Feminist Auteurs: Reading Women's Films

by Geetha Ramanathan

Feminist Auteurs examines a rich and diverse body of work that has received insufficient attention both in film studies and in feminist theory on film. Looking at individual films within the context of feminist film as a genre, Ramanathan examines film from diverse cultural traditions, while paying close attention to what might be regarded as feminist in different cultural contexts. The films chosen expand our ideas of feminism covering as they do film from Africa, Latin America, Europe, Asia and the US. Full-length interpretations of twenty-four films, both older and contemporary, including Vagabond , India Song , Bhaji on the Beach , Chocolat , and Daughters of the Dust lay out a complete and powerful framework for reading women's film.

Genres: Feminism, Film

Paperback

First published April 15, 2006

About the author

Geetha Ramanathan is Professor of Comparative Literature at West Chester University where she teaches Comparative Literature, film and Women's Studies (including Feminist Film and African American Film). Her interests include modernist, feminist and third world literature.

Reviews

[NiKKi · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book made me cry for no solid reason. i guess im feeling hormonal and whatnot today, but anyways its packed with great info on all these amazing truthfully female films. i now have an even bigger avant garde watchlist to get to.
I ran towards this book when i saw the amazing cover