Iluminace, 2008 (vol. 20), issue 4

Post-feminism and Feminist Film Studies

Jindřiška Bláhová

Iluminace 2008, 20(4):63-64  

A short introduction to the articles focused on the theme of this issue, which is feminist culture and postfeminism.

Cry for Recognition: So-called Feminine Television Genre Soap Opera and its Audience in the Process of Realizing of Gender Identifications

Iva Baslarová

Iluminace 2008, 20(4):65-84  

Using the original Czech soap opera Ordinace v růžové zahradě as an example, the text deals with two levels of gender identification: on the one hand, it examines the formation of media content and, on the other, its subsequent reception. The basis is empirical research on the audience of this soap opera.

Post-feminist Context: Popular Redefinitions of Feminism, 1980-Present

Sarah Projansky

Iluminace 2008, 20(4):85-111  

The author focuses on the genesis of the concept of post-feminism in popular culture in the period from the early 1980s to the present. The aim of the study is, firstly, to identify and analyse definitions of postfeminism in popular culture over the last two decades and, secondly, to describe in detail and critically evaluate specific assumed versions of feminism.

Feminist Politics and Postfeminist Culture

Yvonne Tasker, Diane Negra

Iluminace 2008, 20(4):113-132  

The essay deals with the analysis of feminist politics and postfeminist culture, the conceptualization of postfeminism and the battle against it.

Narrative Viewed through the Projector: A Lecture in Five Acts

Ivan Klimeš

Iluminace 2008, 20(4):5-18  

The lecture deals with the issue of dividing films into parts in the 1990s and 1920s and the problems that arose during screenings. The text was presented at the NECS annual conference in Budapest in June 2008.

Hollywood behind the Iron Curtain: Negotiating a New Contract for the Importation of Hollywood Films between Czechoslovakia and the MPEA, 1946-1951

Jindřiška Bláhová

Iluminace 2008, 20(4):19-62  

The study maps in detail the situation in the import of films and the area of trade agreements between Czechoslovakia and the United States, or the Motion Picture Export Association (MPEA) in 1946-1951.

100-Year-Old Documentary from the Sokol Rally in Prostějov: The Longest and Most Costly Film Made by Jan Kříženecký

Karel Tabery

Iluminace 2008, 20(4):155-161  

Introduction to the historical circumstances and realities of the creation of Jan Kříženecký's film from the Sokol meeting in Prostějov in 1908.

Letter from Jan Kříženecký Concerning the Film about the Sokol Rally in Prostějov, 1908

Jan Kříženecký

Iluminace 2008, 20(4):162  

A transcription of a letter by Jan Kříženecký from October 1908, concerning an effort to arrange screenings of his film from the Sokol meeting in Prostějov.

There Is No Generational Hatred of Feminism: An Interview with Yvonne Tasker

Jindřiška Bláhová

Iluminace 2008, 20(4):133-139  

An interview with Yvonne Tasker, a leading British expert in feminist film studies, professor and journalist.

Vlasta, Ancient Czech Myths and the Myth Reinterpretation: An Interview with the Documentary Filmmaker Hana Železná

Pavla Jonssonová

Iluminace 2008, 20(4):141-147  

An interview with Czech documentary filmmaker and experimental film director Hana Železná about her film Má Vlasta.

We Felt that Film Studies Were Ours To Make: An Interview with Constance Penley

Veronika Klusáková

Iluminace 2008, 20(4):149-153  

An interview with Constance Penley, professor of film and media studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, about the relationship between feminism and film.

Undead TV, Undead Gender (E. Levine - L. Parks /eds./: Undead TV. Essays on Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Iva Baslarová

Iluminace 2008, 20(4):170-173  

Review of the publication Undead TV: essays on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

"Political Flirts" between MPAA President Eric Johnston, and Stalin a Khrushchev

Jindřiška Bláhová

Iluminace 2008, 20(4):168-169  

Two historical photographs and comments on them. The photographs were taken in 1944 and 1958 and document the meeting of the President of the American Chamber of Commerce, Eric Johnston, first with J. V. Stalin in Moscow and later with Nikita Khrushchev.

Kosmosfilm s.r.o. (/1941/1943-1955)

Marcela Týfová

Iluminace 2008, 20(4):163-165  

Information about the activities of the film company Kosmosfilm s.r.o. and its development in the years 1941-1955.

Českomoravská společnost pro úzký film s.r.o. (/1939/1941-1953)

Marcela Týfová

Iluminace 2008, 20(4):166-167  

Information about the activities of the film company Českomoravská společnost pro úzký film s.r.o. and its development in the years 1939-1953.

Recent Acquisition of the NFA Library

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The practice of film production under the supervision of ideology

Věra Adina Šefraná

Iluminace 2008, 20(4):174-177  

Information about the dissertation The practice of film production under the control of ideology. The aim of this thesis was to map the approval processes in state film dramaturgy between 1948 and 1956.

Autobiographical Features in the Work of Czech Female Animated Film Directors

Eliška Děcká

Iluminace 2008, 20(4):178-182  

Information about the diploma thesis Autobiography in the work of female directors of Czech animated film, which is realized within the three-year project "Female Characters in Animated Film".