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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Genevieve YuePublisher: Fordham University Press Imprint: Fordham University Press ISBN: 9780823289554ISBN 10: 0823289559 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 10 November 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print ![]() This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of Plates and Figures | ix Introduction: The Body of Medusa | 1 1 China Girls in the Film Laboratory | 33 2 Gone Girls of Escamontage | 73 3 Gradivan Footsteps in the Film Archive | 102 Afterword | 129 Acknowledgments | 133 Notes | 135 Bibliography | 165 Index | 181 Color plates follow page 84ReviewsIn this surprising and immensely pleasurable read, Yue reveals a hidden history of disappearing female bodies and their link to the materiality of film and its technical processes. Girl Head is a brilliant and original book and sure to be an important reference for media historians and film theorists alike. --Nico Baumbach, Columbia University Girl Head is a cogent, imaginative, and important book about the gendered underpinnings of the materials of cinema. It is an important contribution to feminist film history, and to film studies more generally. --Catherine Russell, Concordia University Author InformationGenevieve Yue is an assistant professor in the Department of Culture and Media and director of the Screen Studies program at Eugene Lang College, the New School. Her essays and criticism have been published in October, Grey Room, The Times Literary Supplement, Reverse Shot, Artforum .com, Film Comment, and Film Quarterly. She is also an independent film programmer and serves on the Board of Trustees for the Flaherty Film Seminar. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |