College of Humanities People
Linda Mizejewski, Professor
Department of Women's Studies: http://womens-studies.osu.edu/
Office Information
113D University Hall, 230 North Oval Mall, Columbus, OH, 43210
Email: mizejewski.1@osu.edu
Phone: 614-292-1021
Fax: 614-292-0276
Office Hours:
Winter quarter by appointment.
113D University Hall, 230 North Oval Mall, Columbus, OH, 43210
Email: mizejewski.1@osu.edu
Phone: 614-292-1021
Fax: 614-292-0276
Office Hours:
Winter quarter by appointment.
General Background:
My research interests are film and cultural studies. My first two books, Divine Decadence: Fascism, Female Spectacle, and the Makings of Sally Bowles (Princeton, 1992) and Ziegfeld Girl: Image and Icon in Culture and Cinema (Duke, 1999), are about the historical, sexual, and racial meanings of high-profile showgirls in American culture. My most recent book is Hardboiled and High Heeled: The Woman Detective in Popular Culture (Routledge, 2004). For me, the woman detective character is a symbol of the feminist scholar/investigator, showing up to ask tough questions and make the authorities squirm. My current research project is women and comedy, specifically the impact of the unruly and minority female body on traditional comedy film narratives. My work has been supported by grants from NEH and ACLS, and in 2004 I won the Ohio State University Alumni Distinguished Teaching Award.
