The films that ramanathan chooses to examine are profoundly important to the womens movement and in particular the second wave if youre more of a film expert rather than a feminist scholar dont let that aspect of the book scare you ramanathan interweaves issues of racism nationality and sexuality throughout the text as well. Feminist auteurs reading womens films geetha ramanathan new york wallflower press 2006 239 pp geetha ramanathans newest work draws upon the recent movement by scholars such as tom gunning and joe mcelhaney to reexamine and rethink the notion of auteurism as a means of theoretical engagement and as an interpreta tive tool. Feminist auteurs examines a rich and diverse body of work that has received insufficient attention both in film studies and in feminist theory on film looking at individual films within the context of feminist film as a genre ramanathan examines film from diverse cultural traditions while paying close attention to what might be regarded as feminist in different cultural contexts. Feminist auteurs book read reviews from worlds largest community for readers feminist auteurs examines a rich and diverse body of work that has receiv