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OverviewThis book provides the first detailed analysis of the work of four important contemporary directors whose work falls between the reductive labels of 'auteur cinema' and 'popular cinema'. Their work is contextualised within this timely investigation into the shifting relationship between the privileged status of the auteur and questions of genre, gender and cinematic production in France today. This important contribution to understanding the shifting landscapes of contemporary French film identifies an essential intermediacy in the films of these directors, which works to undo a series of dominant oppositions, generic template and contestation, public collectivity and personal intimacy, to offer a new perspective on the location of the political in contemporary French cinema. The four chapters provide detailed critical analysis of films by Dominique Cabrera, Laetitia Masson, Noemie Lvovsky and Marion Vernoux, and present common thread including the possible construction of social intimacy, the political demystification of romance narratives and the role of nostalgia, to argue that their work uses popular genres in order to challenge dominant cultural representation that resonates beyond the immediate parameters of contemporary French cinema. This book will be of interest to researchers working in French and European cinema, to students of Film Studies and French and Francophone Studies, and to film enthusiasts. -- . Full Product DetailsAuthor: Julia Dobson , Diana Holmes , Robert Ingram , Bethan HirstPublisher: Manchester University Press Imprint: Manchester University Press Dimensions: Width: 12.30cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 18.60cm Weight: 0.340kg ISBN: 9780719072185ISBN 10: 0719072182 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 02 July 2012 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsList of illustrations Series editors’ Foreword Acknowledgements ntroduction: continuing negotiations 1. Dominique Cabrera: intimate constructions of a ‘bonheur collectif’ 2. Noémie Lvovsky: rupture and transmission 3. Laetitia Masson: suspect identities 4. Marion Vernoux: encountering difference Index -- .ReviewsAuthor InformationJulia Dobson is Senior Lecturer in French at the University of Sheffield Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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