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Issue Details: First known date: 2003... 2003 Womenvision : Women and the Moving Image in Australia
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'Womenvision is a book on moving image culture which identifies, analyses and explores the role, contribution, opportunities attitudes, problems and debates relevant to women working in Australian film, television and other moving image industries in Australia. The focus of the book is contemporary (although there is historical contextualization). It is edited by Lisa French who has co-written it with other filmmakers, academics and others whose writing is informed by diverse backgrounds, such as computer game design, acting, dance and festival administration.' (Publisher's blurb)

Notes

  • Contents indexed selectively.

    This volume also contains a number of articles that have a strong socio-economic focus, and therefore fall outside AustLit's scope. These include articles on the number of women behind the camera in Australian television, the role of motherhood on women working behind the camera, and the difficulties faced by women cameramen.

    The volume also contains articles on aspects of film-making that fall outside AustLit's focus on story-telling, including essays on choreography and on digital art.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Damned Publishing , 2003 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
On Their Own Merits : Women and the Moving Image in Australia, Lisa French , single work criticism

Contextualises women’s moving-image production in Australia in recent times, especially in film production.

(p. 11-29)
Our Founding Mothers : Looking Back – and Looking Back Further Still, Ina Bertrand , single work criticism

An overview of early female film pioneers.

(p. 31-41)
Grounded and Gendered : Aboriginal Women in Australian Cinema, Marcia Langton , single work criticism

An overview of Indigenous Australian film-making.

(p. 43-56)
Short Circuit : Australian Women Film-makers and the Short Film, Lisa French , single work criticism
An exploration of the significance of short films to Australian women's film-making.
(p. 105-122)
Drawing Time : Some Threads in Animated Films Made by Australian Women, Ann Shenfield , single work criticism
An overview of Australian women animators.
(p. 123-129)
Brazen Brides, Grotesque Daughters, Treacherous Mothers : Women's Funny Business in Australian Cinema from Sweetie to Holy Smoke, Felicity Collins , single work criticism
Contemporary Australian women filmmakers rework the romantic comedy genre to incorporate women and their experiences.
(p. 167-182)
Scrubbers : The 'Great Unwashed' of Australian Cinema, Terrie Waddell , single work criticism
Examines the function of a particular type of female character in Australian cinema.
(p. 183-195)
Volatile Vehicles : When Women Take the Wheel : Domestic Journeying & Vehicular Moments in Contemporary Australian Cinema, Catherine Simpson , single work criticism
An overview of road movies involving women film-makers and women protagonists.
(p. 197-210)
Engendering the Greek : The Shifting Representations of Greek Identity in Australian Cinema, F. Freiberg , Joy Damousi , single work criticism
An exploration of Greek / Greek-Australian identity in Australian cinema.
(p. 211-222)
Looking Awry : The Cinema of Monica Pellizzari, Rose Capp , single work criticism

An overview of the work of Monica Pellizzari.

(p. 239-251)
Framing Strategies : Floating Life and the Limits of 'Australian Cinema', Rai Jones , single work criticism
An overview of Australian identity in Clara Law's Floating Life.
(p. 253-265)
Moving Images : The Films of Tracey Moffatt… So Far ..., Catherine Summerhayes , single work criticism
An overview of Tracey Moffatt's work as a film-maker.
(p. 267-280)
Feminist Allegory and Queer Australian Cinema : Interviews with Ann Turner, Sally Hussey , single work criticism
Explores the function of feminism and queer theory in the films of Ann Turner.
(p. 281-294)
Postmodern Feminism in The Piano, Mary Alemany-Galway , single work criticism
An analysis of The Piano as a postmodern feminist film.
(p. 309-322)

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Works about this Work

Untitled Michelle Langford , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , July-August no. 27 2003;

— Review of Womenvision : Women and the Moving Image in Australia 2003 anthology criticism
Untitled Michelle Langford , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , July-August no. 27 2003;

— Review of Womenvision : Women and the Moving Image in Australia 2003 anthology criticism
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