Feminism in Feminist Counter Cinemas of 1990-2000

Submission Date:
2070/12/11
Submitted to:
Research Committee
Oscar International College (College of Film Studies)
Sukedhara !athmandu
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Introduction
"s the theor( of feminism goes on influencing the feminism 1as di2ided in different 1a2es.
In 1*
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centur( the Second 1a2e feminism 1as introduced 1here the de3ate 1as done to
3roadened cultural ine4ualities gender norms and the role of 1omen in societ(. In the same
(ear another term 5Feminism in Fiction6 1as introduced and the /ortra(al of feminism 1as
3egun in fictional 1orld.
7his research /a/er deals 1ith the feminism in one of the most im/ortant Fictional 1orld i.e.
FI89S. It 1ill tr( to /resent the /osition of 1omen in the films.
7he researcher 1ill take the films 1hich are so called as feminist films 3et1een 1**0 and
2000 such as &li:a3eth (1**+) Raise the red lantern (1**1) "ll a3out m( mother (1***) ;.I
<ane (1**7) and So on. It 1ill stud( a3out the feminist a//roach and the /osition gi2en to the
characters in these films.
Statement of the problem
7he /ro3lem of this research is to find out the reflection of the /osition of 1omen of societ(
in the Fictional Films. 7his /a/er 1ill also tr( to find out the a//lication of feminist theor( in
so called feminist films.
Rationale
7his research /a/er 1ill tr( to find out the difference 3et1een the 1omen=s situation in
Societ( and its im/act on Films 3et1een a3o2e mention /eriod 1hich are /roclaimed as
Feminist Films.
Reasons for selectin the topic for term paper
7he reason for selecting the /articular to/ic is to kno1 the a//lication of Feminist a//roaches
in the Films of the mentioned time frame. It 1ill hel/ to stud( a3out the situation of >omen
in Films.
!b"ecti#es of the term paper
7he 9a?or o3?ecti2e of this term /a/er is to com/lete the "ssignment 3( @ni2ersit(. 7he term
/a/er 1ill also /ro2ide the kno1ledge a3out the Feminist Fictional >orld.
$iterature Re#ie%
7he researcher has referred to the 3ook A7he Cinema )ook= and an essa( ABisual #leasure and
Carrati2e Cinema= (1*7%) 3( 8aura 9ul2e(. 7he 3ook has e'/lained the Feminist Film
7heor( and its a//lication in the narrati2e form of film. 7he researcher 1ill take reference of
article of Feminist >riter as 1ell as film critic &nne'e Smeli'(s AFeminist Film theor(=
1hich is included in the 3ook. 7he reason 3ehind selecting the a3o2e time /eriod is man( of
the acclaimed feminist films 1ere made in the /eriod. 7he research #a/er 1ill include the
Films from different directors as 1ell as different countries.
7he researcher 1ill also make a stud( of the situation of women in this male
dominated society and its reflection in Films. 7his research /a/er 1ill also make a
stud( of the societ( and cultures demonstrated in the a3o2e films. Researcher 1ill tr( to sho1
the Feminist theor( through the 2arious terms of films like Scri/t 1riting Camera angle
editing etc.
)ethodoloy
7he researcher 1ill use the secondar( method to 1rite the final research /a/er. 7he research
1ill 3e done 3( 2isiting 8i3raries surfing on the internet reading the articles and research
/a/er related to the to/ic and 1atching the films.
*erm +aper *ime Frame
7he research 1ill 3e finali:ed 1ithin a time frame 3et1een D months after the /ro/osal
a//ro2al from Research Committee.
It 1ill take researcher 1 1eek to 1atch the films. 7he researcher 1ill take 1 and E months to
read the rele2ant literature thoroughl( and assimilate the data. 7he 1riting /rocess 1ill take
a3out 1 month after going through the rele2ant literature.
,iblioraphy
Films
!a/ur S. (Firector). (1**+). Elizabeth. G9otion #ictureH. @S" @ni2ersal Studio
Iimon J. (Firector). (1**1). Raise the red lantern. G9otion #ictureH. China
"lmondo2ar #.(Firector). (1***). All about my mother. G9otion #ictureH. France &8 F&S&O
S."
Scott R.(Firector). (1**7). G.I Jane. G9otion #ictureH. @S" Car2en #ictures
,oo's
Smelik ". (1**+). And the Mirror Cracked: Feminist Cinema and Film Theory. 8ondon
9acmillian
Smelik ". Feminist Film theor(. In #. Cook K 9. )ernink (&ds.) The Cinema ook!(2
nd
ed. ## D%DLD-2).
Smelik, A. What meets the eye: feminist flm studies. In R. )uikema K ".
Smelik (&ds). "omen#s $tudies and Culture% a &eminist introduction. (## -7L+1) Ce1 Iork
1**%
)eau2oirS.F. (1*,*) The second se'!(translation 3( Constance )orde and Sheila 9alo2an(L
Che2allier) #aris Bintage )ooks
-ebsites
!otso/oulos ". (1**-). Rethinkin( Critical strate(ies in &eminist &ilm theory and criticism.
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Mulvey, L., (1!"#. $isual %leasu&e and 'a&&ative (inema. )et&ived f&om:
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