The Scholar and the Feminist XIII:
Women’s Images and Politics – March 22, 1986

Conference Program (PDF, 496 KB)

Morning Session

Welcoming Remarks
Ellen V. Futter, President, Barnard College
Conference Opening: “Things Visible and Invisible: Representations of Women:
Catherine Stimpson, founding editor of Signs, Rutgers University
Film: “Christopher Strong”, 1931, with Katherine Hepburn, directed by Dorothy Arzner
Commentary: “The White Female Director in Hollywood: Arzner’s Representation of Women in ‘Christopher Strong'”
E. Ann Kaplan, Rutgers University

Afternoon Session

1. Images of Women’s Studies and Politics in Spain
   Ana Balletbó, Spanish Congressional Deputy
   Mary Nash, Director of the Center of Historical Research on Women, University of Barcelona, Spain
   Mercedes Vilanova, University of Barcelona, Spain
2. Gender and Genre: Re-Presenting Representation
   Bella Brodzki, Sarah Lawrence College; “The Case of Autobiography”
   Celeste Schenck, Barnard College; “The Case of Poetry”
   Louise Yellin, SUNY College at Purchase; “The Case of the Novel”
3. Media Access and Accountability: Poor, Working Women and Women of Color Creating a New Aesthetic
   Katherine Ekau Amoy Hall, Womenews
   Ada Griffin, Third World Newsreel
   WomenImage Presentations by Poet Hattie Gossett and Actress Bina Sharif, Film Clips
4. The Anorexic as Heroine: Eating Disorders and Feminist Politics
   Kate Ellis, Rutgers University
   Sonia Sayres, Cooper Union
5. Science Fiction and Political Imagination
   The Feminist Science Fiction Study Group, History of Consciousness, University of California, Santa Cruz
6. Representation in Dance
   Susan Leigh Foster, Wesleyan University
   Susan Allene Manning, Columbia University
   Cynthia Novack, Barnard College
   Video
7. Images of Asian American Women: Myth and Reality
   May Chin, Community Activist
   Shirley Hune, Medgar Evers College
   Renee Tajima, Third World Newsreel
8. Their Eyes Were Watching Icons: Feminists, Journalists, and Cultural Critics
   Margo Jefferson, Critic, Journalist
   Slides
9. Contradictory Images of Sexuality in Rock Videos on MTV
   E. Ann Kaplan, Rutgers University
   Video
10. Lesbian Mothers ‘Choosing Children’
    Cheryl Kennedy, Women’s Alcoholism Program (CASPAR)
    Julia Pérez, University of Massachusetts
    Film
11. Women’s Culture and Anti-Nuclear Politics
    Ynestra King, Women’s Pentagon Action
    Lisa Miller, War Resisters’ League
    Genevieve Vaughan, Feminist International for Peace, Nairobi Peace Tent
12. Imaging Black Women: Hollywood and Black Independent Films
    Phyllis Klotman, Director, Black Film Center Archive, University of Indiana
    Slides and Film Clips
13. Teenage Pregnancy: “Love, Marriage, and the Baby Carriage?”
    Janie L. Dritzman, The Barnard Women’s Center; moderator
    Monica Meyer, M.D., Adolescent Medicine, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center
    Deirdre Wulf, Editor, Family Planning Perspectives, Alan Guttmacher Institute
14. Figuring Woman: An Identity Crisis in Art and Popular Culture
    Ellen Levy, Journalist
    Ann Reynolds, CUNY, Graduate Center
    Slides
15. Images in Action
    Robin Michals, Painter, Muralist
    Kristin Reed, Photographer, Painter, Muralist
    Slides
16. Cause and Creativity: A Lecture/Screening with Black Feminist Filmmaker Michelle Parkerson
    Michelle Parkerson, Founding Member, Eye of the Storm Productions, Inc., Producer/Director of “Gotta Make this Journey: Sweet Honey in the Rock”
    Video
17. Fetal Images: The Power of Visual Culture in the Politics of Reproduction (Viewing, Decoding, and Resisting “The Silent Scream”)
    Rosalind Pollack Petchesky, Author of Abortion and Woman’s Choice
    Video
18. Screening Stereotypes: Images of Disabled Women in Media
    Susan Quinby, Office for Disabled Students, Barnard College
    Jane Thierfeld, Access to Equity, Barnard College
    Video
19. Apropos of the Legs of the Countess: Femininity and Celebrity in the French Second Empire
    Abigail Solomon-Godeau, Photography Critic and Historian
20. Images of Women in Contemporary China
    Marilyn Young, New York University

Closing Session

“Reconsiderations from the Perspective of an Historian”
Joan W. Scott, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey
Open Plenary
Temma Kaplan, Director of the Barnard Women’s Center; moderator

Conference Director

Temma Kaplan

Conference Coordinators

Carrie Emerson, Janie L. Kritzman, Bonnie Sheldon

Art Director

Marlene Weisman