TY - BOOK ID - 133581610 TI - Violent women in contemporary cinema PY - 2016 SN - 9781137525079 PB - New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Women in motion pictures. KW - Violence in motion pictures. KW - Femmes au cinéma KW - Violence au cinéma UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:133581610 AB - Violent men in film are usually received without comment, whereas violent women are suspect and thus the victims of a double standard. In foregrounding such films as Patty Jenkins?s Monster (2003), Claire Denis?s Trouble Every Day (2001), and Virginie Despentes and Coralie Trinh Thi's Baise-moi (2000), Loreck (Monash Univ., Australia) deals not only with the films but also with audience reaction to them. Many of the films Loreck discusses are directed by women and deal with women pushed to extremes by rape or other violent crimes committed against them. Thus, the figure of the ?violent woman, ? once the province of low-budget exploitation cinema, finds new depth and resonance in the films Loreck examines?which are resolutely ?art house? projects, individual visions made without regard for box-office concerns. Despite the limited distribution of many of these films, they are some of the most important works currently being created, and they deserve a wider audience. This thoughtful, well-written book gives them the deft and detailed consideration due them. ER -