Alexandra Juhasz asked twenty-one women to tell their stories -- women whose names make up a who is (and who will be) who of independent and experimental film and video. What emerged in the resulting conversations is a compelling (and previously underdocumented) history of feminism and feminist film and video, from its origins in the fifties and sixties to its apex in the seventies, to today.Women of Vision is a companion piece to Juhasz's 1998 documentary of the same name. The book presents the complete interviews, allowing readers to hear directly the voices of these articulate, passionate women in an interactive remembering of feminist media history. Juhasz's introduction provides a historical, theoretical, and aesthetic context for the interviews. These subjects have all shaped late twentieth-century film and video in fundamental ways, either as artists, producers, distributors, critics, or scholars, and they all believe that media are the most powerful tools for effecting change. Yet they are a very diverse group, with widely varying personal and professional backgrounds. By presenting their interviews together, Juhasz shows the differences among those involved in feminist media, but also the connections among them, and the way in which the field has been enriched by their sharing of knowledge and power. In the end, Juhasz not only records these women's careers, she broadens our understanding of feminism and shows how feminist history and documentary are made

Extrait de la couverture : "[This document] addresses the crucial question of what development means for women. Is it still their best hope of social progress and equality or does it simply raise false expectations for the future ? In this groundbreaking collection with its diverse perspectives, feminist thinkers explore whether Third World women ought to continue along the path of development or abandon full-scale modernization and seek post-development alternatives instead. It represents the first attempt to ascertain possibilities, and limitations, of the post-development path for women."

At last - an intelligent and accessible introduction to the relationship between feminism and deconstruction. In this incisive and illuminating book, Diane Elam unravels: * the contemporary relevance of feminism and deconstruction * how we can still understand and talk about the materiality of women's bodies * whether gender can be distinguished from sex * the place of ethics and political action in the light of postmodernist theory. Clearly and brilliantly written, Feminism and Deconstruction is essential reading for anyone who needs a no-nonsense but stimulating guide through one of the mazes of contemporary theory.

"Lucid and convincing...Makes clear that [Freud's] vision was limited both by the social climate in which he worked and the personal experiences he preferred, subconsciously, not to deal with." —Los Angeles Times Sigmund Freud was quite arguably one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century. Yet, over the last decade, portions of his theories of the mind have suffered remarkably accurate attacks by feminists and even some conservative Freudians. How could this great mind have been so wrong about women? In The Freudian Mystique, analyst Samuel Slipp offers an explanation of how such a remarkable and revolutionary thinker could achieve only inadequate theories of female development. Tracing the gradual evolution of patriarchy and phallocentrism in Western society, Slipp examines the stereotyped attitudes toward women that were taken for granted in Freud's culture and strongly influenced his thinking on feminine psychology. Of even greater importance was Freud's relationship with his mother, who emotionally abandoned him when he was two years old. Slipp brings the tools of a trained clinician into play as he examines, from an object relations perspective, Freud's own pre-oedipal conflicts, and shows how they influenced Freud's personality as well as the male-centric shape of his theory. Not limited to only one perspective, The Freudian Mystique analyzes how the entire contextual framework of individual development, history, and culture affected Freud's work in feminine psychology. The book then looks forward, to formulating a modern biopsychosocial framework for female gender development.

This book describes the experiences of girls and women across the whole range of schooling, from nursery to secondary school. It tells of feminist educational initiatives to try and establish equal educational oppurtunities.

Marie-Luise Schwarz-Schilling analysiert die historische und politische Dimension von Ehe und Partnerschaft, wie sie sich von der ehelosen Frühgeschichte über das Patriarchat und schließlich bis zu den offenen Beziehungen unserer Tage entwickelt hat. Ein grundlegender Band, der zeitgemäße Alternativen zu denken aufgibt. - In 27 Kapiteln untersucht Marie Luise Schwarz-Schilling die Stationen und Entwicklungen der Ehe. Zentraler Befund des Buches: Das Prinzip Ehe prägte eine Epoche - nicht die ganze Menschheitsgeschichte! Andere Formen der Paarbildung, früher als Sippe, heute als nicht-eheliche Lebensgemeinschaft, treten in Wettbewerb zur Ehe. Sie hat ihr Monopol verloren - aber da schleichen sich in die offene Partnerschaft die alten, ehelichen >Unterschiede zwischen Mann und Frau ein, so daß sich die Frage aufwirft: Warum halten sich feudale und romantische Verhaltensmuster so hartnäckig in postmodernen Köpfen? - In populärwissenschaftlicher Form zieht die Autorin archälogische Befunde heran zur Darstellung der Übergänge vom Matriarchat zum Patriarchat. Aus den Schilderungen dieser Wechsel iund ihrer Auswirkungen in Erbfolgeregelungen und Herrschaftsformen, vor allem dem Wechsel vom Leben in matrilinearen Sippen zu patrilinearen Familien und Familienverbänden ergeben sich zahlreiche Untergründe für die heutigen Vorstellungen von Ehe. - Sind also Mann und Frau so verschieden, daß sie sich nicht verstehen können? Hat dies mit Biologie zu tun oder eher mit Geschichte? Sollten wir besser getrennt leben - Singles bleiben oder Besuchspartnerschaften eingehen? Aber wem sind wir dann als Mann und Frau zugehörig? ... Weit davon entfernt, einen der gängigen Ratgeber zu liefern, vermag es das Buch von Marie Luise Schwarz-Schilling dennoch, Handlungsanleitung zu vernünftiger Gestaltung von partnerschaftlicher Lebensführung zu geben. Die argumentative Linie des Bandes hat die Autorin durch Abbildungen aus Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte unterstützt. - 1984 erschien Marie Luise Schwarz-Schillings Buch Kaufmann und Schamane / Ermutigung zur Freiheit und ihrer Last