Dear Mike, A collegue of mine is publishing a book in the near future called Dread of Difference. This will be a collection of essays on horror and gender. I believe that it will be published by the University of Texas Press, within the next year. Regards Jeannette Sloniowski On Thu, 18 Jan 1996, Mike Frank wrote: > I hope I'm not being obnoxious but . . . > > I just sent a bibliographical query related to the issue of gender > construction in movies (and the media), only to realize after sedning it that > the word "gender" might not appear in the label line [is that what it's > called??] on people's screens, with the result that readers with special > interest in and thus knowledge of these issue might never call it up. > > So I'm taking the liberty of sending the same message once again, with this > little intro added for explanation, and with the title or tag line readjusted > so that the word "gender" is likely to be apparent to most. > > Sorry for any inconvenience. > > [BTW, what IS that line called???} > > > * * * * * * * * O R I G I N A L M E S S A G E * * * * * * * > > bibliographical query: MOVIES & GENDER > > This may be a somewhat unusual request for this list, but I hope that folks > reading this may be able to provide some info or pass the query on to > colleages who can. > > My freshman comp courses usually are built around a single theme or issue, > and this semester the students have chosen to work on "Sexism in Movies and > the Media" - - which will inevitably broaden to a range of questions about > the construction and representation of gender in our culture. The course > includes a lot of individual research into various aspects of the chosen topic, > and each student will be asked to read one book--of her own choosing--in its > entirety, [as well as a range of essays that are distributed to all class > members]. > > I already have more than enough essays prepared, but am a little unsure about > books. While there is certainly more than enough material out there--almost > anything published by BFI, Routledge, or Indiana, would provide a rich > starting point--most of what I myself am familiar with is FAR too complex and > difficult for my non-humanities majors freshman; so that all the wonderful > stuff by Mulvey, Kaplan, Doane, Penley, etc., to say nothing of DeLauretis, > is, I'm afraid, out of the question (remember that the students are reading > these books on their own; they are not discussed in class). What I need is a > list of works that are serious, careful, and analytic (as opposed to the kind > of simple narrative that often passes as information in books by serious but > non-academic publishers). The level that would be appropriate is that of > Rosen's "Popcorn Venus" or Haskell's "From Reverence to Rape," but both of > these are now--gulp!--a generation old, and in any case I need many more > than two books to suggest. > > I would be very grateful for suggestions of books that I can recommend to > my students and hope they will be able to read with real comprehension. The > books can deal with movies, other popular media (rock n roll; TV; comic > books; advertising, etc.) or related issues. Any suggestions would be very > welcome. > > If you think the info is of general interest post it to the list; if not you > can e-mail me directly at <[log in to unmask]>. > > My thanks in advance for your help. > > mike frank > > > ----- End original message > > ---- > To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L > in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] > ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]