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Violent Women in Contemporary Cinema explores the representation of homicidal women in six contemporary films: Antichrist (Lars von Trier, 2009), Trouble Every Day (Claire Denis, 2001), Baise-moi (Coralie Thinh Thi and Virginie Despentes, 2000), Heavenly Creatures (Peter Jackson, 1994), Monster (Patty Jenkins, 2003) and The Reader (Stephen Daldry, 2008). Violent women in cinema pose an exciting challenge to viewers—when women kill, they overturn cultural ideas of 'typical' feminine behaviour. Janice Loreck explores how cinema creatively depicts the violent woman in response to this challenge. Departing from earlier studies that focus on popular and exploitation cinema, the book takes a unique focus on violent women in art films and other critically-distinguished forms. It explores the appeal that the violent woman holds for spectators within this viewing context. Furthermore, the book also examines how cinema responds to the cultural construction of the violent woman as a conundrum and enigma.

Women in motion pictures --- Violence in motion pictures --- Film --- Music, Dance, Drama & Film --- Women in motion pictures. --- Violence in motion pictures. --- Violence in moving-pictures --- Social sciences. --- Motion pictures --- Arts. --- Sociology. --- Social structure. --- Social inequality. --- Community psychology. --- Environmental psychology. --- Sex (Psychology). --- Gender expression. --- Gender identity. --- Social Sciences. --- Gender Studies. --- Community and Environmental Psychology. --- Directing. --- Social Structure, Social Inequality. --- Sociology, general. --- Sex identity (Gender identity) --- Sexual identity (Gender identity) --- Identity (Psychology) --- Sex (Psychology) --- Queer theory --- Expression, Gender --- Sex role --- Psychology, Sexual --- Sex --- Sexual behavior, Psychology of --- Sexual psychology --- Sensuality --- Cognitive ergonomics --- Ecological psychology --- Ecopsychology --- Ecotherapy --- Environmental quality --- Environmental social sciences --- Human factors science --- Psychoeology --- Psychology --- Psychotherapy --- Ecological Systems Theory --- Psychology, Applied --- Social psychology --- Egalitarianism --- Inequality --- Social equality --- Social inequality --- Political science --- Sociology --- Democracy --- Liberty --- Organization, Social --- Social organization --- Anthropology --- Social institutions --- Social theory --- Social sciences --- Arts, Fine --- Arts, Occidental --- Arts, Western --- Fine arts --- Humanities --- Direction of motion pictures --- Film-making (Motion pictures) --- Filmmaking (Motion pictures) --- Motion picture direction --- Motion picture plays --- Motion picture production --- Movie-making --- Moviemaking --- Production of motion pictures --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- Production and direction. --- Psychological aspects --- Production and direction --- Direction --- Applied psychology. --- Motion pictures-Production and d. --- Applied psychology --- Psychagogy --- Psychology, Practical --- Social psychotechnics --- Motion pictures—Production and direction. --- Arts, Primitive --- Equality.

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Violent Women in Contemporary Cinema explores the representation of homicidal women in six contemporary films: Antichrist (Lars von Trier, 2009), Trouble Every Day (Claire Denis, 2001), Baise-moi (Coralie Thinh Thi and Virginie Despentes, 2000), Heavenly Creatures (Peter Jackson, 1994), Monster (Patty Jenkins, 2003) and The Reader (Stephen Daldry, 2008). Violent women in cinema pose an exciting challenge to viewers—when women kill, they overturn cultural ideas of 'typical' feminine behaviour. Janice Loreck explores how cinema creatively depicts the violent woman in response to this challenge. Departing from earlier studies that focus on popular and exploitation cinema, the book takes a unique focus on violent women in art films and other critically-distinguished forms. It explores the appeal that the violent woman holds for spectators within this viewing context. Furthermore, the book also examines how cinema responds to the cultural construction of the violent woman as a conundrum and enigma.

Philosophical anthropology --- Affective and dynamic functions --- Psychology --- Ethics of family. Ethics of sexuality --- Social sciences (general) --- Social psychology --- Social stratification --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- Sociology --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Art --- Environmental planning --- Film --- Directing --- Psycholinguistics --- psychologie --- sociale psychologie --- sociologie --- kunst --- sociale wetenschappen --- vrouwen --- seksualiteit --- sociale ongelijkheid --- gender --- psycholinguïstiek

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A new critical perspective on the female auteur that considers her place in the avant-garde tradition of provocationIncludes close critical analysis of eight contemporary women filmmakers and their provocative worksProvides an exploration and account of provocation as an artistic strategy in cinemaOffers a feminist interrogation of the gendering of provocation, and the provocateur, in the discourses of film criticism as a masculine modeCritics regularly use the term "provocateur" to describe controversial film directors. Although most individuals who attract this term are men, there is a long and largely unexamined history of female auteurs who shock and unsettle their viewers. Provocation in Women’s Filmmaking: Authorship and Art Cinema investigates how women directors participate in the tradition of provocative art cinema. Focusing on the post-millennium films of auteurs such as Lisa Aschan, Catherine Breillat, Jennifer Kent, Isabella Eklöf, Lucile Hadžihalilović, Claire Denis, Anna Biller and Athina Rachel Tsangari, this book considers the aesthetics and strategies of women’s provocative filmmaking in contemporary cinema. Challenging the gendering of provocation as a hyper-masculine mode of authorship, the book uncovers an enticing and complex array of divisive works by women.

Women motion picture producers and directors. --- Motion pictures --- Feminism and motion pictures. --- Production and direction --- Philosophy.

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Screening Scarlett Johansson: Gender, Genre, Stardom provides an account of Johansson’s persona, work and stardom, extending from her breakout roles in independent cinema, to contemporary blockbusters, to her self-parodying work in science-fiction. Screening Scarlett Johansson is more than an account of Johansson’s career; it positions Johansson as a point of reference for interrogating how femininity, sexuality, identity and genre play out through a contemporary woman star and the textual manipulations of her image. The chapters in this collection cast a critical eye over the characters Johansson has portrayed, the personas she has inhabited, and how the two intersect and influence one another. They draw out the multitude of meanings generated through and inherent to her performances, specifically looking at processes of transformation, metamorphosis and self-deconstruction depicted in her work.

Women in motion pictures. --- Femininity in motion pictures. --- Motion pictures --- Johansson, Scarlett, --- Career in motion pictures. --- Celebrities. --- Popular Culture. --- Motion pictures—United States. --- Motion pictures. --- Celebrity Studies. --- Popular Culture . --- American Cinema and TV. --- Global Cinema and TV. --- Cinema --- Feature films --- Films --- Movies --- Moving-pictures --- Audio-visual materials --- Mass media --- Performing arts --- Culture, Popular --- Mass culture --- Pop culture --- Popular arts --- Communication --- Intellectual life --- Mass society --- Recreation --- Culture --- Celebrity culture --- Celebs --- Cult of celebrity --- Famous people --- Famous persons --- Illustrious people --- Well-known people --- Persons --- Fan clubs --- History and criticism

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