Burch / Noel Burch / Sellier The Battle of the Sexes in French Cinema, 1930–1956

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-8223-7725-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 384 Seiten

This comprehensive historical study of French films made between 1930 and 1956—before, during, and after the Second World War—homes in on cinematic representations of gender relations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burch, Noël

Noel Burch, Burch

Sellier, Geneviève

Weitere Mitwirkende

Graham, Peter A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1

Part I. The Prewar Period, 1930–1939 13

1. Panorama of a Cine-Family Romance 15

Film Analyses 54

Part II. The German Occupation, 1940–1944: Fathers Take a Backseat 89

2. Castrated Fathers 91

3. Women in the Service of the Patriarchy 103

4. Misogyny Lingers On 114

5. Absent Men, Fleeing Men 125

6. Women Take Control of Their Destiny 133

7. The Zazou Film: A Dissident Style during the Occupation 140

8. A Woman Faced with Her Desire 150

9. Gentle Male Figures and New Fathers 164

Film Analyses 180

Part III. The Postwar Period, 1945–1956: Settling of Scores 235

10. The Destabilizing Effects of the Liberation 237

11. Restoring the Patriarchal Order 269

Film Analyses 305

Conclusion 341

References 347

Index 357

Über Autor(innen)

Noël Burch is Professor Emeritus of Film Studies at the University Charles de Gaulle in Lille. His book Theory of Film Practice is widely regarded as one of the key works of Western film criticism.Geneviève Sellier is Professor of Film Studies at the University Michel de Montaigne in Bordeaux. She is the author of several books in French, as well as Masculine Singular: French New Wave Cinema, also published by Duke University Press.