La réception des films de la Nouvelle Vague dans le courrier des lecteurs de Cinémonde

In an attempt to find traces of female spectatorship in the letters to the editor published in the popular French weekly Cinémonde (1928–1966), the author chose the period (1959–1960) that coincided with the emergence of the Nouvelle Vague in cinema. She found among the regular (young) readers of th...

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Main Author: Geneviève Sellier
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Language:fra
Published: Université Laval 2014-02-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/communication/4951
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description In an attempt to find traces of female spectatorship in the letters to the editor published in the popular French weekly Cinémonde (1928–1966), the author chose the period (1959–1960) that coincided with the emergence of the Nouvelle Vague in cinema. She found among the regular (young) readers of this popular magazine a swell of comments and exchanges. Selected quotes from these letters reveal that these moviegoers do articulate ethical and aesthetic points of view when commenting on the actors’ performance, the movie’s “lesson in life” and the innovative aspects of the direction.
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La réception des films de la Nouvelle Vague dans le courrier des lecteurs de Cinémonde
Communication
France
cinema
female spectatorship
Nouvelle Vague
weekly press
title La réception des films de la Nouvelle Vague dans le courrier des lecteurs de Cinémonde
title_full La réception des films de la Nouvelle Vague dans le courrier des lecteurs de Cinémonde
title_fullStr La réception des films de la Nouvelle Vague dans le courrier des lecteurs de Cinémonde
title_full_unstemmed La réception des films de la Nouvelle Vague dans le courrier des lecteurs de Cinémonde
title_short La réception des films de la Nouvelle Vague dans le courrier des lecteurs de Cinémonde
title_sort la reception des films de la nouvelle vague dans le courrier des lecteurs de cinemonde
topic France
cinema
female spectatorship
Nouvelle Vague
weekly press
url https://journals.openedition.org/communication/4951
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