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Morning forum featuring Margherita Repetto Alaia, Columbia University, and Joanne Barkan, writer, speaking on the political changes in the Italian Parliament and its effects on women– especially the contrast between feminist women and more traditional Christian women. This recording is followed by BC13-58_SFAudio_140. Papers presented or name of session: "The Italian Case"; "The Italian Working Class and Feminism".

Morning forum featuring Margherita Repetto Alaia, Columbia University, and Joanne Barkan, writer, speaking on the political changes in the Italian Parliament and its effects on women– especially the contrast between feminist women and more traditional Christian women. This recording is preceded by BC13-58_SFAudio_139. Papers presented or name of session: "The Italian Case"; "The Italian Working Class and Feminism".

Paper read by Julie Abraham, Columbia University; Rachel Brownstein, Brooklyn College, CUNY, is the commentator. Speakers discuss the plot of Villette, Charlotte Bronte. During the Morning Workshops Session of the Scholar and Feminist XII. This recording is followed by BC13-58_SFAudio_148. Papers presented or name of session: "Tell the Lacedaemonians: Lesbian Writers and the Heterosexual Plot".

Second half of discussion by Rachel Brownstein; paper read by Jewelle Gomez, literary critic, Program Associate of New York State Council on the Arts; question and answer session with audience including all speakers. During the Morning Workshops Session of the Scholar and Feminist XII. This recording is preceded by BC13-58_SFAudio_147. Papers presented or name of session: "Speaking in Tongues: The Oral Tradition in Women of Color Writers".

Panel discussion held by Bettina Berch, Barnard College, and Ruth Milkman, Queens College, CUNY, concerning women during WWII. During the Morning Workshops Session of the Scholar and Feminist XII. This recording is followed by BC13-58_SFAudio_150. Papers presented or name of session: "Contradictions in Women's Culture in the Days of Rosie the Riveter".

Panel discussion held by Bettina Berch, Barnard College, and Ruth Milkman, Queens College, CUNY concerning women during WWII, question and answer session with audience. During the Morning Workshops Session of the Scholar and Feminist XII. This recording is preceded by BC13-58_SFAudio_149. Papers presented or name of session: "Contradictions in Women's Culture in the Days of Rosie the Riveter".

Panel discussion with and poetry read by Alexis de Veaux, poet, activist; and Kathy Engel, founding director of MADRE, poet. During the Morning Workshops Session of the Scholar and Feminist XII. There may be additional panelists whose names are not audible. Papers presented or name of session: "Poetry and Politics".

Workshop led by panelists Faye Ginsburg, CUNY, Graduate Center; and Susan Harding, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, concerning conservative women, during the Scholar and Feminist XII. Papers presented or name of session: "Inside Right Wing Women's Culture".

Panel discussion moderated by Marianne Weems, with speakers Andrea Goodman (singer, dancer, actress with Meredith Monk's "the House" and with the Meredith Monk Vocal Ensemble); and Elizabeth Wood (writer, musicologist, Hunter College, CUNY) during the Morning Workshops Session of the Scholar and the Feminist XII. Papers presented or name of session: "One Has Many Her Own Voices"; "Siren, Shaman, Syrinx: Women in Opera and Performance".

Presentation and discussion by Nancy Guevara, Queens College, and Barbara Winslow, Barnard College, concerning hip-hop culture in New York City during the Morning Workshops Session of the Scholar and the Feminist XII. This recording is continued with BC13-58_SFAudio_155. Papers presented or name of session: "Breakin', Rappin', and Writin' in New York".

Question and answer session with audience after presentation and discussion by Nancy Guevara, Queens College; and Barbara Winslow, Barnard College concerning hip-hop culture in New York City during the Morning Workshops Session of the Scholar and the Feminist XII. This recording is preceded by BC13-58_SFAudio_154. Papers presented or name of session: "Breakin', Rappin', and Writin' in New York".

