Replaying “The Piano”: Lessons from “A Girl’s Own Story”
Eliana Rozinov revisits Jane Campion's “A Girl’s Own Story” and “The Piano” on the 30th anniversary of the latter film.
Eliana Rozinov studies transnational modernisms, psychoanalysis, and gender and sexuality at Princeton. She is currently at work on her dissertation, “In Psyche’s Case,” which brings mythical figures, modern fiction, and Freudian case studies of women to bear on a theory of the psyche.
Eliana Rozinov revisits Jane Campion's “A Girl’s Own Story” and “The Piano” on the 30th anniversary of the latter film.
Eliana Rozinov examines the figure of Midge as a mythical phenomenon, a pregnant doll, and a variation of the “promising young woman” trope.