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- Title
WOMEN ON THE FRINGE: A FILM SERIES.
- Authors
Fishbein, Leslie
- Abstract
The article focuses on a course on women as social and sex role deviants in American History. It represents an attempt to refine the methodology used in Women's Studies. Using primary sources, historical narrative, literature, and film, the course seeks to explore the extent to which female deviancy has represented defiance of the feminine role prescription and the extent to which it has flaunted social mores applicable to men as well as women. Beginning with such episodes in the history of female deviancy as the Antinomian Crisis of 1636 and the Salem Witch Trials of 1692-1693, the course examines Southern belle deviancy as exemplified by the Grimke sisters of South Carolina, nineteenth century nervous diseases and twentieth century madness, female criminality, rape, prostitution, political radicalism, and lesbianism. Its approach eschews sweeping generalizations in favor of a careful assessment of the balance between sex role and social deviance in each case. Unfortunately, within so highly focused a course, it was not possible to train the students in film analysis.
- Subjects
UNITED States; WOMEN; DEVIANT behavior; GENDER role; SOCIAL role; UNITED States history
- Publication
Film & History (03603695), 1978, Vol 8, Issue 3, p49
- ISSN
0360-3695
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/flm.1978.a487530