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Through a critical feminist analysis of the construction of a gendered cinematic gaze, this article contrasts two differing film practices: «women's cinema» and the «woman's film.» The author argues that these cinematographic practices articulate a representation of women in terms of the object/suject axis of the gaze. Three film analyses are presented. The first two, The Berlin Affair by Liliana Cavani and A Winter Tan by Jackie Burroughs provide reference strategies for the political project of «women's cinema», while Ridley Scott's Thelma and Louise is seen as a remodelled but still traditional «woman's film.»
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In many societies, musical roles are divided along gender lines: women sing and men play. Men also sing and women sometimes play; yet, unlike men, women who play often do so in contexts of sexual and social marginality. This essay surveys the literature on women's use of musical instruments in a variety of social and cultural contexts and presents some contemporary anthropological theories regarding the interrelationship between social structure and gender stratification. The author concludes that women's use of musical instruments is related to broader issues of social and gender structure, and that changes in the ideology of these structures often reflect changes that affect women as performers.
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