# Judith Mayne

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{{Short description|American academic (born 1948)}}
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{{Infobox academic
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|2|26}}
| birth_place = Pennsylvania, U.S.
| partner = Terry Moore
| awards = [Guggenheim Fellowship](/source/Guggenheim_Fellowship) (2008)
| alma_mater = {{ublist|
* [Indiana University of Pennsylvania](/source/Indiana_University_of_Pennsylvania)
* [University at Buffalo](/source/University_at_Buffalo)
}}
| thesis_title = The Ideologies of Metacinema
| thesis_year = 1975
| sub_discipline = {{flatlist|
* French film
* [Feminist film theory](/source/Feminist_film_theory)
}}
| workplaces = {{ublist|
* [Paris Diderot University](/source/Paris_Diderot_University)
* [University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee](/source/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Milwaukee)
* [Ohio State University](/source/Ohio_State_University)
}}
}}
'''Judith Mayne''' (born February 26, 1948) is an American academic who specializes in French film and [feminist film theory](/source/feminist_film_theory). A 2008 [Guggenheim Fellow](/source/Guggenheim_Fellow), she has written eight books: ''[Private Novels, Public Films](/source/Private_Novels%2C_Public_Films)'' (1988), ''[Kino and the Woman Question](/source/Kino_and_the_Woman_Question)'' (1989), ''[The Woman at the Keyhole](/source/The_Woman_at_the_Keyhole)'' (1990), ''[Cinema and Spectatorship](/source/Cinema_and_Spectatorship)'' (1993), ''[Directed by Dorothy Arzner](/source/Directed_by_Dorothy_Arzner)'' (1994), ''[Framed: Lesbians, Feminists, and Media Culture](/source/Framed%3A_Lesbians%2C_Feminists%2C_and_Media_Culture)'' (2000), ''[Claire Denis](/source/Claire_Denis_(book))'' (2005), and ''Le Corbeau'' (2006). She is professor emerita of French at [Ohio State University](/source/Ohio_State_University),<ref name="frit.osu">{{Cite web |title=Judith Mayne |url=https://frit.osu.edu/people/mayne.1 |access-date=2025-08-07 |website=Ohio State University}}</ref> where she had worked for several decades.

==Biography==
Mayne was born on February 26, 1948, in Pennsylvania.<ref name="ency" /> She attended [Indiana University of Pennsylvania](/source/Indiana_University_of_Pennsylvania), where she got a BA in 1970, and the [University at Buffalo](/source/University_at_Buffalo), where she got an MA in 1972 and a PhD in 1975.<ref name="ency" /> Her doctoral dissertation was titled ''The Ideologies of Metacinema''.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GzDgAAAAMAAJ |title=American Doctoral Dissertations |publisher=University Microfilms |year=1975 |page=74}}</ref>

After working as a lecturer of English (1972–1973) at [Paris Diderot University](/source/Paris_Diderot_University), Mayne worked at the [University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee](/source/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Milwaukee), where she was a lecturer of comparative literature and French, as well as a film specialist at the [Center for Twentieth-Century Studies](/source/Center_for_Twentieth-Century_Studies).<ref name="ency" /> In 1976, she moved to [Ohio State University](/source/Ohio_State_University), where she started out as assistant professor; she was promoted to associate professor in 1982 and full professor in 1990,<ref name="ency" /> eventually becoming professor emerita.<ref name="frit.osu"/> She worked as acting director for Ohio State's Center for Women's Studies from 1986 to 1995.<ref name="ency" /> In 2003, she was appointed Distinguished Humanities Professor at Ohio State.<ref name="ency" />

