Judith Mayne
Judith Mayne | |
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| Born | February 26, 1948 Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Partner | Terry Moore |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (2008) |
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| Thesis | The Ideologies of Metacinema (1975) |
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Judith Mayne (born February 26, 1948) is an American academic who specializes in French film and feminist film theory. A 2008 Guggenheim Fellow, she has written eight books: Private Novels, Public Films (1988), Kino and the Woman Question (1989), The Woman at the Keyhole (1990), Cinema and Spectatorship (1993), Directed by Dorothy Arzner (1994), Framed: Lesbians, Feminists, and Media Culture (2000), Claire Denis (2005), and Le Corbeau (2006). She is professor emerita of French at Ohio State University,[1] where she had worked for several decades.
Biography
Mayne was born on February 26, 1948, in Pennsylvania.[2] She attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she got a BA in 1970, and the University at Buffalo, where she got an MA in 1972 and a PhD in 1975.[2] Her doctoral dissertation was titled The Ideologies of Metacinema.[3]
After working as a lecturer of English (1972–1973) at Paris Diderot University, Mayne worked at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, where she was a lecturer of comparative literature and French, as well as a film specialist at the Center for Twentieth-Century Studies.[2] In 1976, she moved to Ohio State University, where she started out as assistant professor; she was promoted to associate professor in 1982 and full professor in 1990,[2] eventually becoming professor emerita.[1] She worked as acting director for Ohio State's Center for Women's Studies from 1986 to 1995.[2] In 2003, she was appointed Distinguished Humanities Professor at Ohio State.[2]
Mayne specializes in French film and feminist film theory.[1] She has written eight books: Private Novels, Public Films (1988), Kino and the Woman Question (1989), The Woman at the Keyhole (1990), Cinema and Spectatorship (1993), Directed by Dorothy Arzner (1994), Framed: Lesbians, Feminists, and Media Culture (2000), Claire Denis (2005), and her titular monograph of the 1943 horror film Le Corbeau (2006).[2][1] In 2008, she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to write a historical study on the work of Continental Films.[4]
Mayne once starred in a video named Judith Mayne Reads Soap Magazines, produced by Paper Tiger Television, the Wexner Center for the Arts, and Adams Community Television.[5] Mayne appeared in the 2013 documentary film Golden Gate Girls.[6]
Mayne's partner is Terry Moore.[2]
Bibliography
- Private Novels, Public Films (1988)[7][8][9][10]
- Kino and the Woman Question (1989)[11][12]
- The Woman at the Keyhole (1990)[13][14]
- Cinema and Spectatorship (1993)[15][16]
- Directed by Dorothy Arzner (1994)[17][18][19]
- Framed: Lesbians, Feminists, and Media Culture (2000)[20][21]
- Claire Denis (2005)[22][23]
- Le Corbeau (2006)[2]
References
- ^ a b c d "Judith Mayne". Ohio State University. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Mayne, Judith 1948-". Encyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on June 22, 2025. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
- ^ American Doctoral Dissertations. University Microfilms. 1975. p. 74.
- ^ "Judith Mayne". Guggenheim Fellowships. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
- ^ "Judith Mayne Reads Soap Magazines". Paper Tiger. Archived from the original on June 18, 2025. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
- ^ Fennessy, Kathy (September 11, 2016). "Golden Gate Girls". The Video Librarian. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
- ^ Cohen, Keith (1990). "Review of Private Novels, Public Films". SubStance. 19 (2/3): 204–207. doi:10.2307/3684685. ISSN 0049-2426. JSTOR 3684685.
- ^ Erskine, Thomas L. (1990). "Review of Private Novels, Public Films". South Atlantic Review. 55 (3): 142–144. doi:10.2307/3200321. ISSN 0277-335X. JSTOR 3200321.
- ^ Pye, Douglas (1990). "Review of Private Novels, Public Films; Invisible Storytellers: Voice-over Narration in American Fiction Film". The Modern Language Review. 85 (2): 433–434. doi:10.2307/3731846. ISSN 0026-7937. JSTOR 3731846.
- ^ Zeck, Shari (1991). "Review of Private Novels, Public Films; Feminism and Film Theory; Women Directors: The Emergence of a New Cinema". Signs. 16 (2): 389–393. ISSN 0097-9740. JSTOR 3174520.
- ^ McLeland, Susan (1994). ""Cinema and Spectatorship" by Judith Mayne (Book Review)". The Velvet Light Trap. 33: 63.
- ^ Youngblood, Denise J. (1990). "Review of Kino and the Woman Question: Feminism and Soviet Silent Film". Russian History. 17 (1): 123–125. ISSN 0094-288X. JSTOR 24656387.
- ^ Colvile, Georgiana M. M. (1991). "Review of The Woman at the Keyhole: Feminism and Women's Cinema; To Desire Differently: Feminism and the French Cinema". SubStance. 20 (2): 112–117. doi:10.2307/3684976. ISSN 0049-2426. JSTOR 3684976.
- ^ Dittmar, Linda (1992). "Feminist Film Scholarship". NWSA Journal. 4 (3): 359–365. ISSN 1040-0656. JSTOR 4316221.
- ^ Balides, Constance (1996). "Review of Cinema and Spectatorship; Star Gazing: Hollywood Cinema and Female Spectatorship; Babel and Babylon: Spectatorship in American Silent Film". Signs. 22 (1): 248–254. ISSN 0097-9740. JSTOR 3175059.
- ^ Williams, Linda (1994). "Review of Cinema and Spectatorship". Film Quarterly. 48 (2): 56–57. doi:10.2307/1213097. ISSN 0015-1386. JSTOR 1213097.
- ^ Lane, Christina (1996). ""Directed by Dorothy Arzner" by Judith Mayne (Book Review)". The Velvet Light Trap. 38: 68.
- ^ Mintz, Steven (1995). "Judith Mayne. Directed by Dorothy Arzner (Women Artists in Film)". H-Film. Archived from the original on June 8, 2025. Retrieved August 8, 2025.
- ^ Quart, Barbara (1996). "Review of Directed by Dorothy Arzner". Film Quarterly. 49 (4): 44–46. doi:10.2307/1213560. ISSN 0015-1386. JSTOR 1213560.
- ^ Binhammer, Katherine (2003). "Judith Mayne. Framed: Lesbians, Feminists, and Media Culture". ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature. 34 (4): 177–179. Archived from the original on May 31, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2025.
- ^ Poirot, Kristan (2003). "Review of Framed: Lesbians, Feminists, and Media Culture". NWSA Journal. 15 (2): 227–228. ISSN 1040-0656. JSTOR 4317001.
- ^ Orlando, Valérie (November 28, 2007). "Review: Claire Denis by Judith Mayne Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2005". Quarterly Review of Film and Video. 25 (1): 87–91. doi:10.1080/10509200500541223. ISSN 1050-9208.
- ^ Hill, Rodney (March 1, 2007). "Review: Claire Denis, by Judith Mayne". Film Quarterly. 60 (3): 96–96. doi:10.1525/fq.2007.60.3.96.1. ISSN 0015-1386.