Animus, Anima, and Shadow: Gender Role Representation in Fantasy Films of the Third Wave Feminist Era

Research on representation of gender in 20th century media suggests that traditional attitudes towards gender, which call for aggressive, dominant male behavior and passive, submissive female behavior, have been propagated through negative framing of characters who challenge those attitudes. Traditional attitudes have been especially prominent in fantasy tales, though some research suggests that contemporary (third-wave feminist era) fantasy does support alternative views. A quantitative study of fantasy films of the era reveals that characters who challenged tradition were still more likely to be framed negatively than those who did not. Qualitative analysis was then used to determine the reasons for, and the significance of this continued correlation.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Mass Communication

Grantor

University of Houston

Year dc:date.issued

2010

Author dc:creator

• Lopez, Caroline

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Olson, Beth

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Haun, Martha J.
• Verheyen, Claremarie

• Gender
• Gender roles
• Jung
• Feminism
• Fantasy
• Film

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• The author of this work is the copyright owner. UH Libraries and the Texas Digital Library have their permission to store and provide access to this work. Further transmission, reproduction, or presentation of this work is prohibited except with permission of the author(s).

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10657/173

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:uh-ir.tdl.org:10657/173