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Teen Characters: Nerd
Seek Transformation
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Teen Characters: Delinquent
Express Anger
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Teen Characters: Rebel
Resist Conformity
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Teen Characters: Popular
Seek Notoriety
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Teen Characters: Athletes
Show Sensitivity
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Male Gaze:
- 1. Camera is male eye.
- 2. Male desire is in control.
- 3. Female is objectified, especially body parts (abs, breast, butt)
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The Phallic Women: (Ig Betty Page and Col. Klebb)
- 1. The Phallic Symbol (penis like)
- 2. Possesses male characteristic
- 3. Threatens male power
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How is Col. Klebb a Phallic Women?
- 1. The Phallic Symbol: riding crop, brass knuckles, in control.
- 2. Possesses male characteristic: military uniform, hits on women, not pretty
- 3. Threatens male power: high rank(col.), brass knuckles, has power.
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The Female Gaze:
- 1. Females posses the gaze (do the looking)
- 2. Women enjoy/control their own bodies &/or sexuality
- 3. Bodies are not just for looks (emphasize maternal function, strength, and power)
- * Is not sexual
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How is the Famle Gaze Displayed in "Real Women Have Curves"?
- 1. Females possess the gaze: Anna looks at herself in the miror after showering. When Anna make Jimmy look at her before sex.
- 2. Women enjoy their bodies: factory scene- sharing stories, buying and using condoms, Anna calls Jimmy out for looking at her breasts, turning on lights during sex, verbal about losing virginity.
- 3. Bodies are not just for looks: C-section scar- a maternal function
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How does Anna represent a Hybrid od Cultural Identity?
Shes bilingual, color- Latina, embraces body, first in family to attend college, old world/new world
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Feminisim is...
The belief in the social political and economic equality of the sexes.
The movement organized around this belief..
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Romantic Comedies Contain:
- countership, coupling, falling in love.
- response to ideas about sexuality and gender
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Fast Talking Dames:
- 1. Intelligent (often a proffessional or career woman- iintelligense)
- 2. Pretty, sexy
- 3. Fast talkers- quick witted, has good communication
- 4. In control of sexuality("loose" according to the 30's/40's morals)
- 5. Physically agile(slapstick- often used to diffuse sexual tension in films of this time)
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Romantic Comedy Conventions: Henderson
- Conflicted desire- "I love him but I hate him"
- Romantic awkwardness- a failed kiss
- Internal & external barriers bloking the path to true love- Religious views, race, family
- A marked contrast in persona and sensibility- love makes/drives you crazy
- Happy ending- and they lived happily ever after
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Sexuality is...
who one is sexually attracted to (bi-, homo, hetero)
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Gender Identity is...
whether one considers oneself male, female, or a mixture (transgender and transsexual)
there is a spectrum of gender expressions between masculine and feminine
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The Bechdel Test
- Must contain:
- - 2 named women
- - the women have to talk to each other
- - the women have to talk about something non-male related
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The term Male Power:
can be best defined as historical, political, legal, ecomonic, cultural, and social forces that enable some men to exercise power over others.
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Male Gaze vs. Femal Gaze
In the MALE GAZE, the female body is objectified, whereas the FEMALE GAZE emphasizes maternal function, strength, and power of the female body.
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"[...]" tend to ignore, when they do not openly mock traditional notions of respectable femininity." - DiBattista
The Fast Talking Dames
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Anna's mother showing her c-section scar in "Real Women Have Curves"
Female Gaze
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Amanda (Katherine Hepburn) in "Adam's Rib"
The Fast Talking Dame
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Cheerleaders jumping/cheering in "But I'm a Cheerleader"
Male Gaze
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Colonel Klebb in "From Russia With Love"
The Phallic Woman
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Brian Johnson in "Breakfast Club"
The Nerd
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Nancy Callahan (Jessica Alba) dancing in "Sin City" clip
Male Gaze
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Megan's conflicted desire in "But I'm a Cheerleader"
Convention of Romantic Comedy
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Claire in "Breakfast Club"
The popular student
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