Carol Clover
In what book did they write about the “final girl”?
Men, Women and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film
List three traits of the “final girl”/three ‘conventions’.
-(Binary opposition) neither weak female or strong male character
-She fights back
-She is conservative/more innocent
Who wrote about existing research on women’s roles in media texts in 1983?
Jeremy Tunstall (The Media in Britain, 1983)
What were the 4 roles mentioned?
-Domestic
-Sexual
-Consumer
-Marital
In 1992 research showed that men dominated women on-screen, but by what ratio?
2:1
What was the only genre in which the ratio of males to females was more equal?
Advertising
Name one of the three problems with the findings?
-Men had the occupations
-Men were shown away from the home
-Men were depicted as authority figures
Why does the reading suggest that Ripley (Alien) is ‘more progressive’ than Lara Croft (TR)?
Lara Croft is sexualised and objectified
What are the 3 ‘C’s when discussing the portrayal of women in some lifestyle magazines?
Cooking, cleaning and caring
Who wrote Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema?
Laura Mulvey (Autumn, 1975)
(Briefly) describe what is meant by the ‘male gaze’
The use of camerawork; angling, point of view shots and framing etc. so that the women are an object of male gaze. The women are depicted as sexual objects.
Which magazine removed the male centrefold in the 1980s and why?
Cosmopolitan – the female audience found it more amusing and humorous than sexy.
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