Introduction/History/Theory- Marissa and Andrew

History of Female Sexuality

Slavery



1910-20s silent films
-damsel in distress

1930's= love and independence

-1. independent woman
-2. sex goddess

ex. Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich




 1937 Negro Actors Guild
   -Fredi Washington



Hattie McDaniels & Butterfly McQueen
-Gone With the Wind (1939)

1940's= Censorship

The Production Code

1943 The Outlaw



 Lena Horne




Ethel Moses




1950's

1. Sexual Woman

Ava Gardner

2. Innocent Women

 Audrey Hepburn


3. Mix


Dorothy Dandridge




1960s= Supersexualized females and heroines

Eartha Kitt first catwoman on tv show Batman

1970s= Blaxploitation Films
-played prostitutes and disreputable characters

Pam Grier Coffy

Recent History

Pornography