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Delirium /

"Delirium reflects Faber's mother's personal experience with what has been classified as 'female hysteria.' While never reducing her mother's condition to a single explanation, Delirium firmly and convincingly links her illness to the historically embattled position wo...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Art Institute of Chicago. Video Data Bank (film production company,), National Endowment for the Arts. Visual Arts Program (sponsoring body.)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: Chicago, Ill. : Video Data Bank, [1993?]
Subjects:
Faber, Mindy, > film producer, > screenwriter, > film director, > director of photography.
Faber, Patricia Jane, > interviewee.
Mentally ill women > Case studies.
Women > Identity.
Motherhood.
Women > Social conditions.
Mothers and daughters.
Video art.
Short films.
Experimental films.
Documentary films.
Biographical films.
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Summary:"Delirium reflects Faber's mother's personal experience with what has been classified as 'female hysteria.' While never reducing her mother's condition to a single explanation, Delirium firmly and convincingly links her illness to the historically embattled position women hold in a patriarchal culture.The artist reflects on her mother's mental illness in light of women's roles in society. Delirium contends that female mental illness must be understood within the political/social arena, and that in many instances women's reactions of violence, anger, and depression are indeed sane reactions to abhorrent situations."--Publisher site.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (23 min.) : sound, color ; with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; aspect ratio: 4:3.
Production Credits:Producer, camera, editor, Mindy Faber; additional text, Helene Cixous, Catherine Clement; puppet scene filmed by Holly Hey.