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The two main characters, Grace and Danielle, represent the second-wave feminist desire for professional autonomy and women’s psychosexual oppression, respectively. Yet, this reading seems at odds with the abundant accusations of misogyny and transphobia De Palma has drawn throughout his directing career. Each of this book’s 100 vignette chapters makes the case that whatever De Palma’s attitudes and intents, \u003cem\u003eSisters\u003c\/em\u003e is a revelatory film for feminists, both for its formal diagnosis and estrangement of conventional gendered relationships under capitalism and for its absorption and reflection of the social contradictions of its moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book also asks important, related questions, including: How does \u003cem\u003eSisters\u003c\/em\u003e mark the transition from De Palma’s earlier “Godardian” phase to his signature “Hitchcockian” style? 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