International Cinema and the Girl Local Issues, Transnational Contex
From the precocious charms of Shirley Temple to the box-office behemoth Frozen and its two young female leads, Anna and Elsa, the girl has long been a figure of fascination for cinema. The symbol of (imagined) childhood innocence, the site of intrigue and
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Edited By Vinicius Navarro and Juan Carlos Rodríguez Global Melodrama: Nation, Body, and History in Contemporary Cinema Carla Marcantonio Dislocated Screen Memory: Narrating Trauma in Post-Yugoslav Cinema Dijana Jelaˇca International Cinema and the Girl: Local Issues, Transnational Contexts Edited by Fiona Handyside and Kate Taylor-Jones
International Cinema and the Girl Local Issues, Transnational Contexts Edited by Fiona Handyside and Kate Taylor-Jones
INTERNATIONAL CINEMA AND THE GIRL
Copyright © Fiona Handyside and Kate Taylor-Jones 2016
Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2016 978-1-137-38891-9 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission. In accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. First published 2016 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of Nature America, Inc., One New York Plaza, Suite 4500, New York, NY 10004-1562. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. ISBN: 978-1-349-56368-5 E-PDF ISBN: 978–1–137–38892–6 DOI: 10.1057/9781137388926 Distribution in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world is by Palgrave Macmillan®, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data International cinema and the girl : local issues, transnational contexts / edited by Fiona Handyside and Kate Taylor-Jones. pages cm. — (Global cinema) Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes filmography. 1. Teenage girls in motion pictures. I. Handyside, Fiona, 1974– editor. II. Taylor-Jones, Kate E., editor. PN1995.9.G57I68 2015 791.43’652352—dc23 2015020908 A catalogue record for the book is available from the British Library.
Contents
List of Figures and Tables
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction Fiona Handyside and Kate Taylor-Jones
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Part I Girlhood and Postfeminism: Global Perspectives 1 The Showgirl Effect: Adolescent Girls and (Precarious) “Technologies of Sexiness” in Contemporary Italian Cinema Danielle Hipkins 2 Girlfriends, Postfeminism, and the European Chick-Flick in France Mary Harrod 3 Warrior of Love: Japanese Girlhood’s
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