Description
The 1970s has often been hailed as a great moment for American film, as a generation of "New Hollywood" directors like Scorsese, Coppola, and Altman offered idiosyncratic visions of what movies could be. Yet the auteurist discourse hailing these directors as the sole authors of their films has obscured the important creative roles women played in the 1970s American film industry.
Women and New Hollywood revises our understanding of this important era in American film by examining the contributions that women made not only as directors, but also as screenwriters, editors, actors, producers, and critics. Including essays on film history, film texts, and the decade's film theory and criticism, this collection showcases the rich and varied cinematic products of women's creative labor, as well as the considerable barriers they faced. It considers both women working within and beyond the Hollywood film industry, reconceptualizing New Hollywood by bringing it into dialogue with other American cinemas of the 1970s. By valuing the many forms of creative labor involved in film production, this collection offers exciting alternatives to the auteurist model and new ways of appreciating the themes and aesthetics of 1970s American film.
About the Author
AARON HUNTER lectures in the Department of Film at Trinity College, Dublin. He is the author of Authoring Hal Ashby: The Myth of the New Hollywood Auteur and Polly Platt: Hollywood Production Design and Creative Authorship.
MARTHA SHEARER is an assistant professor and Ad Astra Fellow in Film Studies at University College Dublin. She is the author of New York City and the Hollywood Musical: Dancing in the Streets and coeditor of Musicals at the Margins: Genre, Boundaries, Canons.
Reviews
"Women and New Hollywood provides the much-needed and long-awaited intervention on 1970s American movie industry mythologies, paying tribute to those whose talents, contributions, and perseverance were until now un(der)appreciated and, in so doing, modeling feminist media historiography at its finest."- Maria San Filippo, author of Provocauteurs and Provocations: Screening Sex in 21st Century Media
"This ambitious and impressive edited collection, with contributions from some of the field's most exciting scholars, is a much-needed feminist intervention into scholarship around the so-called 1970s Hollywood Renaissance. The essays place the women creators and collaborators-and vitally, their labor-back to the center of discussion where they belong. A stimulating and provocative read."- Julie Turnock, author of The Empire of Effects: Industrial Light and Magic and the Rendering of Realism
"A major disruption of conventional narratives about New Hollywood in the 1970s, this collection demonstrates how essential women were to all levels of filmmaking and film culture during a period of fundamental transformation and transition."- Shelley Stamp, author of Lois Weber in Early Hollywood and Movie-Struck Girls
Book Information
ISBN 9781978821798
Author Aaron Hunter
Format Paperback
Page Count 260
Imprint Rutgers University Press
Publisher Rutgers University Press
Weight(grams) 54g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 156mm * 18mm
Women and New Hollywood revises our understanding of this important era in American film by examining the contributions that women made not only as directors, but also as screenwriters, editors, actors, producers, and critics. Including essays on film history, film texts, and the decade's film theory and criticism, this collection showcases the rich and varied cinematic products of women's creative labor, as well as the considerable barriers they faced. It considers both women working within and beyond the Hollywood film industry, reconceptualizing New Hollywood by bringing it into dialogue with other American cinemas of the 1970s. By valuing the many forms of creative labor involved in film production, this collection offers exciting alternatives to the auteurist model and new ways of appreciating the themes and aesthetics of 1970s American film.
About the Author
AARON HUNTER lectures in the Department of Film at Trinity College, Dublin. He is the author of Authoring Hal Ashby: The Myth of the New Hollywood Auteur and Polly Platt: Hollywood Production Design and Creative Authorship.
MARTHA SHEARER is an assistant professor and Ad Astra Fellow in Film Studies at University College Dublin. She is the author of New York City and the Hollywood Musical: Dancing in the Streets and coeditor of Musicals at the Margins: Genre, Boundaries, Canons.
Reviews
"Women and New Hollywood provides the much-needed and long-awaited intervention on 1970s American movie industry mythologies, paying tribute to those whose talents, contributions, and perseverance were until now un(der)appreciated and, in so doing, modeling feminist media historiography at its finest."- Maria San Filippo, author of Provocauteurs and Provocations: Screening Sex in 21st Century Media
"This ambitious and impressive edited collection, with contributions from some of the field's most exciting scholars, is a much-needed feminist intervention into scholarship around the so-called 1970s Hollywood Renaissance. The essays place the women creators and collaborators-and vitally, their labor-back to the center of discussion where they belong. A stimulating and provocative read."- Julie Turnock, author of The Empire of Effects: Industrial Light and Magic and the Rendering of Realism
"A major disruption of conventional narratives about New Hollywood in the 1970s, this collection demonstrates how essential women were to all levels of filmmaking and film culture during a period of fundamental transformation and transition."- Shelley Stamp, author of Lois Weber in Early Hollywood and Movie-Struck Girls
Book Information
ISBN 9781978821798
Author Aaron Hunter
Format Paperback
Page Count 260
Imprint Rutgers University Press
Publisher Rutgers University Press
Weight(grams) 54g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 156mm * 18mm