Mayne specializes in French film and [feminist film theory](/source/feminist_film_theory).<ref name="frit.osu"/> She has written eight books: ''[Private Novels, Public Films](/source/Private_Novels%2C_Public_Films)'' (1988), ''[Kino and the Woman Question](/source/Kino_and_the_Woman_Question)'' (1989), ''[The Woman at the Keyhole](/source/The_Woman_at_the_Keyhole)'' (1990), ''[Cinema and Spectatorship](/source/Cinema_and_Spectatorship)'' (1993), ''[Directed by Dorothy Arzner](/source/Directed_by_Dorothy_Arzner)'' (1994), ''[Framed: Lesbians, Feminists, and Media Culture](/source/Framed%3A_Lesbians%2C_Feminists%2C_and_Media_Culture)'' (2000), ''[Claire Denis](/source/Claire_Denis_(book))'' (2005), and her titular monograph of the 1943 horror film ''[Le Corbeau](/source/Le_Corbeau)'' (2006).<ref name="ency" /><ref name="frit.osu" /> In 2008, she was awarded a [Guggenheim Fellowship](/source/Guggenheim_Fellowship) to write a historical study on the work of [Continental Films](/source/Continental_Films).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Judith Mayne |url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/judith-mayne/ |access-date=2025-08-07 |website=Guggenheim Fellowships}}</ref>

Mayne once starred in a video named ''Judith Mayne Reads Soap Magazines'', produced by [Paper Tiger Television](/source/Paper_Tiger_Television), the [Wexner Center for the Arts](/source/Wexner_Center_for_the_Arts), and Adams Community Television.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Judith Mayne Reads Soap Magazines |url=https://papertiger.org/judith-mayne-reads-soap-magazines/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250618140840/https://papertiger.org/judith-mayne-reads-soap-magazines/ |archive-date=June 18, 2025 |access-date=2025-08-07 |website=Paper Tiger |url-status=live }}</ref> Mayne appeared in the 2013 documentary film ''[Golden Gate Girls](/source/Golden_Gate_Girls)''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fennessy |first=Kathy |date=2016-09-11 |title=Golden Gate Girls |url=https://videolibrarian.com/reviews/golden-gate-girls |access-date=2025-08-07 |website=The Video Librarian}}</ref>

