Feminist Visions
Theory in Practice in Contemporary Film and Television
Feminist Visions
Theory in Practice in Contemporary Film and Television
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What does feminist filmmaking in the 21st century look like? This book assesses the influence of Western feminist theory on contemporary film and television - nearly fifty years after Claire Johnston and Laura Mulvey called for a feminist counter-cinema - highlighting the cross-fertilization between feminist film theory and practice.
Is there a #Metoo genre? Have traditional Hollywood genres been reframed? How has intersectional feminist film theory been explored on screen? In essays spanning film and television in a broad range of genres from the US, the UK and India, contributors renew definitions of feminist filmmaking since second wave feminist film scholars first grappled with the image of women in film and the role of women in the film industry. Feminist Visions provides an insightful space for discussion of feminist film theory as applied to recent TV series such as Devious Maids (2013-2016), Unbelievable (2019), Greenleaf (2016-2020), I May Destroy You (2020) and Insecure (2016-2021) and films including Maid in Manhattan (2002), Night Moves (2014), Gone Girl (2014), I Care a Lot (2020) and The Discreet Charm of the Savarnas (2020).
Table of Contents
1.1.Janet Staiger, University of Texas at Austin, “Finding Feminist Filmmaking”
1.2.Sheril Brenna, University of Cincinnati, “'He Doesn't Get to Win': Gone Girl (2014), the Anti-Heroine, and Social Media Fandom”
1.3.Elizabeth Mullen, Université de Bretagne occidentale, “From Calculating Cool Girl to Conniving Caregiver: Power, Privilege and the Monstrous Feminine in I Care a Lot (2021)”
1.4. Samuel Fernández-Pichel “A Feminist Archive of Past Future Sounds: Archiveology in Lisa Rovner's Sisters with Transistors (2020)”
1.5. Audrey Haensler, Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier, “Nothing but a “woke façade”? Intersectional feminism in contemporary reboots of female-centric TV shows”.
2. Is There a #MeToo Genre?
2.1. Katrjin Bekers “The #Metoo Biopic: #Metoo Narratives in Recent Biopics about Women Activists”
2.2. Delphine Letort, Le Mans University, “Unbelievable (2019): A feminist tale of rape”
2.3. Arya Rani Prakash, University of Texas at Dallas “Sexual Assault and the Eye of the Camera: An Investigation Into the Gaze in #MeToo Films”
2.4. Audrey Haensler, Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier, “Nothing but a 'woke façade'? Intersectional feminism in contemporary reboots of female-centric TV shows Charmed (1998-2006) and Sex and the City (1998-2004)”
3. Reframing traditional Hollywood Genres
3.1. Linda Badley “Feminist Film Theory and 21st-century Women's Independent Horror Cinema”
3.2. Cristelle Maury “From the erotic male gaze to the surveilling gaze: De-eroticizing and Politicizing the Noir Gaze in Kelly Reichardt's Night Moves”
3.3. Kristine Chick “Subverting genres and reversing roles: how the female artist and the child assassin demolish conventions and become the patriarch's dangerous rivals in Lynne Ramsay's You Were Never Really Here (2018)”
3.5. Hélène Machinal Université de Rennes 2 “Posthuman bodies and Empowerment: reaching beyond dualism in Sci-fi TV series”
3.6. Kyra Clark, Massey University, and Lauren O'Mahony, Murdoch University, “Stitching together feminism, genre and couture in The Dressmaker (2015)”
4) Testing Intersectional feminist film theory
4.1. Sabine Elisabeth Aretz (KU Eichstaett-Ingolstadt) “'Monstrous and Shameless': Trauma, Agency, and Narrative (of) Empowerment in I May Destroy You” (2020)
4.2. Mikaël Toulza “Black Feminism, Womanism, and Empowerment through Religion in Greenleaf (OWN, 2016-2020)”
4.3 Emilie Cheyroux, Institut National Universitaire Champollion, Albi, “The figure of the Latina maid in independent productions made by Latina filmmakers: a counter-stereotypical and feminist approach”
4.4. Acharna Jakakumar “Indian Feminisms on Screen: Discreet Charm of Savarna 'Feminism' and Social Justice via Dalit Feminism”
4.5. Anne Crémieux, Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3 “The Gaze is the Message”
Product details
| Published | Feb 05 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 320 |
| ISBN | 9781350417731 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 30 bw illus |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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