List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One: The 'Death of Cinema' and the Institutionalization of the Author
Chapter 1:
The Film Author and the Survival of European Cinema
Chapter 2:
The Middle Generation: Maurice Pialat, Gianni Amelio, and Victor Erice
Chapter 3:
The Difficult Legacy of the Nouvelle Vague: Olivier Assayas and French Film Authors at the End of Auteurism
Part Two: The Film Author in the New Audio-visual System
Chapter 4:
For an Impure Cinema: Gabriele Salvatores and the Hybrid Nature of Film Authorship in Contemporary Italian Cinema
Chapter 5:
A Different Type of Cinephilia: Alejandro Amenábar and the New Generation of Spanish Film Authors
Chapter 6:
Made in Europa: Luc Besson and the Question of Cultural Exception in Post-auteur France
Part Three: The Female Author in the Era of Post-feminism
Chapter 7:
Auteurism and Women's Cinema in France, Italy and Spain
Chapter 8:
Female Authors and Gendered Identity in Film: Claire Denis's Post-subjective Representation
Chapter 9:
Feminine Matters: Francesca Archibugi and the Reconfiguration of Women in the Private Sphere
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index