Feminist Film Theorists

Routledge Critical Thinkers

by Shohini Chaudhuri

Focusing on the ground-breaking work of Laura Mulvey, Kaja Silverman, Teresa de Lauretis and Barbara Creed, this book explores how, since it began in the 1970s, feminist film theory has revolutionized the way that films and their spectators can be understood. Examining the new and distinctive approaches of each of these thinkers, this book provides the most detailed account so far of their ideas. It illuminates the six key concepts and demonstrates their value as tools for film Testing their ideas with a number of other examples from contemporary cinema and TV, Shohini Chaudhuri shows how these four thinkers construct their theories through their reading of films. An excellent study companion for all students of film theory and women’s studies.

Genres: Film, Nonfiction, Feminism, Research, Theory, Philosophy, Womens

Paperback

First published June 1, 2006

Reviews

[Dara Sorcha O'Donnell]

Reading for my dissertation, really concise and informative in summing up the main feminist theories in film.

[KenMurillo]

freudian theories make me uncomfy :0

[Ketab Dozd]

برای ورود به بحث تئوری فمینیستی فیلم کتاب خوبیه که خیلی مختصر و مفیده و شاخصترین نظریه‌ها رو توضیح داده.

[Toons]

For me it was an interesting introduction to general feminist theory. It was most interesting when the theorists strayed from the phallocentric Freudian nonsense, which unfortunately was rare.

[Sharon]

An excellent beginners' guide for those interested in feminist film theory

[Kate]

Freud and his Oedipal Complex were mentioned in this book more than actual commentary about movies ffs

[Dine]

A great summary of the main ideas of some of the well-known feminist film theorists. The book features Mulvey, de Lauretis, Silverman and other famous theorists. It’s a great read especially since you don’t have to buy or download the individual works, which for me some were hard to find. The theories are heavy on psychoanalysis and sometimes not that easy to understand but you get the overall idea. All in all, it was very useful for me, since I had to summarize the most important ideas for my thesis.

[Michael Jarvie]

A concise introduction to the main ideas of four feminist film theorists.