Women's New Cinema in Contemporary Turkey: As If We Were Free, as If a Beautiful Life Were Possible

For the first time in the history of cinema, Turkey witnesses a generation of female directors who occupy their own space within the New Cinema Movement. They claim an authority of their own and create a distinct cinema. However, recent scholarship on the cinema of Turkey predominantly conceptualises contemporary cinema in relation to the patriarchal discourse of male auteurs and recognises its female directors in a tokenistic manner. This book is the first academic work recognising this historical moment - the flourish of a women's cinema in Turkey which disrupts the dominant discourses and brings another view to look at the post-millennial cinema. This study identifies the new production methodologies used by the contemporary female directors from Turkey in relation to socio-political and cultural dynamics and conceptualises these features under the term, 'Women's New Cinema'. It also undertakes feminist textual exegesis of selected case studies in these directors' work.

Author: Pınar Fontini
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 04/30/2025
Pages: 168
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.44d
ISBN: 9781399538497