Claire Johnston
Claire Johnston ( * 1940, † 1987) was an American feminist film theorist. She wrote pioneering essays on the construction of ideology in mainstream cinema ( Hollywood and European auteur cinema ).
Writings
- "Women's Cinema as Counter- Cinema" (1975 ): 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, dt " women's film as a counter- movie " in: women and film, No. 11, 1977, p 19-33
- " Feminist Politics and Film History ", Screen 16, 3, pp. 115-125
- ( Editor ), The work of Dorothy Arzner: towards a feminist cinema. British Film Institute, London 1975.
- Author
- Americans
- Born in 1940
- Died in 1987
- Woman