Thanks to all who sent suggestions. Patricia Zimmerman's REEL FAMILIES mentions both women using amateur film cameras in the 1920s (to document their homes and children) and the dominance of home movie production by men by the 1950s, but doesn't fully analyze the gender dynamics at play here. Michelle Citron's HOME MOVIES reiterates the domination of home movie production by men. Since I haven't found anyone yet who specifically discusses how film production at large has become gendered masculine (beyond the obvious domination of the industry by men), I'm using the work of Mavis Bayton, Sara Cohen, and Mary Ann Clawson on the electric guitar and rock culture to make an argument for the masculinizing of the film production environment at large -- the technology (particularly the camera), the technical jargon, cinematography periodicals, stores selling film equipment, and training in film production. All of these factors seem to have contributed to the masculinization of film production at large, much as they have in the world of rock music. Of course, all this has been altered somewhat by the arrival of video cameras. Best, mary Mary Celeste Kearney Assistant Professor Department of Radio-Television-Film The University of Texas at Austin Office: 512-475-8648 Fax: 512-471-4077 ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html