From La Strada to The Hours: Suffering and Sovereign Women in the Movies
From La Strada to The Hours: Suffering and Sovereign Women in the Movies
English | 2024 | ISBN: 3662687887 | 381 Pages | PDF (True) | 11 MB
English | 2024 | ISBN: 3662687887 | 381 Pages | PDF (True) | 11 MB
The book covers a wide range of cinematic femininities: It starts with Marilyn Monroe’s cool phrase "We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle", which self-confidently marked her profession - with a wink, because she did not say "to sparkle". The (self-) staging of women also ironically plays its being tailored to the male gaze. In this section we discuss movies like Some like it hot, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Cet obscur objet du désir and Le Mépris - with a notable chapter by Laura Mulvey. Moreover, some fifty films later, the book ends with a section on Self-Empowerment and Identity, featuring films like Thelma & Louise, The Hours, Blue Valentine and Carol.