Women and New Hollywood

Gender, Creative Labor, and 1970s American Cinema
Including chapters on film history, film texts, and the decade’s film theory and criticism, Women and New Hollywood draws attention to the rich and varied work produced by women in the 1970s, as well as to the considerable barriers they faced.
The 1970s has often been hailed as a great moment for American film, as a generation of "New Hollywood" directors like Scorsese, Coppola, and Altman offered idiosyncratic visions of what movies could be.  Yet the auteurist discourse hailing these directors as the sole authors of their films has obscured the important creative roles women played in the 1970s American film industry. 
 
Women and New Hollywood revises our understanding of this important era in American film by examining the contributions that women made not only as directors, but also as screenwriters, editors, actors, producers, and critics. Including essays on film history, film texts, and the decade's film theory and criticism, this collection showcases the rich and varied cinematic products of women's creative labor, as well as the considerable barriers they faced. It considers both women working within and beyond the Hollywood film industry, reconceptualizing New Hollywood by bringing it into dialogue with other American cinemas of the 1970s. By valuing the many forms of creative labor involved in film production, this collection offers exciting alternatives to the auteurist model and new ways of appreciating the themes and aesthetics of 1970s American film. 

Contributor: Aaron Hunter (Edited by), Martha Shearer (Edited by), Karen Pearlman (Contributions by), Oliver Gruner (Contributions by), Virginia Bonner (Contributions by), Adrian Garvey (Contributions by), Nicholas Godfrey (Contributions by), Alicia Kozma (Contributions by), Anna Backman Rogers (Contributions by), James Morrison (Contributions by), Maria Pramaggiore (Contributions by), Maya Montañez Smukler (Contributions by), Nicholas Forster (Contributions by), Amelie Hastie (Contributions by), Abigail Cheever (Contributions by)

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