Frances Smith

Bande de Filles (eBook, ePUB)

Girlhood Identities in Contemporary France

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Motivated by the absence of black female characters in French cinema, Sciamma represents the lives of figures that have passed largely unnoticed on the big screen. While observing the girls' tough circumstances, Sciamma's film emphasises the joy and camaraderie found in female friendships. This book places Girlhood in its cinematic as well as its sociocultural context. Pop music, urban violence, and female friendships are all considered here in a book that draws out the complexity of Sciamma's deceptively simple portrayal of coming-of-age.

Thoughtful, concise, and deeply contemporary, this book is perfect for students, scholars, and general readers interested in youth cultures, European cinema, gender, and sexuality.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 114
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351031608
• Artikelnr.: 58536289

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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