Doublecross [videorecording] / by Lyn Blumenthal. [1985]

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Doublecross [videorecording] / by Lyn Blumenthal. [1985]

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In Doublecross, Lyn Blumenthal constructs a loose narrative around the sexual evolution of a woman, played by Yvonne Rainer, through a collage of images appropriated from popular TV and film. The video poses the indeterminate, disruptive power of the erotic against the rigid, normalizing structures of family, law, marriage, popular culture, movies, and music that codify sexual relations for individuals.

1 videocassette of 1 (U-Matic) (8 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 3/4 in. original.

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