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Kristeva, Julia, 1941-
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Motion pictures -- New Zealand.
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Motion pictures -- Philosophy.
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Motion pictures -- Social aspects.
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| Descript |
1 online resource (213 p.) |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
| Contents |
Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Increasing accessibility -- Identifying central concepts -- Demonstrating relevance -- Combining a sympathetic and an evaluative stance -- Some aspects of structure -- Chapter 1. Introduction to Kristeva -- A first general concept: Order and disturbances of order -- A second pervasive concern: The text of society and history -- Proximal history -- Chapter 2. Horror - Basic concepts: The abject and its varieties -- Introducing Kitchen Sink -- The abject, borders, and images of pollution -- Varieties of the abject |
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Summary comment -- Chapter 3. Horror - Specifying the circumstances -- The nature of rituals of defilement -- The functions of rituals of defilement -- Questions about rituals -- The knowledge that rituals imply -- Differences among spectators -- Chapter 4. Strangers - Basic concepts: Strangers without and within -- Aspects of continuity and change -- Introducing two films: Vigil and Crush -- Who is a stranger? What marks the stranger? -- What creates the tension? -- The representation of tension -- What is the narrative function of the stranger? |
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When are tensions and changes most likely to occur? -- Chapter 5. Strangers - Expansions: The stranger's story -- Introducing An Angel At My Table -- The stranger's position -- The stranger's feelings -- The stranger's options -- Angel's impact upon the spectator -- Chapter 6. Love - Basic concepts -- Aspects of continuity and change -- Sweetie and The Piano: An introduction -- What are the forms of love? -- The difficulties of love -- Links to change: Steps towards love -- Times of difficulty and change -- Chapter 7. Love - Expansions: Old and new discourses -- Aspects of continuity and change |
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Current discourses and their weaknesses -- The shape of new tales of love -- The special case of motherhood and maternal love -- Chapter 8. The text of society and history -- The paths for Kitchen Sink and Vigil -- A rockier path: Crush -- Campion's first feature: Sweetie -- Campion's second feature: An Angel At My Table -- Campion's third feature: The Piano -- Cross-cutting themes -- Chapter 9. Women and social change -- Kristeva's 'generations' of feminist theory -- On men and women -- Women's voice, women's writing, women's genius -- Some reservations -- A reminder of positives -- Bibliography |
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Filmography -- Index |
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3 concurrent users. UkHlHU |
| ISBN |
9781845457945 |
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