{"product_id":"sapphism-on-screen-lesbian-desire-in-french-and-francophone-cinema-9780748621651","title":"Sapphism on Screen: Lesbian Desire in French and Francophone Cinema","description":"This book sets out to investigate and theorise mediations of lesbian desire in a substantial corpus of films (spanning the period 1936-2002) by male and female directors working in France and also in French-speaking parts of Belgium, Canada, Switzerland and Africa. The corpus is unique in never before having been assembled, and represents a valuable tool not just for researchers but also for university teachers creating courses both on lesbianism in film and on sexuality in French cinema. A fair number of the 89 texts treated are mainstream films which have achieved high critical acclaim and\/or high viewing figures: to cite just a few examples, Henri-Georges Clouzot's \u003ci\u003eQuai des orfèvres\u003c\/i\u003e (1947), Louis Malle's \u003ci\u003eMilou en mai\u003c\/i\u003e (1989), Claude Chabrol's \u003ci\u003eLa Cérémonie\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), André Téchiné's \u003ci\u003eLes Voleurs\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), and François Ozon's \u003ci\u003eHuit femmes\u003c\/i\u003e (2001). As such, they have contributed to hegemonic constructions of and debate on (female) homosexuality, in a century wherein sexed\/ gendered identity, including sexual orientation, has become a preeminent factor in the constitution of subjectivity. While such constructions and debate have a French-language specificity, and have been produced in distinct socio-political and cultural contexts, this study also engages in analytical comparisons with relevant anglophone films and their own distinct discursive contexts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lucille Cairns\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.20w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780748621651\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLucille Cairns is Professor of French at the University of Durham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":41142729310323,"sku":"9.78075E+12","price":224.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_9e4cecd3-38dc-4717-b263-da7af8878c88.jpg?v=1701877890","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/sapphism-on-screen-lesbian-desire-in-french-and-francophone-cinema-9780748621651","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}