Alex Hughes Professor in French Studies,University of Birmingham James S. Williams Senior Lecturer in French and Comparative Literature, University of Kent

• Acknowledgements Introduction Alex Hughes (University of Birmingham), James S. Williams (University of Kent) 1. Bodies Cut and Dissolved: Dada and Surrealist Film Elza Adamowicz (Queen Mary College, University of London) 2. Diva in the Spotlight: Music Hall to Cinema Kelley Conway (University of Wisconsin-Madison) 3. Mon cul est intersexual?: Arletty's Performance of Gender Keith Reader (University of Glasgow) 4. For Our Eyes Only: Body and Sexuality in Reverse Motion in the Films of Jean Cocteau James S. Williams (University of Kent) 5. Setting the Agenders: Simone Signoret - the Pre-Feminist Star Body Susan Hayward (University of Exeter) 6. Gender, Modernism and Mass Culture in the New Wave Geneviève Sellier (Université de Caen) 7. Austistic Masculinity in Jean-Pierre Melville's Crime Thrillers Ginette Vincendeau (University of Warwick) 8. Gender in the French Fantasy Film 1965-95 Guy Austin (University of Sheffield) 9. Going Through the Motions: Unconscious Optics and Corporal Resistance in Miéville and Godard's France/tour/detour/deux/enfants Michael Witt (University of Roehampton) 10. The God, the King, the Fool and ...: Anamorphosing the Films of Beineix Phil Powrie (University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne) 11. AIDS-Video: Representing the Body in Guibert's La Pudeur ou l'impudeur Alex Hughes (University of Birmingham) 12. Gender and Sexuality in New New Wave Cinema Dina Sherzer (University of Texas at Austin) 13. Running out of Place: Gender; Space and Crisis in Ferreira Barbosa's Les Gens Normaux n'ont rien d'exceptionnel and Lvovsky's Oublie-moi Julia Dobson (University of Wolverhampton) 14. Identification and Female Friendship in Contemporary French Film Emma Wilson (University of Cambridge)

Alex Hughes Professor in French Studies,University of Birmingham James S. Williams Senior Lecturer in French and Comparative Literature, University of Kent

• Acknowledgements Introduction Alex Hughes (University of Birmingham), James S. Williams (University of Kent) 1. Bodies Cut and Dissolved: Dada and Surrealist Film Elza Adamowicz (Queen Mary College, University of London) 2. Diva in the Spotlight: Music Hall to Cinema Kelley Conway (University of Wisconsin-Madison) 3. Mon cul est intersexual?: Arletty's Performance of Gender Keith Reader (University of Glasgow) 4. For Our Eyes Only: Body and Sexuality in Reverse Motion in the Films of Jean Cocteau James S. Williams (University of Kent) 5. Setting the Agenders: Simone Signoret - the Pre-Feminist Star Body Susan Hayward (University of Exeter) 6. Gender, Modernism and Mass Culture in the New Wave Geneviève Sellier (Université de Caen) 7. Austistic Masculinity in Jean-Pierre Melville's Crime Thrillers Ginette Vincendeau (University of Warwick) 8. Gender in the French Fantasy Film 1965-95 Guy Austin (University of Sheffield) 9. Going Through the Motions: Unconscious Optics and Corporal Resistance in Miéville and Godard's France/tour/detour/deux/enfants Michael Witt (University of Roehampton) 10. The God, the King, the Fool and ...: Anamorphosing the Films of Beineix Phil Powrie (University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne) 11. AIDS-Video: Representing the Body in Guibert's La Pudeur ou l'impudeur Alex Hughes (University of Birmingham) 12. Gender and Sexuality in New New Wave Cinema Dina Sherzer (University of Texas at Austin) 13. Running out of Place: Gender; Space and Crisis in Ferreira Barbosa's Les Gens Normaux n'ont rien d'exceptionnel and Lvovsky's Oublie-moi Julia Dobson (University of Wolverhampton) 14. Identification and Female Friendship in Contemporary French Film Emma Wilson (University of Cambridge)

Alex Hughes Professor in French Studies,University of Birmingham James S. Williams Senior Lecturer in French and Comparative Literature, University of Kent

• Acknowledgements Introduction Alex Hughes (University of Birmingham), James S. Williams (University of Kent) 1. Bodies Cut and Dissolved: Dada and Surrealist Film Elza Adamowicz (Queen Mary College, University of London) 2. Diva in the Spotlight: Music Hall to Cinema Kelley Conway (University of Wisconsin-Madison) 3. Mon cul est intersexual?: Arletty's Performance of Gender Keith Reader (University of Glasgow) 4. For Our Eyes Only: Body and Sexuality in Reverse Motion in the Films of Jean Cocteau James S. Williams (University of Kent) 5. Setting the Agenders: Simone Signoret - the Pre-Feminist Star Body Susan Hayward (University of Exeter) 6. Gender, Modernism and Mass Culture in the New Wave Geneviève Sellier (Université de Caen) 7. Austistic Masculinity in Jean-Pierre Melville's Crime Thrillers Ginette Vincendeau (University of Warwick) 8. Gender in the French Fantasy Film 1965-95 Guy Austin (University of Sheffield) 9. Going Through the Motions: Unconscious Optics and Corporal Resistance in Miéville and Godard's France/tour/detour/deux/enfants Michael Witt (University of Roehampton) 10. The God, the King, the Fool and ...: Anamorphosing the Films of Beineix Phil Powrie (University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne) 11. AIDS-Video: Representing the Body in Guibert's La Pudeur ou l'impudeur Alex Hughes (University of Birmingham) 12. Gender and Sexuality in New New Wave Cinema Dina Sherzer (University of Texas at Austin) 13. Running out of Place: Gender; Space and Crisis in Ferreira Barbosa's Les Gens Normaux n'ont rien d'exceptionnel and Lvovsky's Oublie-moi Julia Dobson (University of Wolverhampton) 14. Identification and Female Friendship in Contemporary French Film Emma Wilson (University of Cambridge)