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Author:   Susan Santha Kerns (Associate Professor of Cinema and Television Arts, Columbia College Chicago.)
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:   Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:  

9781399503068

ISBN 10:   1399503065
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   31 August 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction: Ahead of the Curve - Susan Santha Kerns Part 1: Building a Foundation 1. The Making of Ms. Right: Susan Seidelman and the Persistence of ""Women’s Films"" - Maya Montañez Smukler 2. Susan Seidelman's Sex and the City: TV Authorship and Feminist Possibility - Elizabeth Alsop 3. ""I've always been a voyeur"": An Interview with Susan Seidelman - Susan Santha Kerns Part 2: Embodied Spaces 4. ""Who is This?"": Smithereens, Susan Seidelman’s Auspicious Debut Feature - Susan Santha Kerns 5. Swapping the Suburban Housewife for the NYC Feminist: Susan Seidelman and her Personas - Ruth Wollersheim 6. Original She-Devil Ending Screenplay Pages 7. Unsettling Domesticity: Desperately Seeking Susan, Madonna, and the Voyeuristic Politics of MTV Stardom - Michael Reinhard 8. Directing a City: Susan Seidelman’s New York - Josephine M. Yanasak-Leszczynski 9. Making Frankie Stone: Feminism, Post-Romance, and Making Mr. Right - Vanessa Cambier Part 3: Making Room 10. Electric Melodrama: Susan Seidelman, Childhood, and the Girl Next Door - Debbie Olson 11. Age, Disability, and Agency in the Late-Period Films of Susan Seidelman - Cole Bradley 12. And You Can Dance! Movement, Mobility and Magic in Musical Chairs - Warren Holmes 13. Death, Illusion and the Hijab in Susan Seidelman’s Cut in Half - Stacy Thompson Bibliography Index

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This ground breaking collection on the work of under recognized film and television director Susan Seidelman illustrates both difficulties and the potentialities of centralizing women’s desires, voices, and perspectives. By looking broadly at Seidelman’s oeuvre, this book deftly categorizes and contextualizes the contributions she has made to the feminist media archive. -- Suzanne Leonard, Simmons University

This ground breaking collection on the work of under recognized film and television director Susan Seidelman illustrates both difficulties and the potentialities of centralizing women's desires, voices, and perspectives. By looking broadly at Seidelman's oeuvre, this book deftly categorizes and contextualizes the contributions she has made to the feminist media archive.--Suzanne Leonard, Simmons University

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Susan Santha Kerns is Associate Professor of Cinema and Television Arts at Columbia College Chicago.

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