Books in the Women's Media History Now! series

A captivating study of one of classic Hollywood's most fascinating bodies

Between 1912 and 1919, the Universal Film Manufacturing Company credited eleven women with directing at least 170 films, but by the mid-1920s all of these directors had left Universal and only one was left. Focusing on issues of institutional change, this title challenges the interpretations that explain women's exile from the film industry.

Explores the artistic and sociopolitical currents that shaped Germaine Dulac's approach to cinema while interrogating the ground breaking techniques and strategies she used to critique conservative notions of gender and sexuality.