Dear Colleagues,
I wish to inform you about the imminent publication of the following volume.
Visions of Struggle in Womenâ??s Filmmaking in the Mediterranean
Edited by Flavia Laviosa, Wellesley College
Palgrave MacMillan, 2010
Preface by Laura Mulvey
Focusing on countries in the Mediterranean rim,
as the unifying geo-cultural location for a
contemporary discussion on womenâ??s human,
civil and social rights, this book elaborates a
trans-cultural definition of being a woman in
struggle. This provocative collection situates
feminist arguments on questions of womenâ??s
identity, roles, psychology and sexuality. Such
issues are examined through the films of women
directors from Mediterranean countries, whose
cinema is relevant to the discourse of womenâ??s
studies. Although their methodologies are
diverse, these artists are united in their use
of cinema as a means of intervention, taking on
the role as outspoken and leading advocates for
womenâ??s problems. Their cinematic art
reproduces and structures the discourses of
realism, recreating prototypical characters and
figurations and magnifying the complex and
unambiguous truths about womenâ??s political,
class, war and gender struggles. Contributors
examine representations of womenâ??s unresolved
issues and violated rights in films that are
expressions of cultural challenges and
socio-political commitment for Mediterranean
womenâ??s collective experience of struggle.
Best regards,
Flavia Laviosa
Senior Lecturer
Department of Italian Studies
Wellesley College
106 Central Street
Wellesley, MA 02481
USA
Tel.: +1-781-283-2618
Fax: +1-781-283-2876
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