The first full-length monograph in English devoted to one of the most acclaimed and controversial directors in contemporary cinema

Douglas Keesey is Professor of Film and Literature at California Polytechnic State University

List of plates
Series editors' foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Female virgins and the shaming gaze
2. Sisters as one soul in two bodies
3. Masculine tendencies and macho violence
4. Staging masochism, facing shame
Conclusion
Filmography
Select bibliography
Index