Mayne's partner is Terry Moore.<ref name="ency">{{Cite web |title=Mayne, Judith 1948- |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/mayne-judith-1948 |access-date=2025-08-07 |website=Encyclopedia.com |archive-date=June 22, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250622020749/https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/mayne-judith-1948 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Bibliography==
*''[Private Novels, Public Films](/source/Private_Novels%2C_Public_Films)'' (1988)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Cohen |first=Keith |date=1990 |title=Review of Private Novels, Public Films |journal=SubStance |volume=19 |issue=2/3 |pages=204–207 |doi=10.2307/3684685 |issn=0049-2426 |jstor=3684685}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Erskine |first=Thomas L. |date=1990 |title=Review of Private Novels, Public Films |journal=South Atlantic Review |volume=55 |issue=3 |pages=142–144 |doi=10.2307/3200321 |issn=0277-335X |jstor=3200321}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Pye |first=Douglas |date=1990 |title=Review of Private Novels, Public Films; Invisible Storytellers: Voice-over Narration in American Fiction Film |journal=The Modern Language Review |volume=85 |issue=2 |pages=433–434 |doi=10.2307/3731846 |issn=0026-7937 |jstor=3731846}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Zeck |first=Shari |date=1991 |title=Review of Private Novels, Public Films; Feminism and Film Theory; Women Directors: The Emergence of a New Cinema |journal=Signs |volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=389–393 |doi=10.1086/494669 |issn=0097-9740 |jstor=3174520}}</ref>
*''[Kino and the Woman Question](/source/Kino_and_the_Woman_Question)'' (1989)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=McLeland |first=Susan |year=1994 |title="Cinema and Spectatorship" by Judith Mayne (Book Review) |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/36dfdc03b140c08dc16da83c0fb78a57/1 |journal=The Velvet Light Trap |volume=33 |page=63}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Youngblood |first=Denise J. |date=1990 |title=Review of Kino and the Woman Question: Feminism and Soviet Silent Film |journal=Russian History |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=123–125 |doi=10.1163/187633190X01335 |issn=0094-288X |jstor=24656387}}</ref>
*''[The Woman at the Keyhole](/source/The_Woman_at_the_Keyhole)'' (1990)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Colvile |first=Georgiana M. M. |date=1991 |title=Review of The Woman at the Keyhole: Feminism and Women's Cinema; To Desire Differently: Feminism and the French Cinema |journal=SubStance |volume=20 |issue=2 |pages=112–117 |doi=10.2307/3684976 |issn=0049-2426 |jstor=3684976}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Dittmar |first=Linda |date=1992 |title=Feminist Film Scholarship |journal=NWSA Journal |volume=4 |issue=3 |pages=359–365 |issn=1040-0656 |jstor=4316221}}</ref>
*''[Cinema and Spectatorship](/source/Cinema_and_Spectatorship)'' (1993)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Balides |first=Constance |date=1996 |title=Review of Cinema and Spectatorship; Star Gazing: Hollywood Cinema and Female Spectatorship; Babel and Babylon: Spectatorship in American Silent Film |journal=Signs |volume=22 |issue=1 |pages=248–254 |doi=10.1086/495154 |issn=0097-9740 |jstor=3175059}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Williams |first=Linda |date=1994 |title=Review of Cinema and Spectatorship |journal=Film Quarterly |volume=48 |issue=2 |pages=56–57 |doi=10.2307/1213097 |issn=0015-1386 |jstor=1213097}}</ref>
*''[Directed by Dorothy Arzner](/source/Directed_by_Dorothy_Arzner)'' (1994)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lane |first=Christina |year=1996 |title="Directed by Dorothy Arzner" by Judith Mayne (Book Review) |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/1bd92d09f9992f3ad9bd38e5f26281e8/1 |journal=The Velvet Light Trap |volume=38 |page=68}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Mintz |first=Steven |date=1995 |title=Judith Mayne. Directed by Dorothy Arzner (Women Artists in Film) |url=https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=24 |work=H-Film |archive-date=June 8, 2025 |access-date=August 8, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250608014635/https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=24 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Quart |first=Barbara |date=1996 |title=Review of Directed by Dorothy Arzner |journal=Film Quarterly |volume=49 |issue=4 |pages=44–46 |doi=10.2307/1213560 |issn=0015-1386 |jstor=1213560}}</ref>
*''[Framed: Lesbians, Feminists, and Media Culture](/source/Framed%3A_Lesbians%2C_Feminists%2C_and_Media_Culture)'' (2000)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Binhammer |first=Katherine |date=2003 |title=Judith Mayne. Framed: Lesbians, Feminists, and Media Culture |url=https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/ariel/article/view/34480/28516 |journal=ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature |volume=34 |issue=4 |pages=177–179 |archive-date=May 31, 2019 |access-date=August 8, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531232339/https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/ariel/article/view/34480/28516 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Poirot |first=Kristan |date=2003 |title=Review of Framed: Lesbians, Feminists, and Media Culture |journal=NWSA Journal |volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=227–228 |issn=1040-0656 |jstor=4317001}}</ref>
*''[Claire Denis](/source/Claire_Denis_(book))'' (2005)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Orlando |first=Valérie |date=2007-11-28 |title=Review: Claire Denis by Judith Mayne Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2005 |journal=Quarterly Review of Film and Video |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=87–91 |doi=10.1080/10509200500541223 |issn=1050-9208}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hill |first=Rodney |date=2007-03-01 |title=Review: Claire Denis, by Judith Mayne |journal=Film Quarterly |volume=60 |issue=3 |pages=96 |doi=10.1525/fq.2007.60.3.96.1 |issn=0015-1386}}</ref>
*''Le Corbeau'' (2006)<ref name="ency" />

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