Identity and Memory: The Films of Chantal Akerman (Cinema Voices S.) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0948911093 ISBN 13: 9780948911095

Publisher: Flicks Books, 1999

Synopsis

Considered to be one of the most influential auteurs in French cinema today, Chantal Akerman has had a profound impact on both feminist filmmaking discourse and avant-garde film. She has shown herself to be an uncompromising and dedicated practitioner of the cinematic arts in works such as "I...You...He...She" ("Je tu il elle", 1974); "Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles" (1975); "Meetings with Anna" ("Les Rendez-vous d'Anna", 1978); "American Stories/Food, Family, and Philosophy" ("Histoires d'Amerique", 1989); and "From the East" ("D'Est", 1993). Akerman has continued to create new and unexpected films that explore ideas about image, gaze, space, performance, and narration.This collection of essays edited by Gwendolyn Audrey Foster assesses Akerman's wide-ranging oeuvre, particularly her exploration of identity and memory, and considers her development as an artist and as a social force. Along with a detailed filmography and bibliography, both compiled by Foster, ten of the key figures in contemporary feminist moving-image discourse explore the themes with which Akerman is preoccupied: sexuality and lesbian identity, subjectivity, alterity, quotidian reality, the mother-daughter relationship, and Jewish diasporic identity.

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About the Author

Gwendolyn Audrey Fosteris Willa Cather Endowed Professor of English and Film Studiesat the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and is the author of fourteen books. "Performing Whiteness: Postmodern Re/Constructions in the Cinema," was named an outstanding title in the humanities for 2004 by "Choice." Foster's most recent book is "Disruptive Feminisms: Raced, Classed, and Gendered Bodies in Film."

Edition details

• Publisher: Flicks Books
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0948911093
• ISBN 13: 9780948911095
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208
• Editor: Foster Gwendolyn Audrey