{"product_id":"9781350456648","title":"Bloomsbury Handbook to Agnès Varda","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBloomsbury Handbooks\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eBloomsbury Handbook to Agnès Varda\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMary Harrod | Ginette Vincendeau\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Film \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgnès Varda, the Belgian-born French filmmaker, is universally recognised as the “the godmother of the French New Wave”, influencing directors from Jean-Luc Godard to Alain Resnais with her early films, such as \u003ci\u003eLa Pointe Courte\u003c\/i\u003e (1954). A pioneering female auteur, she is also renowned for the way she trained her female and feminist gaze on women as social subjects - including older women, and notably herself. Starting out as a photographer, she worked ceaselessly from the early 1950s until her death at the age of 90 in 2019. Her career-long strand of documentaries, including \u003ci\u003eBlack Panthers \u003c\/i\u003e(1968) and \u003ci\u003eThe Gleaners and I\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), placed her at the centre of the renewed interest in the genre in the 21st century, while the last two decades saw her entering her “third phase”, as an innovative gallery artist. Her extraordinary determination and creativity have inspired filmmakers throughout the world and continued to attract new generations of viewers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Bloomsbury Handbook to Agnès Varda represents the richness and diversity of Varda's life and art  including landmark films such as \u003ci\u003eCleo from 5 to 7\u003c\/i\u003e (1962), \u003ci\u003eOne Sings, The Other Doesn'\u003c\/i\u003et (1977), and \u003ci\u003eVagabond\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as lesser-known works such as \u003ci\u003eDaguerreotypes\u003c\/i\u003e (1975). The chapters in this book are written by leading experts on Varda, women's cinema, and French film and television, alongside emerging scholars and independent writers. Together, they explore Varda's multidisciplinary practice and its social, historical, and cultural contexts, reflecting contemporary perspectives, including queer-inflected and intersectional feminist explorations of her œuvre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Harrod\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of French Studies at The University of Warwick (UK). She is the author of monographs on French filmed romantic comedy and on women's filmmaking in Hollywood, including \u003ci\u003eFrom France With Love\u003c\/i\u003e (IB Tauris, 2015). She is co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Europeanness of European Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e (IB Tauris, 2014) and two prize-winning anthologies on romance and social bonding in contemporary culture and on women's film and TV production globally, respectively. She is co-editor of \u003ci\u003eFrench Screen Studies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGinette Vincendeau\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Film Studies at Kings College London (UK). She has written extensively on French cinema, notably popular genres, stars and women directors. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eBrigitte Bardot\u003c\/i\u003e (BFI, 2019), \u003ci\u003eJean-Pierre Melville\u003c\/i\u003e (BFI, 2003), \u003ci\u003eLa Haine \u003c\/i\u003e(IB Tauris, 2005), \u003ci\u003ePepe le Moko\u003c\/i\u003e (BFI, 1998), \u003ci\u003eStars and Stardom in French Cinema \u003c\/i\u003e(Continuum, 2000), and the editor of \u003ci\u003eFilm\/Literature\/Heritage\u003c\/i\u003e (BFI, 2001), and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe French New Wave\u003c\/i\u003e (with Peter Graham, BFI, 3rd edition 2022), \u003ci\u003eJourneys of Desire\u003c\/i\u003e (with Alastair Phillips, BFI, 2006), \u003ci\u003eParis in the Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e (with Alastair Phillips, BFI, 2019). She is co-editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eFrench Screen Studies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12 November 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350456648\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e448\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369696755852,"sku":"9781350456648","price":157.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_b15ac33b-6b2a-4632-85ee-6ac36847f6df.jpg?v=1783880185","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350456648","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}