{"product_id":"the-sustainable-legacy-of-agnes-varda-9781350240902","title":"The Sustainable Legacy of Agnes Varda","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing especially on the encounters and relationships that defined her exceptional career, \u003ci\u003eThe Sustainable Legacy of Agnès Varda\u003c\/i\u003e outlines a sustainable legacy for the celebrated director and visual artist. Over nine chapters, it unpacks how creation, connection, and environment form the core of Varda's artistry, which centers foremost on relationships with her family, with other artists, even with passersby she would meet in her travels around the world.  Also celebrating her feminist legacy, the chapters cover a wide range, from the classic \u003ci\u003eCléo from 5 to 7 \u003c\/i\u003e(1962) to documentaries \u003ci\u003eThe Beaches of Agnès \u003c\/i\u003e(2008) and \u003ci\u003eFaces Places \u003c\/i\u003e(2017) as well as selected art installations. The book's final section is dedicated to teaching Varda's work; here, ten scholars from around the world consider how Varda's art and feminist pedagogies offer unique ways to bring crucial concepts into the classroom. By seeking a sustainable praxis to discuss and teach Varda's work, and by\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sustainable Legacy of Agnès Varda\u003c\/i\u003e constitutes a magnificent critical tribute to the work of a filmmaker who turned cinema into an art of encountering. Arguing that her legacy extends beyond her filmography, through an ethical and political vision of art worth examining, the contributors of this book remained faithful to the memory of a woman and an artist committed to her time. -- Luc Vancheri, Lumière University Lyon 2, France\u003cbr\u003eThroughout the volume, the overall question — how to sustain joy in Varda’s legacy — is met with nuanced and perceptive analysis. The collection offers new perspectives, not least through critique, for example in Jennifer Stob’s illuminating essay on Varda’s formalist feminism, in which she argues that Varda both ‘reveals the patriarchal structure that collapses representational space and the feminine’, and ‘confirms and reproduces its formalist myth’… This collection is an indispensable tool for Varda teachers, scholars, and fans, and it delightfully fulfils the task of sustaining and renewing Varda’s legacy. -- Ros Murray * French Studies *\u003cbr\u003eInquisitive moving-image artist par excellence, Agnès Varda receives here an expansive and multifaceted treatment, one that matches the range and generosity of her own work. These essays revise and open out our understanding of a cinema that both depicts and embodies sustenance. -- Girish Shambu, Canisius College, Buffalo, USA\u003cbr\u003eIn framing its collection of essays in terms of sustainability, \u003ci\u003eThe Sustainable Legacy of Agnès Varda\u003c\/i\u003e offers a timely intervention in feminist criticism in visual studies.  Varda’s work lends itself beautifully to these eco-critical analyses, which collectively sustain meticulous attention to Varda’s elaborations of embodiment, space, and place across her oeuvre. -- Sharon Willis, University of Rochester, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations List of Contributors Acknowledgments 1. Sustaining Joy in Varda’s Legacy - Colleen Kennedy-Karpat \u003cb\u003ePart 1 Creation\u003c\/b\u003e 2. Agnès Varda’s Formalist Feminism - Jennifer Stob 3. Gleaning Metaphors from Reality in the Documentary Films of Agnès Varda - Joseph Horsey 4. The Nude Auteur, Denuding Filmmaking - Ayça Çiftçi \u003cb\u003ePart 2 Connections\u003c\/b\u003e 5. Women Directors on the Edge of Hollywood: Agnès Varda\/Shirley Clarke in and beyond \u003ci\u003eLions Love \u003c\/i\u003e(1969) - Zizi Li 6. Agnès Varda and Ursula Le Guin in Dialogue: The Narrator’s Carrier Bag - Ruken Dogu Erdede \u003cb\u003ePart 3 Environments\u003c\/b\u003e 7. Passion, Commitment, Compassion: \u003ci\u003eLes Justes au Panthe´on\u003c\/i\u003e by Agne`s Varda - Sandy Flitterman-Lewis 8. Urban Environments and Agnès Varda’s \u003ci\u003eGenius loci\u003c\/i\u003e - Zeynep Demirhan and Colleen Kennedy-Karpat 9. Iran Under Varda’s Eyes: Interview with Dr. Ali Rafie - Negar Taymoorzadeh \u003cb\u003ePart 4 Teaching Varda\u003c\/b\u003e Section Introduction: Teaching Varda - Colleen Kennedy-Karpat 10. Agnès Varda: The Queen of the Margins - Beth Tsai 11. Teaching Varda Teaching - Sandy Flitterman-Lewis 12. Varda’s \u003ci\u003eSans toit ni loi\/Vagabond\u003c\/i\u003e (1985): The Center of My Feminist Film Teaching, 1998–2020 - Kate Ince 13. Teaching \u003ci\u003eVagabond \u003c\/i\u003e(1985) - Homay King 14. Cléo from Abu Dhabi to Seoul - Seung-hoon Jeong 15. Digital Time, Teaching Temporalities, and Feminist Pedagogies: Teaching Varda’s \u003ci\u003eGleaners \u003c\/i\u003e(2000) Twenty Years on - Jenny Chamarette 16. Gleaning with Visible Machines: Teaching Digital Cinema and Embodiment with Agnès Varda - Michael Cramer 17. Teaching \u003ci\u003eLe Bonheur\u003c\/i\u003e (1964) - Jeremi Szaniawsk 18. Vardian Lessons: From Sea to Screen and Beyond - Nadine Boljkovac 19. Farewell to Idols with Varda - Feride Çiçekogl Filmography: Agnès Varda Additional Filmography Bibliography Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407523881303,"sku":"9781350240902","price":85.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350240902.jpg?v=1730499662","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-sustainable-legacy-of-agnes-varda-9781350240902","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}