You might check out Teresa De Lauretis and Constance Penley's work, among others. For some further building on their work see: http://web.media.mit.edu/~wsack/autos.html Also look at individual criticism on films that consciously evoke such "gendering" of technology: MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA, BLOW-UP, PEEPING TOM, etc. There are also literary works that use or critique such imagery, eg., GRAVITY'S RAINBOW by Thomas Pynchon. Don Larsson ----------------------------------------------------------- "Only connect" --E.M. Forster Donald F. Larsson Department of English, AH 230 Minnesota State U, Mankato (56001) [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Mary Celeste Kearney [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 5:45 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: gendering of film technology Does anyone know of studies that address the gendering of film technology, such as cameras? I'm familiar with work like this in popular music (particularly on the electric guitar), but other than Mulvey's discussion of the camera's male gaze, I don't know of anyone who has specifically addressed filmmaking equipment as masculine and how this might contribute to females' reluctance to get involved in film production. Any references on this topic would be much appreciated. Thanks! 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 ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite