Stella Bruzzi Bücher

Offering a broad perspective on the Hollywood dad, looking at important Hollywood fathers and discussing films from many genres, this book adopts a multi-faceted theoretical approach, making use of psychoanalysis, sociology and masculinity studies and contextualising the father figure within both Hollywood and American history.

Indhold: The high-heeled shoe conjures self-assured allure and erotic intoxication like no other item of women's wear. Just recently the high heel has undergone a massive resurgence in popularity, in part reinventing itself through an overt invoking of fetish, with which the heel has of course always had some relationship. Built around a selection of images of heels from contemporary photography, High Heels: Fashion, Femininity and Seduction explores the confluence of art, fashion and fetish in the cult of high heels swooping down the fashion show runways and city streets everywhere. Illustrated with works from photographers such as Guy Bourdin, Juergen Teller, Bettina Rheims, Marilyn Minter, Tim Walker, Steven Klein, David Lachapelle and Vanessa Beecroft, among many others, High Heels also includes several important texts: an essay by Valerie Steele on the industry forces behind high-heel design; Tim Blanks of Style.com interviews Manolo Blahnik and Nicholas Kirkwood; Philip Delamore describes the technological developments behind the extreme contours of recent shoe design; Stella Bruzzi on high heels, gender, and representation in film; and an introduction by Ivan Vartanian, in conversation with James Crump, discusses the high heel as a vehicle for discussing a fetish for photography in general. High Heels is a visual odyssey through the powerful ideas of beauty, danger and seduction that the high heel evokes.

The book, first published in 1997, is part of Routledge's collection under Taylor & Francis. It explores significant themes and concepts relevant to its field, providing valuable insights and scholarly analysis. The content is designed to engage readers and enhance their understanding of the subject matter.

Praise for the book: 'It's refreshing to find a work that cuts through the tired debates surrounding documentary film and television, heralding a new approach.' - *Sight and Sound* Bruzzi's achievement lies in understanding the genre as an activity based on performance rather than mere observation, offering a fresh perspective that highlights fundamental shifts as documentary enters its second century. This contemporary examination of documentary presents innovative ways to theorize non-fiction film. The second edition features thorough updates to existing chapters and a new chapter on contemporary cinema release documentaries. It includes analysis of films like *Capturing the Friedmans*, *Être et avoir*, *Fahrenheit 9/11*, *The Fog of War*, and *Touching the Void*, alongside canonical texts such as *Hoop Dreams* and *Shoah*. Additional interviews with influential practitioners, including director Michael Apted and producer Stephen Lambert, enrich the discussion. The revised content covers modern observational documentary, including docusoaps, reality television, and formatted documentaries, while examining the work of filmmakers like Nicholas Barker, Errol Morris, Nick Broomfield, Molly Dineen, and Michael Moore, as well as Avant-Garde figures like Chris Marker and Patrick Keiller. Bruzzi addresses themes of gender identity, queer theory, performance, race, and spectatorship, demonstrating how contemporary theories ca