Psychoanalysis

Julia Kristeva's 1980 important theoretical work deeply explores the core concept of 'abjection,' analyzing how humans construct subjectivity through the expulsion of the 'other,' profoundly influencing feminist theory, psychoanalysis, and cultural studies.

Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir asks how a daughter can narrate a living mother without mistaking memory for shared truth, using comics form and psychoanalysis to examine intimacy, art, and self-making.

Nancy Chodorow's 1978 feminist study links the gendered organization of caregiving to psychological development, asking how mothering is reproduced across generations - and where that influential model needs questioning.

Maya Deren's 1943 experimental short film explores female subconscious, identity, and gender power relations through dreamlike visual language, serving as an important pioneering work of American avant-garde and feminist cinema.