Description
D.N. Rodowick offers a critical analysis of the development of film theory since 1968. He shows how debates concerning the literary principles of modernism--semiotics, structuralism, psychoanalysis, Marxism, and feminism--have transformed our understanding of cinematic meaning. Rodowick explores the literary paradigms established in France during the late 1960s and traces their influence on the work of diverse filmmaker/theorists including Jean-Luc Godard, Peter Gidal, Laura Mulvey, and Peter Wollen. By exploring the "new French feminisms" of Irigaray and Kristeva, he investigates the relation of political modernism to psychoanalysis and theories of sexual difference. In a new introduction written especially for this edition, Rodowick considers the continuing legacy of this theoretical tradition in relation to the emergence of cultural studies approaches to film.
About the Author
D.N. Rodowick is Professor of English and Visual/Cultural Studies, and Director of the Film Studies Program, at the University of Rochester. His books include The Difficulty of Difference: Psychoanalysis, Sexual Difference and Film Theory (1991).
Book Information
ISBN 9780520087712
Author D. N. Rodowick
Format Paperback
Page Count 311
Imprint University of California Press
Publisher University of California Press
Weight(grams) 454g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 23mm
About the Author
D.N. Rodowick is Professor of English and Visual/Cultural Studies, and Director of the Film Studies Program, at the University of Rochester. His books include The Difficulty of Difference: Psychoanalysis, Sexual Difference and Film Theory (1991).
Book Information
ISBN 9780520087712
Author D. N. Rodowick
Format Paperback
Page Count 311
Imprint University of California Press
Publisher University of California Press
Weight(grams) 454g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 23mm
