Women on the Edge: Twelve Political Film Practices

Women on the Edge re-envisions women's cinema as contemporary political practices by exploring the works of twelve filmmakers. Moving on from the 1970s feminist adage that the personal is political, Sharon Lin Tay argues that contemporary women's cinema must exceed the personal to be politically relevant and ethically cogent.

About the Author(s)

Sharon Lin Tay

SHARON LIN TAY is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at Middlesex University, UK. She is also a curator of new media art and writes about film culture for various publications.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction: A Revised Women's Cinema Through Lynn Hershmann-Leeson's Cyberfeminist Interventions
PART I
On the Edges of the Authorial Voice: Liv Ullmanns Faithless, Gendered Authorship, and Ingmar Bergman
On the Edges of the Documentary: Jill Craigies Political and Aesthetic Sensibilities
On the Edges of Ethnography: Kim Longinotto's Institution of Feminist Discourses
On the Edges of Art Cinema: Sally Potter and the Feminist Response
PART II
On the Edges of Postcolonialism: Deepa Mehta and Transnational Cinema
On the Edges of National Cinema: Sofia Coppola and Female Authorship
On the Edges of Geopolitics: Sexual Difference in Ursula Biemanns Video Essays
Conclusion: Vignettes of A New Feminist Politique: Gisela Sanders Alcntara, Guo Xiaolu, Christina McPhee, Liz Miller
Notes
Bibliography
Index