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Figures of Resistance: Essays in Feminist Theory (review)

Figures of Resistance: Essays in Feminist Theory (review) BOOK REVIEWS FIGURES OF RESISTANCE: ESSAYS IN FEMINIST THEORY Teresa de Lauretis. Ed. Patricia White. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2007, 310 pp. Figures of Resistance is a comprehensive collection of critical essays on feminist film theory and lesbian representations by pioneering feminist scholar Teresa de Lauretis. The book is introduced and edited by Swarthmore College professor Patricia White, who contextualizes both de Lauretis's essays and her theoretical frameworks within the larger body of feminist thought. The essays are organized in such a fashion as to highlight the breadth both in time and in theoretical understandings of Teresa de Lauretis's arguments. By examining not only the scholarly work of de Lauretis but also her life as a proponent of feminist thought, providing a biographical glimpse of de Lauretis's experiences, White achieves the longstanding aspiration of the American feminist movement as the personal is political. For researchers in the areas of cinema and semiotics, approaching these disciplines from a feminist and/or queer theoretical framework, much of this book will be familiar territory as many of de Lauretis's most noted arguments on these subjects are presented in this text. Chapters such as "Rethinking Women's Cinema" (based on an article originally http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Film and Video University of Illinois Press

Figures of Resistance: Essays in Feminist Theory (review)

Journal of Film and Video , Volume 61 (4) – Nov 15, 2009

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BOOK REVIEWS FIGURES OF RESISTANCE: ESSAYS IN FEMINIST THEORY Teresa de Lauretis. Ed. Patricia White. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2007, 310 pp. Figures of Resistance is a comprehensive collection of critical essays on feminist film theory and lesbian representations by pioneering feminist scholar Teresa de Lauretis. The book is introduced and edited by Swarthmore College professor Patricia White, who contextualizes both de Lauretis's essays and her theoretical frameworks within the larger body of feminist thought. The essays are organized in such a fashion as to highlight the breadth both in time and in theoretical understandings of Teresa de Lauretis's arguments. By examining not only the scholarly work of de Lauretis but also her life as a proponent of feminist thought, providing a biographical glimpse of de Lauretis's experiences, White achieves the longstanding aspiration of the American feminist movement as the personal is political. For researchers in the areas of cinema and semiotics, approaching these disciplines from a feminist and/or queer theoretical framework, much of this book will be familiar territory as many of de Lauretis's most noted arguments on these subjects are presented in this text. Chapters such as "Rethinking Women's Cinema" (based on an article originally

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Journal of Film and VideoUniversity of Illinois Press

Published: Nov 15, 2009

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