Jennifer Peterson: The Space of Nature in Mid-Century Nudist Films via NYU Cinema Studies
February 17th, 2016
Michelson Theater, Department of Cinema Studies
Tisch School of the Arts
New York University
Introduction by Dan Streible, NYU Cinema Studies
This presentation explores how nature and gender were spatialized in nudist films of the 1950s and 60s such as Garden of Eden (Max Nosseck, 1954), Naked Venus (Edgar G. Ulmer, 1958), and Diary of a Nudist (Doris Wishman, 1961). Jennifer Peterson is Associate Professor in the Film Studies Program at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her articles have been published in Cinema Journal, Camera Obscura, The Moving Image, the Getty Research Journal, and numerous edited book collections.
More information:
tisch.nyu.edu/cinema-studies/events/spring-2016/jennifer-peterson
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