Claire Johnston (1940–1987) was a
feminist
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film theoretician.
She wrote seminal essays on the construction of
ideology
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in mainstream cinema (
Hollywood
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and
European auteur cinema).
Writings
*"Women's Cinema as Counter-Cinema" (1973) in: Claire Johnston (ed.), ''Notes on Women's Cinema'', London: Society for Education in Film and Television, reprinted in: Sue Thornham (ed.), ''Feminist Film Theory. A Reader'', Edinburgh University Press 1999, pp. 31–40
*"Feminist Politics and Film History", ''Screen'' 16, 3, pp. 115–125
*(Editor), ''The work of
Dorothy Arzner
Dorothy Emma Arzner (January 3, 1897 – October 1, 1979) was an American film director whose career in Feature films, Hollywood spanned from the silent era of the 1920s into the early 1940s. With the exception of longtime silent film director Lo ...
: Towards a Feminist Cinema'', London: British Film Institute, 1975
See also
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Feminist film theory
Feminist film theory is a theoretical film criticism derived from feminist politics and feminist theory influenced by Second Wave Feminism and brought about around the 1970s in the United States. With the advancements in film throughout the years ...
References
British feminists
Film theorists
1940 births
1987 deaths
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