BackChantal Akerman
(book in English)
- Type
- Studies
- Subject
- Director > Chantal Akerman
- Chantal Akerman
- Publishing Date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Collection
- French Film Directors
- Language
- English
Dimensions
- Physical desc.
- Paperback • 208 pages • 22 €
5 x 7.75 inches (13 x 19.5 cm) - ISBN
- 978-1-5261-1686-4
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Book Presentation:
Chantal Akerman is widely acclaimed as one of cinema's boldest visionaries.
A towering figure in women's and feminist film-making, she produced a diverse and intensely personal body of work ranging from minimalist portraits of the everyday to exuberant romantic comedies, and from documentaries and musicals to installation art. This book traces the director's career at the crossroads between experimental and mainstream cinema, contextualising her work within the American avant-garde of the 1970s, European anti-naturalism, feminism and the post-modern aesthetics.
While offering an in-depth analysis of her multi-faceted film style, it also stresses the social and ethical dimension of her work, especially as regards her representation of marginal groups and her exploration of exilic and diasporic identities. Particular attention is given to the inscription of the Holocaust and of Jewish memory in her films.
See the publisher website: Manchester University Press
> From the same author:
> Books with the same or similar title:
Chantal Akerman (2012)
Too Far, Too Close
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Subject: Director > Chantal Akerman
> On a related topic:
Chantal Akerman, œuvre écrite et parlée (2024)
by Chantal Akerman and Cyril Béghin
Subject: Director > Chantal Akerman
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