Cinema and the Second Sex

Carrie Tarr is Emeritus Professor of Film at Kingston University, UK. Brigitte Rollet is Researcher in Film at the Université de Versailles St-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France.

• Female subjectivity; growing up female; sexual and social issues; representations of "otherness"; French comedy; French heritage film; the thriller; the road movie; conclusion; filmography.

"The book is a key volume in French Cinema studies; the Introduction in particular is quite brilliant, a richly researched and crisp contextualization of the history and the theorization of women's filmmaking...large number of plates...an excellent and comprehensive filmography...This volume will be an important reference work for those working in French cinema studies for years to come." --Film Studies, 2002