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Bande de filles : girlhood identities in contemporary France

Title: Bande de filles : girlhood identities in contemporary France / Frances Smith.
Author: Smith, Frances (Frances Catherine Elizabeth)
Publication: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

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Description

vii, 103 pages : illustrations (black and white); 22 cm.

Summary

"Few films in the twenty-first century have represented coming-of-age with the beauty and brutality of Bande de Filles (or Girlhood). This book provides an in-depth examination of Céline Sciamma's film, focusing on its portrayal of female adolescence in contemporary Paris. Motivated by the absence of black female characters in French cinema, Sciamma represents the lives of figures that have passed largely unnoticed on the big screen. While observing the girls' tough circumstances, Sciamma's film emphasises the joy and camaraderie found in female friendships. This book places Girlhood in its cinematic, as well as its sociocultural context. Pop music, urban violence, and female friendships are all considered here in a book draws out the complexity of Sciamma's deceptively simple portrayal of coming-of-age. Thoughtful, concise, and deeply contemporary, this book is perfect for students, scholars, and general readers interested in youth cultures, European cinema, gender and sexuality"--

Series Statement

Cinema and youth studies

Uniform Title

Cinema and youth studies.

Subject

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages [92]-98), filmography (pages [99]-100) and index.
Céline Sciamma's filmography (page [91]).

Contents

Contextualising Bande de filles/Girlhood -- Céline Sciamma's coming-of-age texts -- Feminising the banlieue in Bande de filles/Girlhood -- Solidarity and violence in Bande de filles/Girlhood -- Music and the transnational in Bande de filles/Girlhood -- Gender fluidity and queer girlhood in Bande de filles/Girlhood.

Call Number

MFLP (Bande de filles) 21-3339

ISBN

9781138491960
1138491969

LCCN

2019049478

OCLC

1125268265

Author

Smith, Frances (Frances Catherine Elizabeth), author.

Title

Bande de filles : girlhood identities in contemporary France / Frances Smith.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Cinema and youth studies

Cinema and youth studies.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages [92]-98), filmography (pages [99]-100) and index.

Céline Sciamma's filmography (page [91]).

Chronological Term

2000-2099

Other Form:

Online version: Smith, Frances (Frances Catherine Elizabeth). Bande de filles. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020. 9781351031622 (DLC) 2019049479

Research Call Number

MFLP (Bande de filles) 21-3339

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