Marguerite Duras
The first book in English to deal exclusively with Duras' cinema, including such films as India Song, Le Camion, and Nathalie Granger. Provides a lucid and stimulating introduction to her films, which is accessible to a wide readerhip, both specialist and non-specialist.. Locates the films in their autobiographical as well as social and historical context, making the book broadly interesting to students and teachers in all areas of French Studies.. The book's empahasis on gender issues widens it's appeal to include those working in Women's Studies, Gender Studies and Gay and Lesbian Studies.
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Marguerite Duras
The first book in English to deal exclusively with Duras' cinema, including such films as India Song, Le Camion, and Nathalie Granger. Provides a lucid and stimulating introduction to her films, which is accessible to a wide readerhip, both specialist and non-specialist.. Locates the films in their autobiographical as well as social and historical context, making the book broadly interesting to students and teachers in all areas of French Studies.. The book's empahasis on gender issues widens it's appeal to include those working in Women's Studies, Gender Studies and Gay and Lesbian Studies.
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Marguerite Duras

Marguerite Duras

by Renate Gunther
Marguerite Duras

Marguerite Duras

by Renate Gunther

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The first book in English to deal exclusively with Duras' cinema, including such films as India Song, Le Camion, and Nathalie Granger. Provides a lucid and stimulating introduction to her films, which is accessible to a wide readerhip, both specialist and non-specialist.. Locates the films in their autobiographical as well as social and historical context, making the book broadly interesting to students and teachers in all areas of French Studies.. The book's empahasis on gender issues widens it's appeal to include those working in Women's Studies, Gender Studies and Gay and Lesbian Studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780719057571
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Publication date: 05/16/2002
Series: French Film Directors Series
Pages: 160
Product dimensions: 5.08(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.37(d)

About the Author

Renate Günther is Lecturer in French at the University of Sheffield

Table of Contents

List of Plates
Series Editor's Foreword
Acknowledgments
1. Autobiography, history and politics
2. Words and images: Filming desire
3. The politics of cinema
4. Gender and sexuality
Afterword
Filmography
Select bibliography
Index

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