Adaptation, authorship, and contemporary women filmmakers / Shelley Cobb.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-161) and index.

Introduction: agency, adaptation and authorship -- Envisioning Judith Shakespeare: collaboration and the woman author -- Adapt or die: the dangers of women's authorship -- Authorizing the mother: Sisterhoods in America -- Postfeminist Austen: by women, for women, about women -- Conclusion: The secret life of bees and authorial subversion.