Feminist Avant-Garde Film of the 1970s as Gender Politics: The example of Tornerose, by Jytte Rex and Kirsten Justesen

TY - CHAP

T1 - Feminist Avant-Garde Film of the 1970s as Gender Politics

T2 - The example of Tornerose, by Jytte Rex and Kirsten Justesen

AU - Paldam, Camilla Skovbjerg

PY - 2022

Y1 - 2022

N2 - This article traces how the avant-garde feminist artists who began making films in the 1970s used the media in different ways from their male colleagues. Their conceptual techniques and choice of subject matter can be seen as a response to the ongoing crisis in gender relations at this time. With only a few exceptions, such as Carolee Schneemann and Gunvor Nelson, the avant-garde film-makers of the 1960s were men. However, with the feminist movement at the beginning of the 1970s, more women artists started making their own films, instead of just being part of productions directed by their male colleagues. This essay investigates how the film Tornerose (Sleeping Beauty, 1971), by the Danish artists Jytte Rex and Kirsten Justesen, relates to other avant-garde films and to the more explicit political documentaries made in Denmark by the feminist 'Redstockings' movement.

AB - This article traces how the avant-garde feminist artists who began making films in the 1970s used the media in different ways from their male colleagues. Their conceptual techniques and choice of subject matter can be seen as a response to the ongoing crisis in gender relations at this time. With only a few exceptions, such as Carolee Schneemann and Gunvor Nelson, the avant-garde film-makers of the 1960s were men. However, with the feminist movement at the beginning of the 1970s, more women artists started making their own films, instead of just being part of productions directed by their male colleagues. This essay investigates how the film Tornerose (Sleeping Beauty, 1971), by the Danish artists Jytte Rex and Kirsten Justesen, relates to other avant-garde films and to the more explicit political documentaries made in Denmark by the feminist 'Redstockings' movement.

KW - Feminism

KW - Film

KW - 1970s

U2 - 10.1163/9789004515956_007

DO - 10.1163/9789004515956_007

M3 - Book chapter

SN - 9789004444560

T3 - Avant Garde Critical Studies

SP - 94

EP - 108

BT - A Cultural History of the Avant-garde in the Nordic Countries Since 1975

A2 - Hjartarson, Benedikt

A2 - Paldam, Camilla Skovbjerg

A2 - Schultz, Laura Luise

A2 - Ørum, Tania

PB - Brill

CY - Leiden

ER -