Refocus: the Films of Doris Wishman by Alicia Kozma (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Refocus: the Films of Doris Wishman by Alicia Kozma, Finley Freibert ReFocus: The Films of Doris Wishman positions Wishman as a significant and overlooked force in American independent film. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Producer, distributor, and director Doris Wishman (19122002) was a pioneering woman in the film industry, leaving a body of work almost 30 films strong. Largely overlooked by critical and cultural analysis, Wishman worked in the normatively neglected film genre of sexploitation and adult film, but works like Hideout in the Sun (1960), Bad Girls Go To Hell (1965), Double Agent 73 (1974) and Each Time I Kill (2007) demonstrate an interest in complicated, ideological and often troubling social performances of the contemporary human condition. ReFocus: The Films of Doris Wishman positions Wishman as a significant and overlooked force in American independent film, with an impact on how we currently understand the categories of cult, exploitation, horror, experimental and avant-garde cinema. Back Cover Producer, distributor, and director Doris Wishman (1912-2002) was a pioneering woman in the film industry, leaving a body of work almost 30 films strong. Largely overlooked by critical and cultural analysis, Wishman worked in the normatively neglected film genre of sexploitation and adult film, but works like Hideout in the Sun (1960), Bad Girls Go To Hell (1965), Double Agent 73 (1974) and Each Time I Kill (2007) demonstrate an interest in complicated, ideological and often troubling social performances of the contemporary human condition. ReFocus: The Films of Doris Wishman positions Wishman as a significant and overlooked force in American independent film, with an impact on how we currently understand the categories of cult, exploitation, horror, experimental and avant-garde cinema.Alicia Kozma is Chair and Assistant Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Washington College.Finely Freibert is a part-time Senior Lecturer in Comparative Humanities at the University of Louisville and an adjunct Lecturer at the Kentucky College of Art and Design. Flap Producer, distributor, and director Doris Wishman (1912-2002) was a pioneering woman in the film industry, leaving a body of work almost 30 films strong. Largely overlooked by critical and cultural analysis, Wishman worked in the normatively neglected film genre of sexploitation and adult film, but works like Hideout in the Sun (1960), Bad Girls Go To Hell (1965), Double Agent 73 (1974) and Each Time I Kill (2007) demonstrate an interest in complicated, ideological and often troubling social performances of the contemporary human condition.ReFocus: The Films of Doris Wishman positions Wishman as a significant and overlooked force in American independent film, with an impact on how we currently understand the categories of cult, exploitation, horror, experimental and avant-garde cinema.Alicia Kozma is Chair and Assistant Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Washington College.Finely Freibert is a part-time Senior Lecturer in Comparative Humanities at the University of Louisville and an adjunct Lecturer at the Kentucky College of Art and Design. Author Biography Dr Alicia Kozma is Chair and Assistant Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Washington College. Dr Finley Freibert is an Assistant Professor of Media Studies in the School of Media Arts at Southern Illinois University. He is co-editor with Alicia Kozma of Refocus: The Films of Doris Wishman (EUP, 2021). Table of Contents Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Foreword, Joan Hawkins; Introduction: Making Films in Hell, Alicia Kozma and Finley Freibert; PART 1 Gender and Genre; 1: The Body as Apparatus: Doris Wishmans Double Agent, Elena Gorfinkel; 2: The Girls in the Mirror: Womens Horror Filmmaking and Doris Wishmans Each Time I Kill (2007), Alexandra Heller-Nicholas; 3: Trans/sexual negativity and the ethics of (s)exploitation in Let Me Die a Woman, Harper Shalloe; PART 2: Cultural History and Adult Film Studies; 4: Hardcore Wishman, Whitney Strub; 5: Bad Bis Go to Hell: Bisexuality as Transgressive and Lucrative in Doris Wishmans Roughies, Finley Freibert; 6: "Its Strange, but Its Wonderful": Doris Wishmans Nude on the Moon, Karen Joan Kohoutek; PART 3: Comparative Approaches to Authorship; 7: Depicting Female Bodies: Doris Wishman, Carolee Schneemann, and Legacies of Subversion, Hannah Greenberg; 8: Revolutionization of the Erotic Screen: The Films of Doris Wishman and Wakamatsu Koji, Molly Kim; 9: "You cant say youre not getting a horror film here!": Authorship, Genre, and the Accidental Avant-Garde in Doris Wishmans A Night to