Originally published: Basingstoke : Macmillan, 1998.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Filmography: pages 211-212.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-210) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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1. What meets the eye : an overview of feminist film theory -- 2. In pursuit of the author : on cinematic directorship The Sbjective factor -- 3. Silent violence : on point of view Dust and cruel embrace -- 4. And the mirror cracked : on metaphors of violence and resistance -- A question of silence and broken mirros -- 5. Forces of subversion : on the excess of the image Bagdad Café and Sweetie -- 6. The navel of the film : on the abject and the masquerade The Virgin machine.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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And The Mirror Cracked explores the politics and pleasures of contemporary feminist cinema. In a continuous mirror game between theory and cinema, this study explains how cinema techniques are used to represent female subjectivety.