Bande de Filles: Girlhood Identities in Contemporary France

ISBN-13: 9781138491960 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 104 str.

Frances Smith

Opis

Few films in the twenty-first century have represented coming-of-age with the beauty and brutality of Bande de Filles (or Girlhood). This book provides an in-depth examination of Céline Sciamma’s film, focusing on its portrayal of female adolescence in contemporary Paris.

Spis treści

1. Contextualising Bande de Filles/Girlhood  2. Céline Sciamma’s coming-of-age texts 3. Feminising the banlieue in Bande de Filles/Girlhood 4. Solidarity and violence in Bande de Filles/Girlhood 5. Music and the transnational in Bande de Filles/Girlhood 6. Gender fluidity and queer girlhood in Bande de Filles/Girlhood

O autorze

Frances Smith is Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Sussex (UK). Her research concerns teen cinema, nostalgia, and female authorship. She is the author of Rethinking the Hollywood Teen Movie and series co-editor of Refocus: The American Directors Series.