Buch, Englisch, 136 Seiten, Format (B × H): 137 mm x 213 mm, Gewicht: 159 g
Buch, Englisch, 136 Seiten, Format (B × H): 137 mm x 213 mm, Gewicht: 159 g
Reihe: Routledge Focus on Feminism and Film
ISBN: 978-0-367-49299-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Piotrowska presents ‘the nasty woman’ across cultural and mythical landscape as a figure fighting against the entitlement of the patriarchy. The writer argues that in films such as Zero Dark Thirty, Red Road, Stories We Tell, and even Gone Girl the ‘nastiness’ of female characters creates a new space for reflection on contemporary society and its struggles against patriarchal systems. The nasty woman or neo femme fatale is a figure who disrupts stable situations and norms; she is pro-active and self-determining, and at times unafraid to use dubious means to achieve her goals. She is often single, but when married she subverts and undermines the fundamental principles of this patriarchal institution.
For students and researchers in Cultural Studies, Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Film Studies and Psychoanalysis in Film Studies, The Nasty Woman and the Neo Femme Fatale in Contemporary Cinema offers an original way of thinking about female creativity and subjectivity. It is also a proud celebration of feminist and female authorship in contemporary Hollywood.
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Introduction: Nasty Women and Neo Femme Fatales Chapter 1. Zero Dark Thirty – ‘War Autism’ or a Lacanian Ethical Act? Chapter 2. The killjoy and the nasty woman in Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train Chapter 3: A new documentary ethics: trauma and reparation in Sarah Polley’s Stories We Tell Chapter 4: The non- femme fatale in Red Road Conclusion: Where else will the Nasty Woman go – final nomadic remarks