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Mary Celeste Kearney <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 25 Jan 2003 09:00:45 -0600
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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

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