Ingmar Bergman's Persona

The essays collected in this volume use a variety of methodologies to explore Bergman's Persona.

Introduction Lloyd Michaels; 1. Bergman's Persona through a native mindscape Birgitta Steene; 2. Persona and the 1960s' art cinema Wheeler Winston Dixon; 3. Bergman's Persona Susan Sontag; 4. Scenes from the class struggle in Sweden: Persona as Brechtian melodrama Christopher Orr; 5. Persona and the seduction of performance Steve Vineberg; 6. Feminist theory and the performance of Lesbian desire in Persona Gwendolyn Audrey Foster.