Critical Writing Index

Territories of the Forbidden: Lesbian Culture, Sex & Censorship; An overview of works in various media by women

by Marusia Bociurkiw

Fuse, Apr. 1988, v. 11, no. 49, pp. 27-32

This is an article about censorship, the lesbian-as-spectacle dilemma, how lesbian culture is often pushed underground and how to solve this. It focuses mainly on lesbian video art and how it tries to deal with these problems.

ITEM 1988.080 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

An Apple A Day – Gay Bell

S(word) Swallowers – Lynne Fernie

Frankly, Shirley – Almerinda Travassos

Frankly, Shirley – Marg Moores

Ten Cents A Dance: Parallax – Midi Onodera

Displaced View – Midi Onodera

Working Girls – Lizzie Borden

I've Heard The Mermaids Singing – Patricia Rozema