[NEohioPAL]Cleveland Public Library: Men and Women

[Donald Boozer]

This week's posting from the Literature Department at Cleveland Publi=
c Library highlights books on women and men, masculinity and feminini=
ty, fatherhood and motherhood, as seen through the film camera's lens=
.
The Literature Department is located on the second floor of the Main =
Library, downtown Cleveland, at East Sixth Street and Superior Avenue=
. Click on the link provided to access the library=92s catalog to res=
erve any of these titles. For more information, visit our location, c=
all 216-623-2881, or email us at =93literature <at> cpl.org.=94


Bringing Up Daddy: Fatherhood and Masculinity in Post-War Hollywood.
Stella Bruzzi.
British Film Institute Publishing, 2005.
(PN1995.9.M46 B78 2005)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D1844571106
(Link includes cover art and table of contents)
"The father is one of the central figures of Hollywood narrative. Des=
pite this, this is the first book to examine cinematic representation=
s of the father. Bringing Up Daddy offers a broad perspective on the =
Hollywood dad looking at important Hollywood fathers from World War I=
I to the present and discusses films from a variety of genres." -- fr=
om the back cover.


Theory of the Image: Capitalism, Contemporary Film, and Women.
Ann Kibbey.
Indiana University Press, 2005
(PN1995.9.W6 K53 2005)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D0253217466
(Link includes table of contents)
[This book] "is based on a concept of the image as a dynamic relation=
 rather than a thing. In its three essays, the book foregrounds the i=
mage itself as an ideological construct....Not just an abstract debat=
e, however, the book draws on extensive personal interviews and also =
provides detailed explications of important films in recent transnati=
onal cinema to demonstrate new theories of the image for a global soc=
iety." -- from the back cover


Thinking in Images: Film Theory, Feminist Philosophy and Marlene Diet=
rich.
Catherine Constable.
British Film Institute Publishing, 2005.
(PN1995.9.W6 C66 2005)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D1844571017
(Link includes cover art and table of contents)
"Thinking in Images addresses the current crisis in film theory by of=
fering a new methodology for interrelating theory and film texts. Dra=
wing on the groundbreaking work of Mich=E8le Le D=9Cuff the author ar=
gues that philosophy is reliant on socio-cultural images, such as fig=
ures of the veiled woman, the femme fatale and the seductress." -- fr=
om the back cover

Remember, books highlighted here can be borrowed through any CLEVNET =
library with the touch of a button. Whether you're from Shaker Height=
s, Cleveland, Peninsula, or Twinsburg, just place a hold through the =
link provided and choose your library as the pickup location.
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Donald Boozer, Literature Department
Cleveland Public Library
325 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114
donald.boozer at cpl.org
216-623-2881 / 216-623-7050 (fax)
http://www.cpl.org