Description
This book explores lesbians in film from early representations to contemporary ones, spanning sixty years and over twenty films. Concentrating on lesbian desire and subtext, Kabir draws on films such as Queen Christina, The Killing of Sister George, Rebecca, Desperately Seeking Susan and The Color Purple. She details their narratives in conjunction with an examination of different spectating positions and new syntheses of filmic languages. Deploying lesbian history, black subjectivity, feminist film criticism and material from psychoanalysis, Daughters of Desire explores narrative, desire and identifications. From castration and agency to the fetishization of beauty, from mothering, narcissism, and Oedipus to rage and trauma, Kabir crosses frontiers in film studies and feminist theory.
This Bloomsbury Academic Collection consists of classic titles in film studies.
About the Author
Shameem Kabir is a writer and editor based in London, UK.
Book Information
ISBN 9781474290470
Author Shameem Kabir
Format Hardback
Page Count 272
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Series Film Studies: Bloomsbury Academic Collections
Weight(grams) 531g
This Bloomsbury Academic Collection consists of classic titles in film studies.
About the Author
Shameem Kabir is a writer and editor based in London, UK.
Book Information
ISBN 9781474290470
Author Shameem Kabir
Format Hardback
Page Count 272
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Series Film Studies: Bloomsbury Academic Collections
Weight(grams) 531g
Details
Subtitle: |
Lesbian Representations in Film |
Series: |
Film Studies: Bloomsbury Academic Collections |
Imprint: |
Bloomsbury Academic |
