Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Preface: Jews without Books xv
5. Introduction 1
6. Prologue. I Found It at the Movies 7
7. 1. Film in the Sixties 13
8. Prologue. Hippie Chick in the Art World 19
9. 2. Carolee Schneemann's Fuses 27
10. Prologue. Angst and Joy on the Women's Film Festival Circuit 29
11. 3. Leni Riefenstahl: The Deceptive Myth 40
12. Prologue. Life, Death, and Tragic Homecoming 48
13. 4. Voodoo Verite: Maya Deren's Divine Horsemen 52
14. Prologue. An Iguana, Some Wolves, and the Dawn of Theory 57
15. 5. In the Name of Feminist Film Criticism 62
16. Prologue. O Brave New World 85
17. 6. One Way or Another: Sara Gomez and the Cuban Experience 92
18. Prologue. A Woman's Declaration of Secession from the Avant-Garde 103
19. 7. Sex and Cinema 109
20. Prologue. Love's Labor Lost 116
21. 8. Misconception: Laboring under No Illusions 121
22. Prologue. Cows and Hero-Worship 125
23. 9. The Films of Yvonne Rainer 129
24. Prologue. Knokke-Heist and the Fury That Was Edinburgh 156
25. 10. Designing Desire: Chantal Akerman 169
26. Prologue. Euphoria Reclaims History 174
27. 11. From Repressive Tolerance to Erotic Liberation: Maedchen in Uniform 179
28. Prologue. Softball, the Goddess, and Lesbian Film Culture 207
29. 12. The Right of Re-Vision: Michelle Citron's Daughter Rite (coauthored with Linda Williams) 212
30. Prologue. The Allure of Alchemy 220
31. 13. Femicide Investigation: Thriller 227
32. Prologue. Sour Grapes 233
33. 14. She Says, He Says: The Power of the Narrator in Modernist Film Politics 238
34. Prologue. Sex, Gender, and Consumer Culture 253
35. 15. Antiporn: Soft Issue, Hard World (Not a Love Story) 261
36. Prologue. Unguided Tours 274
37. 16. The Feminist Avant-Garde 281
38. Prologue. Attacking the Sisters, or the Limits of Disagreement 286
39. 17. Cinefeminism and Its Discontents 291
40. Prologue. Libel Threats and Exile Tactics 299
41. 18. Truth, Faith, and the Individual: Thoughts on U.S. Documentary Film Practice 305
42. Prologue. Disempowerment and the Politics of Rage 315
43. 19. Lady Killers: A Question of Silence 319
44. Prologue. Film Star as Outstanding Human Being 326
45. 20. Julie Christie Goes to Washington 329
46. Prologue. Blaming the Victim 337
47. 21. Good Girls, Bad Girls: Joyce Chopra's Smooth Talk 344
48. Prologue. The Berks and the Sex Wars 347
49. 22. Feminism and Sexuality in the Eighties 350
50. Epilogue: Charting the Eighties 376
51. Notes 391
52. Index 409