Masculine Singular: French New Wave Cinema

Geneviève Sellier

Published by Duke University Press 2008

Masculine Singular

French New Wave Cinema

Geneviève Sellier
Translated by: Kristin Ross

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822388975

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About this book

A socio-cultural analysis of French New Wave cinema, with a focus on issues of gender and the construction of sexual identities.

Author / Editor information

Geneviève Sellier is Professor of Film Studies at the University of Caen. Her books include Jean Grémillon: Le cinéma est à vous and La Drôle de guerre des sexes du cinéma français, 1930–1956 (with Noël Burch). Kristin Ross is Professor of Comparative Literature at New York University. She is the author, most recently, of May ’68 and Its Afterlives and Fast Cars, Clean Bodies: Decolonization and the Reordering of French Culture.

Reviews

“Thanks to this unwavering translation, Geneviève Sellier’s bracing exposé has stripped the New Wave of its stylish attire to reveal an unappealing male body. Vigilant and determined, she has trolled a sea of French criticism to net her evidence.”—Dudley Andrew, Yale University

“This remarkable book will change readers’ view of New Wave cinema. Geneviève Sellier approaches this key movement in French cinema from an original perspective, developing a nuanced yet incisive argument about the links between masculinity, auteurism, and filmic representations.”—Ginette Vincendeau, author of Jean-Pierre Melville: An American in Paris

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction The Aesthetic Doxa on the New Wave Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter One A New Generation Marked by the Emergence of Women Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
Chapter Two Cinephilia in the 1950s Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	22
Chapter Three Auteur Cinema: An A√air of State Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
Chapter Four Contrasting Receptions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
Chapter Five The Precursors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
Chapter Six Between Romanticism and Modernism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
Chapter Seven Nostalgia for a Heroic Masculinity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	128
Chapter Eight The Women of the New Wave: Between Modern and Archaic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Chapter Nine Jeanne Moreau: Star of the New Wave and Icon of Modernity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	184
Chapter Ten Brigitte Bardot and the New Wave: An Ambivalent Relationship Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Chapter Eleven The Independent Filmmakers of the Left Bank: A ‘‘Feminist’’ Alternative? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	210
Conclusion The New Wave’s Legacy: ‘‘Auteur Cinema’’ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Appendix One Box Office Results Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
Appendix Two The Press Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253

Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 280
Illustrations
- Other: 10 b&w photographs

eBook

Published: March 25, 2008
ISBN: 9780822388975