Museum of Resistance and Resilience Main MenuPraxis #1: Curation and Annotation (Group Project)details of Praxis #1 assignmentPraxis #1.1 War, Memory, And Identity: Beyond Victims and Voice Museum of Resistance and ResilienceProfessor Marjory Wentworth Honor's Class at College of CharlestonPraxis #2 Media Intervention, Multimedia Essay (Individual Project)Entry 2 in our Museum of Resistance and ResiliencePraxis #3 Manifesto of Future Resistance and ResilienceMedia Intervention/Media PostsFinal Course Reflection - A Letter to the FutureDue November 18Vicki Callahanf68c37bed83f129872c0216fae5c9d063d9e11baLisa Müller-Tredecc71af55f5122020f2b95396300e25feb73b6995
"Morocco"’s Impact:
12020-09-23T14:16:48-07:00Annie Zheng06f73f1d4eed923be34aff2d2892e21670204942377843plain2020-09-23T15:09:25-07:00Annie Zheng06f73f1d4eed923be34aff2d2892e21670204942“Morocco” did not only popularize trousers in women’s fashion, rather its greatest, yet implicit impact was on underground lesbian subcultures. “Morocco”, along with other films of the time such as “Queen Christina” and “Blonde Venus”, created the foundation for lesbian film culture, educating young women who did not have access to urban lesbian communities on ways they could explore their identity through appearance and behavior (Faderman & Timmons, 54). In particular, “Morocco” could be regarded as a statement of bisexuality and androgyny, as it contained a woman in masculine clothes, risque scenes like a same-sex kiss, and Dietrich’s sexuality appealing to both male and female audiences (Henderson, 2017). Although Dietrich’s androgyny in this film was marketed only as charming and entrancing, its true value lies with the freedom it was able to portray between the lines: Dietrich was an early example of the individuality that queer women could achieve and be celebrated for, even if their sexual identity is still hidden. Her resistance against the “dominator culture” by teasing her bisexuality in a dangerous time was truly a timeless phenomenon: back then, this was one of the first instances where masses of women began embracing the nuances of their sexuality and gender expression, and today, her fighting spirit lives on in all the women who continuously dare to express themselves outside of social norms.
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1media/exhdi8-wr_thumb.jpg2020-09-23T14:13:41-07:00Annie Zheng06f73f1d4eed923be34aff2d2892e21670204942Marlene Dietrich4A still of Marlene Dietrich in "Morocco" (1930). SOURCE: Marlene Dietrich in "Morocco", Eugene Robert Richee, 1930. Marlene Dietrich Collection, Berlin. Sourced from Smithsonian Magazine.media/exhdi8-wr.jpgplain2020-09-23T15:15:22-07:00Annie Zheng06f73f1d4eed923be34aff2d2892e21670204942