Feminism And The Western In Film And Television
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Feminism And The Western In Film And Television
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Author : Mark E. Wildermuth
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Feminism And The Western In Film And Television written by Mark E. Wildermuth and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Culture categories.
This book works to complicate and push against common arguments that the Western from its inception is an anti-feminist genre. By focusing on representations of women professionals in Westerns, it shows that women in cinematic and televisual Westerns sometimes do acquire agency and empowerment in the private and public realms, despite our culture's tendency to gender the former as feminine and the latter as solely masculine. The study reviews the relationship of these progressive Westerns to both explicit and latent feminist ideologies relevant to their times, as the films evolved from the 1930s to the twenty-first century.
Women In The Western
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Author : Matheson Sue Matheson
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2020-07-31
Women In The Western written by Matheson Sue Matheson and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-31 with Performing Arts categories.
In Westerns, women transmit complicated cultural coding about the nature of westward expansionism, heroism, family life, manliness and American femininity. As the genre changes and matures, depictions of women have transitioned from traditional to more modern roles. Frontier Feminine charts these significant shifts in the Western's transmission of gender values and expectations and aims to expand the critical arena in which Western film is situated by acknowledging the importance of women in this genre.
Feminism And The Western In Film And Television
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Author : Mark E. Wildermuth
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2018-04-17
Feminism And The Western In Film And Television written by Mark E. Wildermuth and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-17 with Performing Arts categories.
This book works to complicate and push against common arguments that the Western from its inception is an anti-feminist genre. By focusing on representations of women professionals in Westerns, it shows that women in cinematic and televisual Westerns sometimes do acquire agency and empowerment in the private and public realms, despite our culture’s tendency to gender the former as feminine and the latter as solely masculine. The study reviews the relationship of these progressive Westerns to both explicit and latent feminist ideologies relevant to their times, as the films evolved from the 1930s to the twenty-first century.
Thelma Louise 1990 Western Myth With Gender Change
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Author : Sebastian Hoos
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2005-02-28
Thelma Louise 1990 Western Myth With Gender Change written by Sebastian Hoos and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-02-28 with Literary Collections categories.
Seminar paper from the year 1995 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1, University of Tubingen (Department of American Studies, Faculty of English Philology), course: Hauptseminar "American West ", language: English, abstract: University of Tübingen, Department for American Studies, HS: The American West Western Myth with gender change: Thelma & Louise (1990) von: Sebastian Hoos Abstract The scientific community widely agrees that no region on earth shaped as many contemporary myths as the American West. The number of definitions of what is meant by „the West“ is close to the number of references made to it - in numerous fields. Only by looking at individual examples of western myth at work can we find ways to appoach the myth itself and its consequences. In this paper I want to illuminate the intellectual and cultural web that is worked into and created around the Hollywood-made motion picture „Thelma & Louise“. Following a rather broad attempt I want to give a comprehensive overview over all the printed reactions and reviews of this piece of discourse beginning with a few „traditional Westerns“ and a piece of generic criticism by a young female American film critic. Following that, the story of the movie will be recaptured, analyzed, and thereby, finally, interpreted. This paper is a revised and extended version of an earlier one presented to Prof. Jeff Bass at Baylor University, Texas, USA. Thanks to the excellent facilities and up to date media access of Moody Memorial Library on Baylor University campus I am apt to say that all relevant publications about this movie have been elaborated in my work. New insight about the recipience and interpretation of the western myth made me rewrite this paper specifically for a course on the American West. Directory of content p. 3 Introduction p. 4 Chapter I : Recent Western Film Reviews p. 5 Chapter II : Generic Criticism p. 8 Chapter II : The Echo of „Thelma and Louise“ in Contemporary American Press and Film Literature p.13 Chapter III : The Story of „Thelma and Louise“ p.15 Chapter IV : Analysis and Interpretation p.19 Chapter V : Conclusion p.21 Index of Utilized Literature
Women Do Genre In Film And Television
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Author : Mary Harrod
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018
Women Do Genre In Film And Television written by Mary Harrod and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Feminism and mass media categories.
Winner of first Prize in the BAFTSS Best Edited Collection competition, this volume examines how different generations of women work within the genericity of audio-visual storytelling not necessarily to 'undo' or 'subvert' popular formats, but also to draw on their generative force. Recent examples of filmmakers and creative practitioners within and outside Hollywood as well as women working in non-directing authorial roles remind us that women are in various ways authoring commercially and culturally impactful texts across a range of genres. Put simply, this volume asks: what do women who are creatively engaged with audio-visual industries do with genre and what does genre do with them? The contributors to the collection respond to this question from diverse perspectives and with different answers, spanning issues of direction, screenwriting, performance and audience address/reception.
Westerns Women
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Author : Boyd Magers
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2004-07-01
Westerns Women written by Boyd Magers and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-07-01 with Performing Arts categories.
