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"Arguably the preeminent female auteur currently active on the international film scene, Jane Campion continues to attract the interest of top scholars from around the world. This wide-ranging, well-conceived collection of new essays by some of Campion's most insightful critics makes a major contribution to our understanding of her achievement.--Virginia Wright Wexman ""professor emerita of English and art history at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the editor of Jane Campion: Interviews "" The strength of this collection, its conceptual breadth, is tied to theoretical, historical, social, and aesthetic issues that are extremely timely in relation to contemporary cinema studies. It is one of the rare books to address the works of a woman filmmaker in terms of depth and scope.""--Marcia Landy ""distinguished professor of English and film studies at the University of Pittsburgh and author of numerous books, including Monty Python's Flying Circus (Wayne State University Press, 2005) """

Arguably the preeminent female auteur currently active on the international film scene, Jane Campion continues to attract the interest of top scholars from around the world. This wide-ranging, well-conceived collection of new essays by some of Campion's most insightful critics makes a major contribution to our understanding of her achievement.--Virginia Wright Wexman professor emerita of English and art history at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the editor of Jane Campion: Interviews The strength of this collection, its conceptual breadth, is tied to theoretical, historical, social, and aesthetic issues that are extremely timely in relation to contemporary cinema studies. It is one of the rare books to address the works of a woman filmmaker in terms of depth and scope. --Marcia Landy distinguished professor of English and film studies at the University of Pittsburgh and author of numerous books, including Monty Python's Flying Circus (Wayne State University Press, 2005)

Arguably the preeminent female auteur currently active on the international film scene, Jane Campion continues to attract the interest of top scholars from around the world. This wide-ranging, well-conceived collection of new essays by some of Campion's most insightful critics makes a major contribution to our understanding of her achievement.--Virginia Wright Wexman ""professor emerita of English and art history at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the editor of Jane Campion: Interviews "" The strength of this collection, its conceptual breadth, is tied to theoretical, historical, social, and aesthetic issues that are extremely timely in relation to contemporary cinema studies. It is one of the rare books to address the works of a woman filmmaker in terms of depth and scope.""--Marcia Landy ""distinguished professor of English and film studies at the University of Pittsburgh and author of numerous books, including Monty Python's Flying Circus (Wayne State University Press, 2005) ""

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Hilary Radner is the foundation professor of film and media studies in the Department of Media, Film & Communication Studies at the University of Otago. Alistair Fox is professor of English and director of the Centre for Research on National Identity at the University of Otago. Irene Bessiere is director of the program """"Les Europeens dans le cinema americain: emigration et exil,"""" Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, and co-director of the program """"Histoire du cinema et histoire de l'art"""" at the Institut national d'histoire de l'art.

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