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In The Battle of the Sexes in French Cinema, 1930-1956, NoËl Burch and GeneviÈve Sellier adopt a sociocultural approach to films made in France before, during, and after World War II, paying particular attention to the Occupation years (1940-44). The authors contend that the films produced from the 1930s until 1956-when the state began to subsidize the movie industry, facilitating the emergence of an "auteur cinema"-are important, both as historical texts and as sources of entertainment.Citing more than 300 films and providing many in-depth interpretations, Burch and Sellier argue that films made in France between 1930 and 1956 created a national imaginary that equated masculinity with French identity. They track the changing representations of masculinity, explaining how the strong patriarch who saved fallen or troubled women from themselves in prewar films gave way to the impotent, unworthy, or incapable father figure of the Occupation. After the Liberation, the patriarch reemerged as protector and provider alongside assertive women who figured as threats not only to themselves but to society as a whole.
Contents
Introduction 1
Part I. The Prewar Period, 1930-1939 13
1. Panorama of a Cine-Family Romance 15
Film Analyses 54
Part II. The German Occupation, 1940-1944: Fathers Take a Backseat 89
2. Castrated Fathers 91
3. Women in the Service of the Patriarchy 103
4. Misogyny Lingers On 114
5. Absent Men, Fleeing Men 125
6. Women Take Control of Their Destiny 133
7. The Zazou Film: A Dissident Style during the Occupation 140
8. A Woman Faced with Her Desire 150
9. Gentle Male Figures and New Fathers 164
Film Analyses 180
Part III. The Postwar Period, 1945-1956: Settling of Scores 235
10. The Destabilizing Effects of the Liberation 237
11. Restoring the Patriarchal Order 269
Film Analyses 305
Conclusion 341
References 347
Index 357
