>I am currently trying to work out some skeletons for a course on prisons
>and asylums in print and non-print media.
 
>1.  The texts are all male based thus far, and I would like to make sure
>that there is a further investigation of gender and sexuality issues from
>different positionalities.
 
How about Jean Genet's "Chant d'Amour" which resonates in e.g. Todd Haynes'
"Poison?"  Jonas Mekas' "The Brig" (1964), which is a very cinematic
adaptation of the Living Theater's play would be an interesting choice as
well (it is available through the New York Film-Makers' Coop).
 
Ines Sommer
 
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