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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"feminist film criticism"”.
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Badnaam Women of Bollywood: The Combative Sexual Politics of Item Songs in India
… Sex avoidance is a common theme in Bollywood films and in the country, where media and people are heavily censored and policed by anti-Romeo squads under the Modi administration. The item girl breaks the sexual tension with a mega hit song and hook step that fuels the economy of dance and …
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The Emergence of the Feminist Fatale in American Film Noir
… the development of the femme fatale into a feminist pop culture icon necessitates establishing her sociopolitical status in the late modern era through her presence in Victorian sensational literature. The femme’s translation from the Victorian context to the American mediascape presages her …
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Femininities Reimagined: Gender Politics in Contemporary British Moving Image Art
This dissertation explores the status of feminist moving image practice within British art institutions in the twenty-first century. Since feminist politics gained momentum and moving image emerged as an artistic medium in 1970s Britain, both the political movement and medium have undergone a …
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Women’s Voices in Lebanese Cinema: Crisis, Patriarchy and Empowerment
… can be traced back to the late 1920s, but women film directors only became fully active from the mid-1970s, coinciding with the eruption of the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990). The war gave rise to a new generation of filmmakers who wanted to document and portray the political and social realities …
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The Many Faces of Mildred: A Detailed Analysis
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