1st Edition
Women and Film Animation A Feminist Corpus at the National Film Board of Canada 1939-1989
Acknowledgments
Notes
Introduction
PART I
FILM ANIMATION, FEMINISMS AND NFB
CHAPTER 1
The Particular Nature of Film Animation
CHAPTER 2
The National Film Board of Canada
CHAPTER 3
(Re)presenting Women
CHAPTER 4
Feminist Uprisings in Cinematographic Creation at the NFB
CHAPTER 5
A Film to Highlight the International Women’s Year
PART II
ANIMATED FILMS UNDER THE FEMINIST LENS
CHAPTER 6
Motherhood, Mental Load and Mystification
CHAPTER 7
Women’s Labor and the Notion of Sexism
CHAPTER 8
The Reassessment of Social Relations between the Sexes
CHAPTER 9
Professional Accomplishment and the Trap of Essentialism
Conclusion
Appendix A
Short films directed by Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre
Appendix B
Short, Animated Films Directed by Women at the National Film Board of Canada (1939-1989)
Filmography
Bibliography
Archives
Biography
Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre serves as Associate Professor in the Art and Science of Animation Program at Université Laval School of Design. In 2004, she established MJSTP Films, an independent production company specializing in animated documentary. Her notable works include McLaren’s Negatives (2006), Jutra (2014), and Oscar (2016). She holds a Ph.D. in Studies and Practices of the Arts, with a specialization in Feminist Studies, from l’Université du Québec à Montréal, and an M.F.A. in Film Production from Concordia University
