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Carol S. Vance: An Interview

Video Data Bank

1990 00:42:00 United StatesEnglishColorStereo4:3Video
Tags:
Body, Gender, Health, Interview, LGBTQ

Description

Carole S. Vance is an anthropologist and writer and Associate Research Scientist of Public Health and Director of the Program for the Study of Sexuality, Gender, Health and Human Rights at Columbia University. She has written extensively on sexuality and public policy, as well as issues of gender, health, and medical anthropology. Her books include Pleasure and Danger: Exploring Female Sexuality (1984 and 1993) and Caught Looking: Feminism, Pornography, and Censorship (1988). Interview by Carole Tormollan. A historical interview originally recorded in 1989. 

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