{"product_id":"9780809325139","title":"Identity and Memory: The Films of Chantal Akerman","description":"\u003cp\u003eConsidered to be one of the most influential auteurs in French cinema today, Chantal Akerman has had a profound impact on both feminist filmmaking discourse and avant-garde film. She has shown herself to be an uncompromising and dedicated practitioner of the cinematic arts in works such as \u003ci\u003eI…You…He…She \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eJe tu il elle,\u003c\/i\u003e1974); \u003ci\u003eJeanne Dielman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e23 quai du Commerce\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e1080 Bruxelles\u003c\/i\u003e (1975); \u003ci\u003eMeetings with Anna \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eLes Rendez-vous d’Anna,\u003c\/i\u003e1978); \u003ci\u003eAmerican Stories\/Food, Family, and Philosophy \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eHistoires d’Amérique,\u003c\/i\u003e1989); and \u003ci\u003eFrom the East\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eD’Est,\u003c\/i\u003e1993). Akerman has continued to create new and unexpected films that explore ideas about image, gaze, space, performance, and narration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e            \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection of essays edited by Gwendolyn Audrey Foster assesses Akerman’s wide-ranging oeuvre, particularly her exploration of identity and memory, and considers her development as an artist and as a social force. Along with a detailed filmography and bibliography, both compiled by Foster, ten of the key figures in contemporary feminist moving-image discourse explore the themes with which Akerman is preoccupied: sexuality and lesbian identity, subjectivity, alterity, quotidian reality, the mother-daughter relationship, and Jewish diasporic identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe contributors include Maureen Turim, Sandy Flitterman-Lewis, Jennifer M. Barker, Ivone Margulies, Catherine Fowler, Janet Bergstrom, Ginette Vincendeau, Gwendolyn Audrey Foster, Judith Mayne, and Kristine Butler.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in the United Kingdom by Flicks Books, this marks the first United States edition of \u003ci\u003eIdentity and Memory: The Films of Chantal Akerman\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Southern Illinois University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47015259144432,"sku":"9780809325139","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780809325139_p0.jpg?v=1763739700","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780809325139","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}