Marguerite Duras
By Renate Gunther
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- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 978-0-7190-5757-1
- Pages: 160
- Price: £12.99
- Published Date: May 2002
- Series: French Film Directors Series
Description
The first book in English to deal exclusively with Duras' cinema, including such films as India Song, Le Camion, and Nathalie Granger. Provides a lucid and stimulating introduction to her films, which is accessible to a wide readerhip, both specialist and non-specialist.. Locates the films in their autobiographical as well as social and historical context, making the book broadly interesting to students and teachers in all areas of French Studies.. The book's empahasis on gender issues widens it's appeal to include those working in Women's Studies, Gender Studies and Gay and Lesbian Studies.
Contents
List of Plates
Series Editor's Foreword
Acknowledgments
1. Autobiography, history and politics
2. Words and images: Filming desire
3. The politics of cinema
4. Gender and sexuality
Afterword
Filmography
Select bibliography
Index
Author
Renate Günther is Lecturer in French at the University of Sheffield