Bloomsbury Handbook to Sofia Coppola

Suzanne Ferriss is Professor Emerita at Nova Southeastern University, USA. She has published extensively on literature, film, fashion and cultural studies. She is the author of The Cinema of Sofia Coppola (Bloomsbury, 2021), co-editor of On Fashion (1994), Footnotes: On Shoes (2001), Chick Lit: The New Women’s Fiction (2006) and Chick Flicks: Contemporary Women at the Movies (2008), among other titles. She has also co-authored Motorcycle (2008) and An Alternative History of Bicycles and Motorcycles (2016).

Suzanne Ferriss should be commended for a first-of-its-kind book that compiles voices from multiple disciplines … This book celebrates a multitalented female filmmaker—director, actress, writer, producer, and artist—and inspires further exploration of women in cinema.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction - Suzanne Ferriss (Nova Southeastern University, USA)I The Big Screen1. The Virgin SuicidesThe Cinematic Style of Loss: Sofia Coppola’s The Virgin Suicides - Justin Wyatt (University of Rhode Island, USA)2. Lost in TranslationSofia Coppola’s Lost in Translation: Liminality, Loneliness, and Learning from an-Other - Lucy Bolton (Queen Mary University of London, UK)3. Marie AntoinetteThe Journey: The Reception of Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette - Nicole Richter (Wright State University, USA)4. SomewhereSofia Coppola’s Somewhere: The Most American of European Films - Todd Kennedy (Nicholls State University, USA)5. The Bling RingSurface Play: Aesthetics and Performance in Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring - Maryn Wilkinson (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)6. The BeguiledThe Knowledge of Feeling in Sofia Coppola’s The Beguiled - Michelle Devereaux (University of Warwick, UK)7. On the RocksSofia Coppola’s On the Rocks and “Personal” Filmmaking - Suzanne Ferriss (Nova Southeastern University, USA)II Small(er) Screens and Streaming8. Music Videos“If You Don’t Have At Least Two Careers, You Don’t Fit In”: Transmedia Authorship and the Music Videos of Sofia Coppola - Mathias Bonde Korsgaard (Aarhus University, Denmark)9. Short FilmGirls Rule in Sofia Coppola’s Lick the Star - Cynthia Felando (University of California Santa Barbara, USA)10. TelevisionRewriting the (Christmas) Genre: The Legacy of Robert Altman in Sofia Coppola’s A Very Murray Christmas - Todd Kennedy (Nicholls State University, USA)11. AdvertisingFashion Campaigns: Sofia Coppola’s “Mini-Films” - Caryn Simonson (University of Arts London, UK)III “Coppolism”12. CinematographySofia Coppola’s Minimalist Mystique - Cameron Beyl (Independent filmmaker)13. Fine Art and PhotographyArt on Film/Film as Art: Sofia Coppola’s Cinema - Suzanne Ferriss (Nova Southeastern University, USA)14. MusicThe Feeling of the Moment: Music in the Cinema of Sofia Coppola - Tim J. Anderson (Old Dominion University, USA)15. DesignDesigning Luxury: Sofia Coppola’s Production Design - Saige Walton (University of South Australia, Australia)16. ActingSofia Coppola, Indiewood, and Performance - Cynthia Barron (Bowling Green State University, USA) & Yannis Tzioumakis (University of Liverpool, UK)IV Interpretations17. AuteurismSofia Coppola: Commodity Auteur - Pam Cook (University of Southampton, UK)18. CurationSofia Coppola: The Auteur as Curator - Lawrence Webb (University of Sussex, UK)19. Feminism“You Cannot Go Deaf to Women’s Voices”: Feminism and the Films of Sofia Coppola - Anna Backman Rogers (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)20. PostfeminismPostfeminist Approaches to Sofia Coppola - Fiona Handyside (University of Exeter, UK)21. Race and ClassMaking Whiteness: The Absent Presence of Race and Class in Sofia Coppola’s Feature Films - Jamie Ann Rogers (Clemson University, USA)22. PlacePsychogeography and Cinema(car)tography: Cinematic Tourism and Sofia Coppola’s Films - Laura Henderson (University of Melbourne, Australia)23. CelebrityCelebrity in Sofia Coppola’s Cinema: The Aesthetics of Performance - Delphine Letort (Université du Maine, France)V Reception24. Critical Reception“All That Style Overwhelms the Substance”: The Critical Reception of Sofia Coppola’s Work - Katarzyna Paszkiewicz (University of the Balearic Islands, Spain)25. Academic ResponseSofia Coppola in the Curriculum: Feminist Film Pedagogies - Emma McNicol, Whitney Monaghan, Grace Russell, and Belinda Smaill (Monash University, Australia)26. Popular ReactionSofia Coppola, Cosmopolitan Icon - Sara Pesce (University of Bologna, Italy)Sofia Coppola: A TimelineReferencesFilmographyList of ContributorsIndex