Lectures by Jan Radway, University of Pennsylvania; and Valerie Walkerdine, University of London Institute of Education. Panel discussion on sexuality on literature and romance comics for girls, popular in the UK. Question and answer at the end. Part of the morning workshops at the Scholar and Feminist XII. Papers presented or name of session: "Identifying Ideological Faults: Feminism, Analytical Method, and Political Practice"; "The Family Romance: Girls in Popular Culture".

Lectures by Marjorie Mbilinyi, Institute of Development Studies, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Stephanie Urdang, Research Director, American Committee on Africa during the Morning Workshops Session of the Scholar and Feminist XII. Papers presented or name of session: "Uprooting/Readjusting: Lives of Women in South Africa and Mozambique".

Lectures by Martha Ackelsberg, Smith College, and Judith Friedlander, SUNY Purchase, on the subject of oral history during the Afternoon Sessions of the Scholar and Feminist XII. Papers presented or name of session: "Doing Oral History among Spanish Anarchists"; "Doing Oral History among Mexican Indians and Jewish Survivors of the Holocaust".

Lectures by Electa Arenal, The College of Staten Island, CUNY; Helene Foley, Barnard College; and Celeste Schenck, Barnard College during the Afternoon Sessions of the Scholar and Feminist XII. This recording is very short, and it is not clear who is speaking (only one speaker is heard). Papers presented or name of session: "Women and the New Latin American Epic"; "Sapphic Resistance"; "'Nothing that has been said meets our case': The Female Elegist as Revisionist".

Lecture and performances given by Linda Dahl, freelance writer and novelist, author of Stormy Weather, the Music and Lives of a Century of Jazzwomen and Nina Sheldon, performer, Rutgers University during the Afternoon Session of the Scholar and Feminist XII. This recording is followed by BC13-58_SFAudio_161. Papers presented or name of session: "Outside the Fraternity: Women in Jazz".

Lecture and performances given by Linda Dahl, freelance writer and novelist, author of Stormy Weather, the Music and Lives of a Century of Jazzwomen and Nina Sheldon, performer, Rutgers University during the Afternoon Session of the Scholar and Feminist XII. This recording is preceded by BC13-58_SFAudio_160. Papers presented or name of session: "Outside the Fraternity: Women in Jazz".

In this panel during the Afternoon Session of the Scholar and Feminist XII, Alice Kessler-Harris (Hofstra University) and Carole Turbin (Empire State University, SUNY, Old Westbury) discuss the effects of early 20th century industrial reforms on working women. Papers presented or name of session: "Work, Culture, and Consciousness: The Contribution of Women's History to New Theoretical Perspectives".

Terry Haywoode (Baruch College), Laura Scanlon (National Congress of Neighborhood Women), and Ida Susser (SUNY, Old Westbury) discuss the importance of community and politics especially as it relates to women as part of the Afternoon Session of the Scholar and Feminist XII. Papers presented or name of session: "Creating Community: Overcoming the Dichotomy between Public and Private"; "Neighborhood Women's Culture and Liberal Arts Education"; "Redefining Community Politics" .

Panel discussion about gender and genre during the afternoon session at the Scholar and Feminist XIII featuring Bella Brodzki, Sarah Lawrence College; Celeste Schenck, Barnard College; Louise Yelin, SUNY College at Purchase. This recording is continued with BC13-58_SFAudio_171. Papers presented or name of session: "The Case of Autobiography"; "The Case of Poetry"; "The Case of the Novel".

Panel discussion with Celeste Schenck, Barnard College and Louise Yelin, SUNY College at Purchase on the representation of women and marriage in 19th century poetry and novels at the Scholar and Feminist Conference at Barnard College. This recording is preceded by BC13-58_SFAudio_170. Papers presented or name of session: "The Case of Poetry"; "The Case of the Novel" .

