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Kvinnan i kontrast till kvinnligheten

Jinstrand, Agnes LU (2023) STVK05 20231
Department of Political Science
Abstract
Judith Butler’s gender theory examines gender as a social construct that is created and reproduced by societal structures. Stuart Hall’s representation theory also centers around this idea, but rather concerning how media images both create and are created by a historical, cultural and political context and therefore changes and reproduces a specific way of viewing our society. This thesis, then, aims to examine what feminist image that feminist films have chosen to portrait during the years of 2017 to 2022. This will be examined through a two parted analysis of six films that have won the WFCCs Award for “Best Movie About Women” during these years. First, through a quantitative analysis of representation in the films. Then, as a... (More)
Judith Butler’s gender theory examines gender as a social construct that is created and reproduced by societal structures. Stuart Hall’s representation theory also centers around this idea, but rather concerning how media images both create and are created by a historical, cultural and political context and therefore changes and reproduces a specific way of viewing our society. This thesis, then, aims to examine what feminist image that feminist films have chosen to portrait during the years of 2017 to 2022. This will be examined through a two parted analysis of six films that have won the WFCCs Award for “Best Movie About Women” during these years. First, through a quantitative analysis of representation in the films. Then, as a qualitative analysis where the films’ main themes and characters will be analyzed more in depth. This, with the aim of exploring how a film can be regarded as a feminist depiction of women when the term “woman” is regarded as a social construct, and how the depiction in itself tells us about the way our society views “women”. The thesis concludes that feminist film centers around themes of patriarchal structures, women outside of the feminine image and that feminist films have the ambition to have an intersectional approach but excludes depictions of women of color and people with disabilities. (Less)
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author
Jinstrand, Agnes LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK05 20231
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Feminism, Representation, Intersektionalitet, Stuart Hall, Judith Butler, Genus
language
Swedish
id
9115327
date added to LUP
2023-08-18 16:26:12
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2023-08-18 16:26:12
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  abstract     = {{Judith Butler’s gender theory examines gender as a social construct that is created and reproduced by societal structures. Stuart Hall’s representation theory also centers around this idea, but rather concerning how media images both create and are created by a historical, cultural and political context and therefore changes and reproduces a specific way of viewing our society. This thesis, then, aims to examine what feminist image that feminist films have chosen to portrait during the years of 2017 to 2022. This will be examined through a two parted analysis of six films that have won the WFCCs Award for “Best Movie About Women” during these years. First, through a quantitative analysis of representation in the films. Then, as a qualitative analysis where the films’ main themes and characters will be analyzed more in depth. This, with the aim of exploring how a film can be regarded as a feminist depiction of women when the term “woman” is regarded as a social construct, and how the depiction in itself tells us about the way our society views “women”. The thesis concludes that feminist film centers around themes of patriarchal structures, women outside of the feminine image and that feminist films have the ambition to have an intersectional approach but excludes depictions of women of color and people with disabilities.}},
  author       = {{Jinstrand, Agnes}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Kvinnan i kontrast till kvinnligheten}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}