Descriptive Summary
University of Texas at Austin. Dept. of Women's
Studies.
Women’s Studies Research Seminar oral
history collection
1991-1992
Materials are written in English.
92-423; 93-412
36 items
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin
Composed of audiocassettes and a
transcript, the Women’s Studies Research Seminar Oral History Collection, 1991-1992,
documents numerous lectures and panel discussions regarding feminist theory and
women’s issues, primarily concerning the United States, sponsored by the University
of Texas at Austin’s Department of Women Studies from Fall 1991 through Fall 1992.
Scope and Contents
Composed of audiocassettes and a transcript, the Women’s Studies Research Seminar
Oral History Collection, 1991-1992, documents numerous lectures and panel
discussions regarding feminist theory and women’s issues, primarily concerning the
United States, sponsored by the University of Texas at Austin’s Department of Women
Studies from Fall 1991 through Fall 1992. Speakers on the audiotapes, such as Teresa
Brennan, Ada C. Anderson, Carole Holahan, and Robert Hopper, analyze teenagers and
sexuality in the media, the history of feminist publication, the depiction of women
in literature and drama, and women in various cultures, among other topics. The 1992
transcript is a copy of Elizabeth Grosz’ lecture,
Psychoanalysis and the Imaginary Body.
Access Restrictions
Permission from Cynthia Orozco is required for access to her lecture,
Son Muy Hombres: Women’s Fight for Equality in LULAC,
1920-1992.
Use Restrictions
Ada C. Anderson maintains copyright for her lecture,
Austin Women in the Civil Rights Movement: From the Ice Palace to the Human
Relations Commission.
Elizabeth Grosz maintains copyright for her lecture,
Psychoanalysis and the Imaginary Body.
Florence Howe’s lecture,
Twenty Years of Feminist
Publication, may be used for educational purposes only.
Written permission from Irene Kacandes is required for quoting her lecture,
Violence against Women and Children: 1920s
Berlin-style.
Susan Rubin Suleiman’s lecture,
The Surrealist
Imagination in Post-modernist Fiction: Angela Carter’s Infernal Desire Machines
of Doctor Hoffman, may not be reproduced.
Index Terms
Subjects (Organizations)
University of Texas at Austin. Dept. of Women's
Studies -- Archives.
Subjects
Education, Higher -- Texas -- Austin.
Feminism -- Texas.
Feminism -- United States.
Women’s studies -- Texas.
Women’s studies -- United States.
Places
Austin (Tex.)
Preferred Citation
Women’s Studies Research Seminar Oral History Collection, 1991-1992, Dolph Briscoe
Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Processing Information
Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light project, 2009-2011.
Detailed Description of the Papers
Inventory:
2X300-2X301
Audiotapes, 1991-1992
2X302
Transcript of Elizabeth Grosz’s Psychoanalysis and the Imaginary Body,
1992