The Body and the Screen

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The Body and the Screen makes a fine contribution to the field of film philosophy in its examination of how feminist phenomenology can be brought into dialogue with female subjectivity in film. * EuropeNow * This trenchant volume makes a fine and timely contribution to the field of film philosophy in its examination of how the work of leading feminist philosophers may be brought into dialogue with film. Through Simone de Beauvoir and others, Ince makes a case for rigorous thought about embodied female subjectivity as explored through cinema. This she addresses in close readings of works by the major British and French female directors of the last two decades. Whether in her discussion of the phenomenological geography of Agnes Varda's 'film-world' or of performed co-authorship in Sally Potter, Ince is an acute and erudite interlocutor. The Body and the Screen will quickly become a work of reference in its field. * Emma Wilson, Professor of French Literature and the Visual Arts, University of Cambridge, UK * Through insightful and attentive exploration of selected works by French and British women filmmakers of the last 25 years, Kate Ince demonstrates how feminist phenomenology, beginning with Simone de Beauvoir and continuing into the present decade, offers new and exciting ways of understanding women in, and, and of the cinema. Clearly and concisely written, Ince's book is a tour de force exploration of the ways in which philosophy and women's cinema can inform and enrich each other. * Judith Mayne, Emerita Professor of French, The Ohio State University, USA *