Chantal Akerman

Filmmaker and Philosopher

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Chantal Akerman

Filmmaker and Philosopher

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Belgian auteur Chantal Akerman's ouevre is profoundly philosophical, exploring everything from home and homelessness, work and social reproduction, self and identity, to desire in its many forms. In particular, Akerman turns her camera on contexts that had been previously neglected, such as transitional spaces like hotel lobbies and street corners as well as the domestic sphere, revealing their significance in structuring experience.

Andreja Novakovic looks at the role of rituals, gestures and habits in Akerman's (auto)fictional worlds drawing on writers from Hegel to Butler, Beauvoir and Federici. Chantal Akerman is a fascinating philosophical reinterpretation of one of the most important directors of European experimental and independent cinema.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements

1. Introduction
2. Home
3. Work
4. Self
5. Desire

Bibliography
Index

Product details

Bloomsbury Academic Test
Published 04 Sep 2025
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 232
ISBN 9781350361423
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Illustrations 25 bw illus
Dimensions 216 x 138 mm
Series Philosophical Filmmakers
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Andreja Novakovic

Andreja Novakovic is Associate Professor of Philos…

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