Jane Campion—Cinema, Nation, Identity

Radner (film and media studies, U. of Otago, New Zealand), Fox (English, U. of Otago), and Bessiere (Institut national d'histoire de l'art, France) present 15 essays critically exploring the works of New Zealand-born filmmaker Jane Campion, director of Sweetie, An Angel at my Table, The Piano, The Portrait of a Lady, Holy Smoke!, and In the Cut. The essays are divided into sections exploring the way subjectivity and identity are created in Campion's films, Campion's relationship with literature, the symbolic role of external physical locations in her films, and spectators' varied reactions to Campion's work. Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Hilary Radner is the foundation professor of film and media studies in the Department of Media, Film & Communication Studies at the University of Otago.

Alistair Fox is professor of English and director of the Centre for Research on National Identity at the University of Otago.

Irene Bessiere is director of the program "Les Europeens dans le cinema americain: emigration et exil," Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, and co-director of the program "Histoire du cinema et

histoire de l’art" at the Institut national d’histoire de l’art.