- (Dr Edward Royle, University of York, Reviews in History, 14/11/2013) Author InformationDarren Waldron is Senior Lecturer in French Screen Studies at the University of Manchester -- . Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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