Feminist (Theory and Criticism)

Feminist Sites:

Smelik - Feminist Film Theory Smelik - Feminist Film Theory: An introduction to the discipline. Covers classical narrative structure, a feminist counter-cinema, feminine look and subjectivity, and raises issues relating to gay and lesbian cinema, race, masculinity, and queer theory. Includes bibliography. (Feminist) http://www.let.uu.nl/womens_studies/anneke/filmtheory.html Multiple Voices in Feminist Film Criticism Multiple Voices in Feminist Film Criticism: Description of a book that offers a comprehensive survey of the work done in the discipline over the last two decades. (Feminist) http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/C/carson_multiple.html Women in Film: In Search of True Liberation for Women Women in Film: In Search of True Liberation for Women: Online article that critically examines both the roles women have traditionally played in cinema and the mainstream cinema's effect on womenhood. (Feminist) http://www.hal-pc.org/~questers/womanhood/women_in_film.html Women's Studies Database - Film Reviews Women's Studies Database - Film Reviews: Selection of full-text feminist film reviews. Part of the Women's Studies Database at the University of Maryland. (Feminist) http://www.mith2.umd.edu/WomensStudies/FilmReviews/ Women Filmmakers of the African and Asian Diaspora Women Filmmakers of the African and Asian Diaspora: Book seeking to address the strategies used by women filmmakers of the African and Asian diaspora in attempts to decolonize the gaze and locate subjectivity. Includes coverage of many individual filmmakers. (Feminist) http://eng-wdixon.unl.edu/diaspora.html Women Film Pioneers Women Film Pioneers: Collaborative effort to advance research on the accomplishments and history of women filmmakers from the early years of cinema through to the coming of sound. (Feminist) http://www.duke.edu/web/film/wfp/ Signs: Call for Papers Signs: Call for Papers: A call for papers for a special issue of the Signs journal (Beyond the Gaze: Recent Approaches to Film Feminisms). (Feminist) http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/Signs/call.html Camera Obscura Camera Obscura: Feminist perspectives on film, television and visual media. Includes full text of the journal, general and submission information. (Feminist) http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/co/ Feminist Film Theory: A Reader Feminist Film Theory: A Reader: Information about a book that includes articles on feminist film theory from several contributors. Published in 1999. (Feminist) http://www.nyupress.org/product_info.php?products_id=2374