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Masculine Singular: French New Wave Cinema by Sellier, Geneviève
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- Subject Area
- Performing Arts, Social Science, History
- Publication Name
- Masculine Singular : French New Wave Cinema
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- Duke University Press
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- 9.8 in
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- Europe / France, Women's Studies, Film / History & Criticism
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- 2008
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- Hardcover
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- English
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- 18 Oz
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- Number of Pages
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Duke University Press
ISBN-10
0822341751
ISBN-13
9780822341758
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63626791
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Number of Pages
280 Pages
Publication Name
Masculine Singular : French New Wave Cinema
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Subject
Europe / France, Women's Studies, Film / History & Criticism
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Performing Arts, Social Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
18 Oz
Item Length
9.8 in
Item Width
5.9 in
Additional Product Features
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College Audience
LCCN
2007-042439
Reviews
"This remarkable book will change readers' view of New Wave cinema. Geneviève Sellier approaches this key movement in French cinema from an original perspective, developing a nuanced yet incisive argument about the links between masculinity, auteurism, and filmic representations."-- Ginette Vincendeau , author of Jean-Pierre Melville: An American in Paris, "This remarkable book will change readers' view of New Wave cinema. Geneviève Sellier approaches this key movement in French cinema from an original perspective, developing a nuanced yet incisive argument about the links between masculinity, auteurism, and filmic representations."- Ginette Vincendeau , author of Jean-Pierre Melville: An American in Paris, "Thanks to this unwavering translation, Geneviève Sellier's bracing exposé has stripped the New Wave of its stylish attire to reveal an unappealing male body. Vigilant and determined, she has trolled a sea of French criticism to net her evidence."- Dudley Andrew , Yale University, "This remarkable book will change readers' view of New Wave cinema. Genevive Sellier approaches this key movement in French cinema from an original perspective, developing a nuanced yet incisive argument about the links between masculinity, auteurism, and filmic representations." Ginette Vincendeau, author of Jean-Pierre Melville: An American in Paris "Thanks to this unwavering translation, Genevive Sellier's bracing expos has stripped the New Wave of its stylish attire to reveal an unappealing male body. Vigilant and determined, she has trolled a sea of French criticism to net her evidence."--Dudley Andrew, Yale University, "Thanks to this unwavering translation, Genevive Sellier's bracing expos has stripped the New Wave of its stylish attire to reveal an unappealing male body. Vigilant and determined, she has trolled a sea of French criticism to net her evidence."-- Dudley Andrew , Yale University, “Thanks to this unwavering translation, Genevi ve Sellier’s bracing expos has stripped the New Wave of its stylish attire to reveal an unappealing male body. Vigilant and determined, she has trolled a sea of French criticism to net her evidence.â€�- Dudley Andrew , Yale University, "Thanks to this unwavering translation, Geneviève Sellier's bracing exposé has stripped the New Wave of its stylish attire to reveal an unappealing male body. Vigilant and determined, she has trolled a sea of French criticism to net her evidence."-- Dudley Andrew , Yale University, “This remarkable book will change readers’ view of New Wave cinema. Genevi ve Sellier approaches this key movement in French cinema from an original perspective, developing a nuanced yet incisive argument about the links between masculinity, auteurism, and filmic representations.â€�- Ginette Vincendeau , author of Jean-Pierre Melville: An American in Paris, "This remarkable book will change readers' view of New Wave cinema. Genevive Sellier approaches this key movement in French cinema from an original perspective, developing a nuanced yet incisive argument about the links between masculinity, auteurism, and filmic representations."-- Ginette Vincendeau , author of Jean-Pierre Melville: An American in Paris, "This remarkable book will change readers' view of New Wave cinema. Geneviève Sellier approaches this key movement in French cinema from an original perspective, developing a nuanced yet incisive argument about the links between masculinity, auteurism, and filmic representations." Ginette Vincendeau, author of Jean-Pierre Melville: An American in Paris
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Dewey Decimal
791.430944
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments vii Introduction: The Aesthetic Doxa on the New Wave 1 1. A New Generation Marked by the Emergence of Women 11 2. Cinephilia in the 1950s 22 3. Auteur Cinema: An Affair of State 34 4. Contrasting Receptions 41 5. The Precursors 70 6. Between Romanticism and Modernism 95 7. Nostalgia for a Heroic Masculinity 128 8. The Women of the New Wave: Between Modern and Archaic 145 9. Jeanne Moreau: Star of the New Wave and Icon of Modernity 184 10. Brigitte Bardot and the New Wave: An Ambivalent Relationship 199 11. The Independent Filmmakers of the Left Bank: A "Feminist" Alternative 210 Conclusion: The New Wave's Legacy: "Auteur Cinema" 221 Appendix One: Box Office Results 225 Appendix Two: The Press 227 Notes 231 Bibliography 245 Index 253
Synopsis
Masculine Singular is an original interpretation of French New Wave cinema by one of France's leading feminist film scholars. While most criticism of the New Wave has concentrated on the filmmakers and their films, Genevi ve Sellier focuses on the social and cultural turbulence of the cinema's formative years, from 1957 to 1962. The New Wave filmmakers were members of a young generation emerging on the French cultural scene, eager to acquire sexual and economic freedom. Almost all of them were men, and they "wrote" in the masculine first-person singular, often using male protagonists as stand-ins for themselves. In their films, they explored relations between men and women, and they expressed ambivalence about the new liberated woman. Sellier argues that gender relations and the construction of sexual identities were the primary subject of New Wave cinema. Sellier draws on sociological surveys, box office data, and popular magazines of the period, as well as analyses of specific New Wave films. She examines the development of the New Wave movement, its sociocultural and economic context, and the popular and critical reception of such well-known films as Jules et Jim and Hiroshima mon amour . In light of the filmmakers' focus on gender relations, Sellier reflects on the careers of New Wave's iconic female stars, including Jeanne Moreau and Brigitte Bardot. Sellier's thorough exploration of early New Wave cinema culminates in her contention that its principal legacy--the triumph of a certain kind of cinephilic discourse and of an "auteur theory" recognizing the director as artist--came at a steep price: creativity was reduced to a formalist game, and affirmation of New Wave cinema's modernity was accompanied by an association of creativity with masculinity., Masculine Singular is an original interpretation of French New Wave cinema by one of France's leading feminist film scholars. While most criticism of the New Wave has concentrated on the filmmakers and their films, Geneviève Sellier focuses on the social and cultural turbulence of the cinema's formative years, from 1957 to 1962. The New Wave filmmakers were members of a young generation emerging on the French cultural scene, eager to acquire sexual and economic freedom. Almost all of them were men, and they "wrote" in the masculine first-person singular, often using male protagonists as stand-ins for themselves. In their films, they explored relations between men and women, and they expressed ambivalence about the new liberated woman. Sellier argues that gender relations and the construction of sexual identities were the primary subject of New Wave cinema. Sellier draws on sociological surveys, box office data, and popular magazines of the period, as well as analyses of specific New Wave films. She examines the development of the New Wave movement, its sociocultural and economic context, and the popular and critical reception of such well-known films as Jules et Jim and Hiroshima mon amour . In light of the filmmakers' focus on gender relations, Sellier reflects on the careers of New Wave's iconic female stars, including Jeanne Moreau and Brigitte Bardot. Sellier's thorough exploration of early New Wave cinema culminates in her contention that its principal legacy--the triumph of a certain kind of cinephilic discourse and of an "auteur theory" recognizing the director as artist--came at a steep price: creativity was reduced to a formalist game, and affirmation of New Wave cinema's modernity was accompanied by an association of creativity with masculinity.
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2008
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