This collection features a diverse mixture of leading ladies of Westerns, along with several who are not quite as well known. Some toiled in B westerns, others worked exclusively at the A level, and a few were relegated to television. Those interviewed are Jane Adams, Julie Adams, Merry Anders, Vivian Austin, Joan Barclay, Patricia Blair, Pamela Blake, Adrian Booth, Genee Boutell, Lois Collier, Mara Corday, Gail Davis, Myrna Dell, Ann Doran, Faith Domergue, Dale Evans, Beatrice Gray, Coleen Gray, Anne Gwynne, Lois Hall, Kay Hughes, Marsha Hunt, Eilene Janssen, Anna Lee, Joan Leslie, Nan Leslie, Kay Linaker, Teala Loring, Lucille Lund, Beth Marion, Donna Martell, Kristine Miller, Peggy Moran, Maureen O'Hara, Debra Paget, Jean Porter, Paula Raymond, Jan Shepard, Marion Shilling, Roberta Shore, Elanor Stewart, Peggy Stewart, Linda Stirling, Gale Storm, Helen Talbot, Audrey Totter, Virginia Vale, Elena Verdugo, Jacqueline White and Gloria Winters. Gwynne, Hall, Storm and Vale provide forewords to the work.
Shooting A Woman Comparative Study Of Gender Roles In American And Italian Western Movies
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Author : Manuela Beyer
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2008-03-19
Shooting A Woman Comparative Study Of Gender Roles In American And Italian Western Movies written by Manuela Beyer and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03-19 with Social Science categories.
Master's Thesis from the year 2007 in the subject Sociology - Media, Art, Music, grade: 1, University of Dalarna, language: English, abstract: Sergio Leone, the well known Italian Western director, once criticized the woman’s role in the Hollywood Western as follows: [T]he woman is imposed on the action, as a star, and is generally destined to be ‘had’ by the male lead. But she does not exist as a woman. [...] Usually, the woman not only holds up the story, but she has no real character, no reality. She is a symbol. She is there without any reason to be there, simply because one must have a woman [...]. (Leone quoted in Frayling 2006 : 129) This critique of women in the American Western seems to imply that the Italian Leone himself tried to depict women differently in his Western movies: either to let them completely out or to provide them with a real character, with a reason to be in the film. Is his way of depicting women then prototypical for the other Italian Westerns? Is there maybe even a specific Italian way of representing gender roles in Western movies which is different from that of their American counterparts? In general, Western movies have been harshly criticized for their depiction of women. Many authors have argued that the Western in general is a genre that focuses mainly on men and masculinity and leaves only small space with narrow stereotypes for women (see for example Mitchell 1996, Tompkins 1992, French 1997). The research questions are: 1) Is there a difference in the gender depiction in Spaghetti Westerns and Hollywood Westerns? 2) If there is a difference, what are the reasons for this? To answer these questions, different theories of gender in movies are addressed, in order to give an overview of the approaches towards such a topic. Afterwards, the Hollywood and Spaghetti Western in general, as well as the gender depictions in them will be theorized. As a first approach to explain the expected differences, the focus will be on the (visual) cultures of America and Italy. The last point in the theoretical section will deal with the connection between nation and gender because this may well be a crucial variable for the gender depiction in the different Western genres. In the following methodological section, the film analysis that is used to examine movies of the two genres will be explained.
Transnational Feminism In Film And Media
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Author : K. Marciniak
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2007-12-09
Transnational Feminism In Film And Media written by K. Marciniak and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-09 with Social Science categories.
This collection of interdisciplinary essays examines current cinematic and media landscapes from the perspective of transnational feminist practices and methodologies. Focusing on film, media art, and video essays, the contributors chart innovative strategies for exploring contemporary visual cultures.
The Routledge Companion To Cinema Gender
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Author : Kristin Lené Hole
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-11-10
The Routledge Companion To Cinema Gender written by Kristin Lené Hole and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-10 with Social Science categories.
Comprised of 43 innovative contributions, this companion is both an overview of, and intervention into the field of cinema and gender. The essays included here address a variety of geographical contexts, from an analysis of cinema. Islam and women and television under Eastern European socialism, to female audience reception in Nigeria, to changing class and race norms in Bollywood dance sequences. A special focus is on women directors in a global context that includes films and filmmakers from Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe, North and South America. The collection also offers a solid overview of feminist contributions to thinking on genre from the "chick flick" to the action or Western film, to film noir and the slasher. Readers will find contributions on a variety of approaches to spectatorship, reception studies and fandom, as well as transnational approaches to star studies and essays addressing the relationship between feminist film theory and new media. Other topics include queer and trans* cinema, eco-cinema and the post-human. Finally, readers interested in the history of film will find essays addressing the methodological dimensions of feminist film history, essays on silent and studio era women in film, and histories of female filmmakers in a variety of non-Western contexts.
Hollywood S West
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Author : Peter C. Rollins
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2005-11-11
Hollywood S West written by Peter C. Rollins and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-11-11 with Performing Arts categories.
“An excellent study that should interest film buffs, academics, and non-academics alike” (Journal of the West). Hollywood’s West examines popular perceptions of the frontier as a defining feature of American identity and history. Seventeen essays by prominent film scholars illuminate the allure of life on the edge of civilization and analyze how this region has been represented on big and small screens. Differing characterizations of the frontier in modern popular culture reveal numerous truths about American consciousness and provide insights into many classic Western films and television programs, from RKO’s 1931 classic Cimarron to Turner Network Television’s recent made-for-TV movies. Covering topics such as the portrayal of race, women, myth, and nostalgia, Hollywood’s West makes a significant contribution to the understanding of how Westerns have shaped our nation’s opinions and beliefs—often using the frontier as metaphor for contemporary issues.