Afterimages: On Cinema, Women and Changing Times

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Marking a return for Laura Mulvey to questions of film theory and feminism, as well as a reconsideration of new and old film technologies, this urgent and compelling collection of essays is essential reading for anyone interested in the power and pleasures of moving images. Its title, Afterimages, alludes to the dislocation of time that runs through many of the films and works it discusses as well as to the way we view them. Beginning with a section on the theme of woman as spectacle, a shift in focus leads to films from across the globe, directed by women and about women, all adopting radical cinematic strategies. Mulvey goes on to consider moving image works made for art galleries, arguing that the aesthetics of cinema have persisted into this environment. Structured in three main parts, Afterimages also features an appendix of ten frequently asked questions on her classic feminist essay &;Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema,&; in which Mulvey addresses questions of spectatorship, autonomy, and identity that are crucial to our era today. Cover Title Page Imprint Page Contents PREFACE PART ONE: A LAST CHAPTER INTRODUCTION: FINAL THOUGHTS ON WOMAN AS SPECTACLE MAX OPHÜLS, LOLA MONTÈS ALFRED HITCHCOCK, VERTIGO MARILYN MONROE: EMBLEM AND ALLEGORY OF A CHANGING HOLLYWOOD THE DECLINE AND FALL OF HOLLYWOOD ACCORDING TO JEAN-LUC GODARD’S LE MÉPRIS PART TWO : THE NEXT CHAPTER INTRODUCTION: TIME REBORN – WOMEN’S STORIES, WOMEN’S FILM CHANTAL AKERMAN, JEANNE DIELMAN, 23 QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES JULIE DASH, DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST RAKHSHAN BANI-ETEMAD, UNDER THE SKIN OF THE CITY ALINA MARAZZI, UN’ORA SOLA TI VORREI CLIO BARNARD, THE ARBOR PART THREE: BETWEEN PAST AND PRESENT INTRODUCTION: ART AND MOVING IMAGES – TRANSITIONAL SPACES OF SPECTATORSHIP MORGAN FISHER: FILMS ON PROJECTION AND THE PROJECTOR MARK LEWIS: FILMS ON TIME, SPACE AND REAR PROJECTION ISAAC JULIEN: DISPLACING THE SPECTATOR, TEN THOUSAND WAVES MARY KELLY: SPEAKING MATERNAL SILENCE, POST-PARTUM DOCUMENT AND THE BALLAD OF KASTRIOT REXHEPI APPENDIX: TEN FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ON ‘VISUAL PLEASURE AND NARRATIVE CINEMA’ REFERENCES BIBLIOGRAPHY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INDEX