ReFocus: The Films of Lucrecia Martel / / ed. by Natalia Christofoletti Barrenha.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Arts 2022
• MitwirkendeR: Aguilar, Gonzalo,; Amado, Ana,; Amante, Adriana,; Bernini, Emilio,; Campo, Mônica,; Catelli, Nora,; Christofoletti Barrenha, Natalia,; Cunha, Damyler,; Forcinito, Ana,; Kratje, Julia,; Laera, Alejandra,; Martin, Deborah,; Merchant, Paul R.,; Niebylski, Dianna C.,; Oubiña, David,; Souto, Mariana,; Verardi, Malena,
• HerausgeberIn: Barrenha, Natalia Christofoletti,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: ReFocus: The International Directors Series : RFIDS
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (232 p.) :; 26 B/W illustrations

Collects critical essays on the influential Argentine director Lucrecia MartelIncludes essays by prominent scholars from Latin America, the United States and Europe, and a new interview with MartelOffers conceptually rich and politically engaged readings of Martel’s films Covers all of Martel’s work, including short films and projects beyond cinema Lucrecia Martel has made only four feature films to date, but has nonetheless become one of the world’s most admired directors. Her work is extraordinarily sensitive to the limits of sensory perception, the limits imposed by gender roles, and the limits of empathy and affect across social divisions. This edited collection broadens the critical conversation around Martel’s work by integrating analyses of her features with the less frequently studied short films and her other artistic projects. This volume’s fresh, holistic approach to Martel’s career includes contributions from scholars in Latin America, Europe and the United States, and ends with a new interview with Martel herself.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. Metamorphosis and Persistence: An Introduction -- Chapter 2. Speeds, Generations and Utopias: On The Swamp -- Chapter 3. Sounding Class, Race and Gender in The Swamp -- Chapter 4. Being Unable to See and Being Invisible: Unrecognisable, Inaudible Voices in Fish, New Argirópolis and Muta -- Chapter 5. Muta: Monstrosity and Mutation -- Chapter 6. Short Films as Aesthetic Freedom -- Chapter 7. Masculinity, Desire and Performance in The Holy Girl -- Chapter 8. Other Areas: The Bio-communal and Feminine Utopia of Cornucopia -- Chapter 9. Realities Made to Order: On The Headless Woman -- Chapter 10. Fevers, Frights and Psychophysical Disconnections: Invisible Threats in the Soundtracks of Zama and The Headless Woman -- Chapter 11. Martel Variations -- Chapter 12. ‘They smother you’ -- Chapter 13. ‘A kind of bliss, a closing eyelid, a tiny fainting spell’: Zama and the Lapse into Colour -- Chapter 14. Phenomenology of Spirits: Off-screen Horror in Lucrecia Martel’s Films -- Chapter 15. The Conquest of the Uncomfortable: An Interview with Lucrecia Martel -- Index