Essays about: "women in film"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 46 essays containing the words women in film.

1. 11. Naturalizing Women and Feminizing Nature : A Marxist Ecofeminist Reading of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Abbey Austin Whitley; [2022]
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   Abstract : This thesis investigates how women and the natural world are naturalized and feminized within the 1984 film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind by Hayao Miyazaki. I construct this analysis through a Marxist Ecofeminist framework that highlights the role of reproductive labor in the subordination of both women and nature. READ MORE

3. 12. Gazing at Beverly Marsh : A Comparative Study of Stephen King’s It and Andy Muschietti’s 2017 Film Adaptation

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

   Author : Freja Lindqwister Viker; [2022]
   Keywords : Stephen King; Andy Muschietti; It ; the Male Gaze; sexual objectification; abjection;

   Abstract : This essay explores and compares the depiction of the character Beverly Marsh in Stephen King’s novel IT and Andy Muschietti’s 2017 film adaptation. The literary analysis uses the theoretical concepts of Mulvey’s the Male Gaze, Bartky’s sexual objectification theory, and Kristeva’s abjection. READ MORE

4. 13. Uncovering the Hidden Disease - Endometriosis Experiences Through the Documentary Lens

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

   Author : Jana Raschdorf; [2022]
   Keywords : Endometriosis; troubling design; documentary film; co-design; health care;

   Abstract : This paper explores the use of documentary-style video to support and explore Troubling Design in the field of the gender biased health care system. Women have been neglected within the health care system for centuries and their physical concerns are often not taken seriously by a respective doctor. READ MORE

5. 14. Edvard Persson and modernity

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Tevin Stakston; [2022]
   Keywords : Edvard Persson; modernity; modernisation; Swedish film; 1930s; urbanisation; gender; antisemitism; national identity; class; capitalism; machines;

   Abstract : In the field of Cinema studies recent and updated studies on Swedish 1930s cinema has been absent. The aim of this thesis is to provide new insights into the period by examining the films starring actor Edvard Persson released between 1930 and 1939. READ MORE

6. 15. Screenwriter and Character Gender in a 2020 Body of Swedish Feature Film Proposals

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Johanna Koljonen; [2022]
   Keywords : screenwriting; script development; gender; feature film screenwriting; feminist media studies;

   Abstract : This study of correlations between screenwriter and character gender is based on a 2020 body of 369 Swedish feature fiction film proposals by 380 individual writers, submitted to the Swedish national broadcasting corporation Sveriges Television (SVT) specifically for development funding for screenwriting. Results are compared both with similar data from the Swedish Film Institute (SFI), which is the national funding body, as well as with SFI’s statistics of Swedish films receiving selective or market support. READ MORE