Making the invisible visible: Reclaiming women's agency in Swedish film history and beyond

Making the invisible visible: Reclaiming women's agency in Swedish film history and beyond
ISBN-10
9188661865
ISBN-13
9789188661869
Series
Making the Invisible Visible
Category
Art
Pages
184
Language
English
Published
2019-11-29
Publisher
Nordic Academic Press
Author
Ingrid Stigsdotter

Description

To describe women in film history as ‘invisible’ may seem strange as throughout film history, women on the silver screen have given audiences their version of what it is to be a woman. And as film stars they have always been associated with the glamour of the film industry—the living embodiment of female attraction and pleasure. In Making the invisible visible, however, a group of researchers dissect the underrepresentation of women in areas of film culture often overlooked. Despite some significant differences—between countries, between eras, between kinds of job—production teams and film crews have almost always been men. Still today, many film professions are dominated by men. The authors explore women's scope for action in a variety of professional roles, based for example on discussions of LGBTQ+ identities in the film industry. The texts also present fresh perspectives on women actors and the nature of celebrity.

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