{"product_id":"9783030458966","title":"The Maternal Imagination of Film and Film Theory","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Maternal Imagination of Film and Film Theory\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eBliss, Lauren\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book challenges common sense understandings of the unconscious effects of cinema and visual culture. It explores the castrating power of the early modern witch and the historical belief that pregnant women could manipulate and distort body image as figurative analogies for feminist theories of objectification and the male gaze. Through developing this history as an impure but lively analogy, this book serves as a provocation against the dominant imagining of objectification. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt offers innovative analyses of a wide-ranging selection of films and topics including Joyce Wieland’s \u003ci\u003eWater Sark\u003c\/i\u003e (1964) and its resonance with the works of John Cage and Stan Brakhage\u003ci\u003e; \u003c\/i\u003ethe documentary \u003ci\u003eHistoires d’A\u003c\/i\u003e (History of Abortion, 1973), which contributed to the successful legalisation of abortion in France; the Hong Kong horror film \u003ci\u003eDumplings \u003c\/i\u003e(Jiaozi, 餃子 2004), where foetal cannibalism serves up an image of censorship; and the dual productions \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Mary\u003c\/i\u003e (Le livre de Marie) and \u003ci\u003eHail Mary \u003c\/i\u003e(Je vous salue, Marie, 1985) by Anne-Marie Miéville and Jean-Luc Godard that figure a self-reproducing virgin who hears herself while remaining a virgin, unseen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2020-09-04\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783030458966\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-030-45897-3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 183\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45441356202124,"sku":"9783030458966","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030458966.jpg?v=1776791163","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783030458966","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}