Portrait of a Woman Artist

Author: Borda, Jennifer

Source: Feminist Media Studies, Volume 9, Number 2, June 2009 , pp. 227-242(16)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

The analysis of the film Camille Claudel works to uncover the textual negotiations and sources of viewing pleasure rhetorically constructed into the cinematic representation of the film's subject. I argue that female viewers, in particular, are presented with a paradoxical viewing experience as the film both invites identification with Claudel, the film's subject, at the same time that it creates a sense of distance from the woman artist through her representation as an object of the filmic gaze. I conclude that these competing images may be seen as both ideologically interesting to female viewers and simultaneously challenging for feminist ideals.

Keywords: Camille Claudel; feminist criticism; image studies; woman artist

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1080/14680770902814876

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