US Independent Women’s Cinema, Sundance Girls, and Identity Politics
Year: 2015
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: The essay traces the contours of American independent women's cinema since its inceptions in the late 1980s to nowadays. It considers the formal and ideological politics of such a cinema in relation to "identity politics". Indie women's cinema tunes aesthetic projects to the representation of women's differences, by paying attention to race, age, ethnicity, class and sexual preference. In the essay I also consider the role of the Sundance film festival in promoting such a cinema.
Author: Veronica Pravadelli
Language: English
Topic: Cinema History and Criticism
Subfield: Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2578587618