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Name:Professor: Course: Date: THE FEMINIST FILM THEORY Feminism is a social movement that has had a bold impact on film theory and criticism. Cinema is seen and perceived by feminists to have certain cultural practices which are biased and targets the women in the society negatively. The cinemas tend to represent femininity and women myths. Also including men and masculinity. Central to feminist film theory and criticism the matters of representation and spectatorship are the greatest. Mostly in the Hollywood early feminist criticism was characterized by being targeted to women stereotypes. Repeated women images on films were seen and characterized as being objectionable distortions that were negatively on the female spectator. This remarks the need and curiosity However the code started to weaken. This was spearheaded by the Supreme Court decisions intervening the film industry bold directors push for boundaries foreign films influence and television invention. In conclusion the spread of coexistent feminist film theory shows the streaked production of 1990s women’s cinema. Hollywood has shown to be increasingly conquered by women-film makers. Just to mention a few: romantic drama action movies and comedy have been dominantly taken by women Work cited Cook Pam and Mieke Bernink. "The cinema book." Virtual Reality 58.59 (1985): 60. Creed Barbara. The monstrous-feminine: Film feminism psychoanalysis. Psychology Press 1993. Freeland Cynthia A. "Feminist frameworks for horror films." Film theory & criticism (1996): 627-648. Thornham Sue ed. Feminist film theory: A reader. NYU Press 1999. [...]
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Short Paper #1: Students are required to write an academic paper of 2-3 pages with 1-2 academic sources. The subject of the paper must relate to a topic discussed in one of the class lectures. In addition, students must do research at the library to find academic sources other then the ones that are provided in the syllabus.
Subject Area: Film
Document Type: Research Paper