Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


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1. Record Number: 6346
Author(s): Jenkins, Jacqueline
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Title : Film, Women, and History [the author comments on recent Hollywood films set in the Middle Ages and concludes by considering "The Sorceress" as a teaching tool; she believes "The Sorceress" "requires too much distancing to use effectively. That is, it requires too much establishing and counter-arguing to make it work within the usual timeframes constraining our classes." (Page 62)].
Source: Medieval Feminist Newsletter Subsidia Series , 1., ( 2000):  Pages 56 - 63. (Medieval Women in Film)
Year of Publication: 2000.

2. Record Number: 6340
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Contributor(s): Virginia Blanton-Whetsell, compiler and editor and Charlene Miller Avrich, compiler and editor
Title : Medieval Women in Film: An Annotated Handlist [most entries include the director, year made, running time, and a very brief plot summary].
Source: Medieval Feminist Newsletter Subsidia Series , 1., ( 2000):  Pages 4 - 30. (Medieval Women in Film)
Year of Publication: 2000.

3. Record Number: 6630
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Title : Ideologia, creatività e iconografia nella Chiara di Liliana Cavani [Cavani's representation of Francis and Clare sets them in opposition to medieval hierarchies; she also, contrary to mystical theology, emphasizes Clare's individuality; the film does this, in part by eliminating the miraculous and legendary; Cavani uses Clare to represent the modern world disrupting medieval structures].
Source: Annali d'Italianistica , 13., ( 1995):  Pages 387 - 400. Women Mystic Writers. Edited by Dino S. Cervigni
Year of Publication: 1995.