Panel on media images and screening of clips by Ada Gay Griffin (in program as Ada Griffin), Third World Newsreel, at the Scholar and Feminist Conference XIII at Barnard College. Papers presented or name of session: "Media Access and Accountability: Poor Working Women and Women of Color creating a New Aesthetic".

Panel at the Scholar and Feminist Conference XIII featuring Kate Ellis, Rutgers University, who reads excerpts of other works, followed by discussion regarding addiction/substance abuse, women, anorexia, and "the romantic self." Papers presented or name of session: "The Anorexic as Heroine: Eating Disorders and Feminist Politics".

Afternoon session on representation in dance with Susan Leigh Foster, Wesleyan University; Susan Allene Manning, Columbia University; and Cynthia Novack, Barnard College at the Scholar and Feminist Conference XIII at Barnard College. This recording is continued with BC13-58_SFAudio_177. Papers presented or name of session: "Representation in Dance".

Afternoon session on representation in dance with Susan Leigh Foster, Wesleyan University; Susan Allene Manning, Columbia University; and Cynthia Novack, Barnard College at the Scholar and Feminist Conference XIII at Barnard College. This recording is preceded by BC13-58_SFAudio_176. Papers presented or name of session: "Representation in Dance".

Afternoon session on images of Asian American women with May Chin, Community Activist; Shirley Hune, Medgar Evers College; and Renee Tajima, Third World Newsreel at the Scholar and Feminist Conference XIII at Barnard College. This recording is followed by BC13-58_SFAudio_179. Papers presented or name of session: "Images of Asian American Women: Myth and Reality".

Afternoon session on images of Asian American women with May Chin, Community Activist; Shirley Hune, Medgar Evers College; and Renee Tajima, Third World Newsreel at the Scholar and Feminist Conference XIII at Barnard College. This tape features discussion among attendees and panelists. This recording is preceded by BC13-58_SFAudio_178. Papers presented or name of session: "Images of Asian American Women: Myth and Reality".

Presentation delivered by Margo Jefferson, critic and journalist, at the Scholar and Feminist Conference XIII. This recording is followed by BC13-58_SFAudio_181. Papers presented or name of session: "Their Eyes Were Watching Icons: Feminists, Journalists, and Cultural Critics".

Presentation delivered by Margo Jefferson, critic and journalist, at the Scholar and Feminist Conference XIII. This recording is preceded by BC13-58_SFAudio_180. Papers presented or name of session: "Their Eyes Were Watching Icons: Feminists, Journalists, and Cultural Critics".

Presentation delivered by E. Ann Kaplan, Rutgers University, at the Scholar and Feminist XIII. This recording is followed by BC13-58_SFAudio_183. Papers presented or name of session: "Contradictory Images of Sexuality in Rock Videos on MTV".

Presentation delivered by E. Ann Kaplan, Rutgers University, at the Scholar and Feminist XIII. This recording is preceded by BC13-58_SFAudio_182. Papers presented or name of session: "Contradictory Images of Sexuality in Rock Videos on MTV".

Panel including Cheryl Kennedy, Women's Alcoholism Program (CASPAR), and Julia Pérez, University of Massachusetts, at the Scholar and Feminist XIII. This recording includes the screening of a film and is followed by BC13-58_SFAudio_185. Papers presented or name of session: "Lesbian Mothers 'Choosing Children'".

Panel including Cheryl Kennedy, Women's Alcoholism Program (CASPAR), and Julia Pérez, University of Massachusetts, at the Scholar and Feminist XIII. This recording is preceded by BC13-58_SFAudio_184. Papers presented or name of session: "Lesbian Mothers 'Choosing Children'".

Presentation delivered by Ynestra King, Women's Pentagon Action; Lisa Miller, War Resisters' League; and Genevieve Vaughan, Feminist International for Peace, Nairobi Peace Tent at the Scholar and Feminist XIII. This recording is followed by BC13-58_SFAudio_187. Papers presented or name of session: "Women's Culture and Anti-Nuclear Politics".