Dismember", Jamie Hook; 10: My Teenage Cinematic Love Affair with Doris Wishman, Rebekah McKendry Review This book is a must for scholars in a range of different areas. The collection explores the sexual politics of Wishmans films and provoke fascinating questions about our understanding of genre. It also explores what it means to consider Wishman an "artist" and, in the process, explores her relationship to other filmmakers and film movements. In short, this book is much more than a study of a fascinating figure: it provides a fascinating take on film history in particular, and cultural history more generally, that demands to be read by those who have never heard of Wishman and who may consider themselves uninterested in lowbrow culture more generally.-- "Mark Jancovich, University of East Anglia" Review Quote This book is a must for scholars in a range of different areas. The collection explores the sexual politics of Wishmans films and provoke fascinating questions about our understanding of genre. It also explores what it means to consider Wishman an "artist" and, in the process, explores her relationship to other filmmakers and film movements. In short, this book is much more than a study of a fascinating figure: its provides a fascinating take on film history in particular, and cultural history more generally, that demands to be read by those who have never heard of Wishman and who may consider themselves uninterested in lowbrow culture more generally. Promotional "Headline" Offers the first book length contribution to Doris Wishman Description for Reader Offers the first book length contribution to Doris Wishman Covers Wishmans vast filmography inclusive of her less discussed later films, hardcore films and nudist films Situates Wishman within larger contexts and movements in American film history including womens filmmaking, avant-garde and experimental cinema and genre film Considers the cultural, historical, and industrial significance of Wishman with focuses on gender studies, genre studies, film narrative, feminist history, queer history and adult film history Producer, distributor, and director Doris Wishman (1912-2002) was a pioneering woman in the film industry, leaving a body of work almost 30 films strong. Largely overlooked by critical and cultural analysis, Wishman worked in the normatively neglected film genre of sexploitation and adult film, but works like Hideout in the Sun (1960), Bad Girls Go To Hell (1965), Double Agent 73 (1974) and Each Time I Kill (2007) demonstrate an interest in complicated, ideological and often troubling social performances of the contemporary human condition. ReFocus: The Films of Doris Wishman positions Wishman as a significant and overlooked force in American independent film, with an impact on how we currently understand the categories of cult, exploitation, horror, experimental and avant-garde cinema. Feature Covers Wishmans vast filmography inclusive of her less discussed later films, hardcore films, and nudist films Situates Wishman within larger contexts and movements in American film history including womens filmmaking, avant-garde and experimental cinema, and genre film Considers the cultural, historical, and industrial significance of Wishman with focuses on gender studies, genre studies, film narrative, feminist history, queer history, and adult film history Description for Sales People Offers the first book length contribution to Doris Wishman Covers Wishmans vast filmography inclusive of her less discussed later films, hardcore films and nudist films Situates Wishman within larger contexts and movements in American film history including womens filmmaking, avant-garde and experimental cinema and genre film Considers the cultural, historical, and industrial significance of Wishman with focuses on gender studies, genre studies, film narrative, feminist history, queer history and adult film history Description for Teachers/Educators May be suitable for courses on film directors; cult film and film genre Details ISBN1474482341 Pages 192 Publisher Edinburgh University Press Year 2021 ISBN-10 1474482341 ISBN-13 9781474482349 Format Hardcover Language English Imprint Edinburgh University Press Place of Publication Edinburgh Country of Publication United Kingdom NZ Release Date 2021-06-30 Publication Date 2021-06-30 UK Release Date 2021-06-30 Illustrations 22 B/W illustrations Author Finley Freibert Translator Hamid Mavani Birth 1980 Affiliation University of St Andrews, UK Position Principal Lecturer Qualifications Sir Series ReFocus: The American Directors Series Edited by Finley Freibert DEWEY 791.430233092 Audience General AU Release Date 2021-08-30 Alternative 9781474482356 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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