[Frameworks] women and crime

Ted Hardin thardin at colum.edu
Sun Jan 26 21:17:14 UTC 2014


'White Trash Girl' by Jennifer Reeder may be intriguing to include on 
your list.  Badass women for sure.

Ted

Barbara GMX wrote:
> Thank you for the suggestions..
>
> With groups of women I mean in crime. Let´s say a police office where 
> the boss and half of the crew are women -
> or a group of female thieves working together.
> I am interested in alternatives to the standard and classic structures 
> of women as victims (even if they are the ones committing the 
> murder,…) or of male/female relationships,..
>
> And are there any suggestions for female detectives?!
> And always female directors!
>
> November by Hito Steyerl is a great reference! Thank you!!
>
> Barbara
>
>
> On 23 Jan 2014, at 17:27, franco base <frenk.calza at gmail.com 
> <mailto:frenk.calza at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>> Cat woman by Brian mills.
>>
>> Il 24/gen/2014 00:03 "Peter Mudie" <peter.mudie at uwa.edu.au 
>> <mailto:peter.mudie at uwa.edu.au>> ha scritto:
>>
>>     Yes, it's like asking someone to help you find canned beans at
>>     Safeway.
>>     Peter
>>     (Perth)
>>
>>     There's actually quite a bit in the mainstream:
>>
>>
>>     for groups:  start with the TV series Orphan Black (first season
>>     on Blu-ray and DVD now, second season starts this spring); also
>>     earlier, Doll House
>>     also pretty good: Continuum (sci-fi) on streaming Netflix
>>
>>     Of course, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, etc.
>>
>>     Academic feminists have written a lot about this trend:
>>
>>     Chris Holmlund, "the "deadly dolls" chapter of Impossible Bodies
>>     Linda Mizejewski, Hardboiled and High Heeled
>>     Martha McCaughey and Neal King, eds, Reel Knockouts
>>     Hilary Neroni  The Violent Woman
>>
>>     and there's the whole rape/revenge cycle….
>>
>>     that's just scratching the surface…good hunting
>>
>>     Chuck Kleinhans
>>
>>
>>
>>     On Jan 23, 2014, at 12:37 PM, Barbara GMX wrote:
>>
>>>     Hello everyone,
>>>
>>>     I´ve been following your discussions and conversations for some
>>>     time and I´m amazed! Thanks for all the great input!
>>>
>>>     Now I´ve got a question:
>>>     Do you have any good suggestions for crime films/documentaries,
>>>     also videos, short and experimental film, where either the
>>>     detective or the thief/gangster/con artist is a woman.
>>>     Especially interesting would be groups of women.
>>>
>>>     Thank you!
>>>     Barbara
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