Ara Osterweil
Biographic Data
| ID | 6364177 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ara Osterweil |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ara |
| FAMILY NAME | Osterweil |
| SIGNATURE | OSTERWEIL A |
| AFFILIATIONS | McGill University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Body, genre, apparatus
A Body Is Not a Metaphor
This article examines three films by legendary experimental filmmaker Barbara Hammer that deal with the sick, aging, or dying body: Optic Nerve (1985), Sanctus (1990), and A Horse is Not a Metaphor (2008). By analyzing films that do not explicitly confront sexual identity, this article questions the continuing usefulness of the designation "lesbian filmmaker" when considering Hammer's diverse body of work. Tracing the "double consciousness" throu…
Reconstructing Shirley
In an era of motion picture history that forbade the representation of explicit adult sexuality and interracial romance, the appeal of Shirley Temple's innocent yet erotic persona was instrumentalized by the film industry as an important box office draw and powerful ideological weapon. This article examines Temple's pedophilic persona, concentrating on several plantation films she made with Bill “Bojangles” Robinson between 1935 and 1936, includi…
Andy Warhol’s Blow Job
Reconstructing Shirley
In an era of motion picture history that forbade the representation of explicit adult sexuality and interracial romance, the appeal of Shirley Temple's innocent yet erotic persona was instrumentalized by the film industry as an important box office draw and powerful ideological weapon. This article examines Temple's pedophilic persona, concentrating on several plantation films she made with Bill “Bojangles” Robinson between 1935 and 1936, includi…
Body, genre, apparatus
Andy Warhol’s Blow Job
Reconstructing Shirley
In an era of motion picture history that forbade the representation of explicit adult sexuality and interracial romance, the appeal of Shirley Temple's innocent yet erotic persona was instrumentalized by the film industry as an important box office draw and powerful ideological weapon. This article examines Temple's pedophilic persona, concentrating on several plantation films she made with Bill “Bojangles” Robinson between 1935 and 1936, includi…
A Body Is Not a Metaphor
This article examines three films by legendary experimental filmmaker Barbara Hammer that deal with the sick, aging, or dying body: Optic Nerve (1985), Sanctus (1990), and A Horse is Not a Metaphor (2008). By analyzing films that do not explicitly confront sexual identity, this article questions the continuing usefulness of the designation "lesbian filmmaker" when considering Hammer's diverse body of work. Tracing the "double consciousness" throu…
Body, genre, apparatus
Art (4 works) · Cinema and Media Studies (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Psychoanalysis (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Art history (1 works)