Visions of Struggle in Women's Filmmaking in the Mediterranean (Comparative Feminist Studies)

This provocative collection elaborates a trans-cultural definition of being a woman in struggle. Looking at the films of women directors in countries in the Mediterranean rim, this book spurs a contemporary discussion of women’s human, civil, and social rights while situating feminist arguments on women’s identity, roles, psychology and sexuality. Although their methodologies are diverse, these artists are united in their use of cinema as a means of intervention, taking on the role as outspoken and leading advocates for women’s problems. Contributors examine the ways in which cinematic art reproduces and structures the discourses of realism and represents Mediterranean women’s collective experience of struggle. This Collection Elaborates A Trans-cultural Definition Of Being A Woman In Struggle. Looking At The Films Of Women Directors In Countries In The Mediterranean Rim, This Book Spurs A Contemporary Discussion Of Women's Human, Civil, And Social Rights While Situating Feminist Arguments On Women's Identity, Roles, Psychology, And Sexuality. Although Their Methodologies Are Diverse, These Artists Are United In Their Use Of Cinema As A Means Of Intervention, Taking On The Role As Outspoken And Leading Advocates For Women's Problems. Contributors Examine The Ways In Which Cinematic Art Reproduces And Structures The Discourses Of Realism And Represents Mediterranean Women's Collective Experience Of Struggle.--jacket. Veiling And Unveiling The Israeli Mediterranean: Yulie Cohen-gerstel's My Terrorist And My Land Zion / Yosefa Loshitzky -- Maghreb: Political And Transcultural Resistance -- The Wiles Of Maghrebi Women's Cinema / Florence Martin -- Spain: Domestic Violence -- Visions And Voices Of The Self In Take My Eyes / Monica Cantero -- France: Body Mutilation -- Mutilating And Mutilated Bodies: Women's Takes On Extreme French Cinema / Carrie Tarr -- Italy: Women Of The Mafia -- Anthropological Anxieties: Roberta Torre's Critique Of Mafia Violence / Áine O'healy -- The Balkans: Peacekeeping And Women's (in)security -- Vertigo In The Balkans: Karin Jurschick's The Peacekeepers And The Women / Marguerite Waller -- Greece: Women's New Roles And Identities -- Maria, Irene And Olga à La Recherche Du Temps Perdu... / Maria Paradeisi -- Turkey: Harsh Living Conditions -- Hard To Bear: Women's Burdens In The Cinema Of Yeşim Ustaoğlu / S. Ruken Öztürk -- Syria: Female Identities And Political Resistance -- This Woman's Work: Filming Defeat In The Arabic Idiom: Poetry, Cinema, And The Saving Grace Of Hala Alabdallah / Rasha Salti -- Turkey, Jordan, Palestine: Honor Killings -- Death Is The Fairest Cover For Her Shame: Framing Honor Killings / Flavia Laviosa. Edited By Flavia Laviosa ; Foreword By Laura Mulvey. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 List of Illustrations......Page 10 Series Editor's Foreword......Page 12 Foreword......Page 16 Acknowledgments......Page 20 Notes on Contributors......Page 22 Introduction......Page 26 Israel: Orientalism and Europeanness......Page 34 One: Veiling and Unveiling the Israeli Mediterranean: Yulie Cohen-Gerstel's My Terrorist and My Land Zion......Page 36 Maghreb: Political and Transcultural Resistance......Page 54 Two: The Wiles of Maghrebi Women's Cinema......Page 56 Spain: Domestic Violence......Page 76 Three: Visions and Voices of the Self in Take My Eyes......Page 78 France: Body Mutilation......Page 94 Four: Mutilating and Mutilated Bodies: Women's Takes on "Extreme" French Cinema......Page 96 Italy: Women of the Mafia......Page 114 Five: Anthropological Anxieties: Roberta Torre's Critique of Mafia Violence......Page 116 The Balkans: Peacekeeping and Women's (In)security......Page 136 Six: Vertigo in the Balkans: Karin Jurschick's "The Peacekeepers and the Women"......Page 138 Greece: Women's New Roles and Identities......Page 160 Seven: Maria, Irene and Olga "à la recherche du temps perdu..."......Page 162 Turkey: Harsh Living Conditions......Page 180 Eight: Hard to Bear: Women's Burdens in the Cinema of Yeşim Ustao&#l287;u......Page 182 Syria: Female Identities and Political Resistance......Page 198 Nine: This Woman’s Work: Filming Defeat in the Arabic Idiom: Poetry, Cinema, and the Saving Grace of Hala Alabdallah......Page 200 Turkey, Jordan, Palestine: Honor Killings......Page 216 Ten: "Death is the fairest cover for her shame": Framing Honor Killings......Page 218 B......Page 246 D......Page 247 F......Page 248 H......Page 249 I......Page 250 L......Page 251 M......Page 252 P......Page 253 R......Page 254 S......Page 255 V......Page 256 Z......Page 257 This provocative collection elaborates a trans-cultural definition of being a woman in struggle. Looking at the films of women directors in countries in the Mediterranean rim, this book spurs a contemporary discussion of women s human, civil, and social rights while situating feminist arguments on women s identity, roles, psychology and sexuality. Although their methodologies are diverse, these artists are united in their use of cinema as a means of intervention, taking on the role as outspoken and leading advocates for women s problems. Contributors examine the ways in which cinematic art reproduces and structures the discourses of realism and represents Mediterranean women s collective experience of struggle.