{"product_id":"refocus-the-films-of-mary-harron-1","title":"ReFocus: The Films of Mary Harron","description":"Offers the first first book-length study of Mary Harron's career and works\n\nArgues that Harron's work has a distinguishing approach to stylistic and aesthetic choices prompted by cultural contexts, controversial subject matter and production limitations\nExplores her depiction of masculinity, patriarchy, feminism, and biopic genre\nPositions Harron's filmmaking as a diverse, challenging body of work that is contextualized within contemporary industry practicesMary Harron's diverse career includes cult films like I Shot Andy Warhol, American Psycho and The Notorious Bettie Page, as well as a range of network and cable television episodes. This is the first book to examine an overlooked filmmaker in relation to feminist cinema. It discusses the dialectical dynamics within her wide-ranging body of work, and it argues that Harron's work has a distinguishing approach to stylistic and aesthetic choices prompted by cultural contexts, controversial subject matter and production limitations.\n\nEach chapter provides an in-depth study on Harron's creative approaches to film and television production, with chapters offering close readings of each of her 5 narrative features, and her work in television and promotional film. With scholarly approaches from the fields of cinema, television, gender, fashion, death and celebrity studies, this is a long-awaited introduction to a groundbreaking figure in contemporary cinema.","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53604510892376,"sku":"9781474494427","price":26.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781474494427.jpg?v=1777791669","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/refocus-the-films-of-mary-harron-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}