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Chantal Akerman

Filmmaker and Philosopher
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Chantal Akerman turns her pioneering camera on neglected contexts, from transitional spaces like hotel lobbies and street corners to domestic spaces like kitchens and bedrooms. Through her wide-ranging films, Akerman addresses subjects such as home and homelessness, work and social reproduction, self and identity, and desire... Read More
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The first philosophical exploration of the work of the French auteur, Chantal Akerman.

The first philosophical exploration of the work of the French auteur, Chantal Akerman.

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Chantal Akerman turns her pioneering camera on neglected contexts, from transitional spaces like hotel lobbies and street corners to domestic spaces like kitchens and bedrooms.

Through her wide-ranging films, Akerman addresses subjects such as home and homelessness, work and social reproduction, self and identity, and desire in its many forms. This book is the first philosophical study of Akerman’s oeuvre.

Andreja Novakovic looks at patterns of staying put and moving on in the Belgian auteur’s deeply personal body of work, drawing on writers from Cavell to Beauvoir, and Federici. It is an absorbing reinterpretation of one of the most important directors of European cinema, whose Jeanne Dielman was recently selected as Sight and Sound’s Greatest Film of All Time.

Series: Philosophical Filmmakers

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781350361416

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 August 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic

Illustration: 25 bw illus

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 214.0mm

Weight: 295g

Pages: 232

About the Author

Andreja Novakovic is Associate Professor of Philosophy at University of California, Berkeley, USA and affiliated with the Program in Critical Theory. She is the author of Hegel on Second Nature in Ethical Life (2017).

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