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The Dancer's Paradox: Dance In Egyptian Film, Roberta L. Dougherty
The Dancer's Paradox: Dance In Egyptian Film, Roberta L. Dougherty
Roberta L. Dougherty
Continued Visual Objectification: The Image Of The Fair Sex In Occidental Advertisements, Esmaeil Zeiny
Continued Visual Objectification: The Image Of The Fair Sex In Occidental Advertisements, Esmaeil Zeiny
Esmaeil Zeiny
Portrayals of women in the mass media have always been a source of contention amongst scholars. Right from the emergence of the mass media, women have been stereotypically portrayed as an inferior being whose primary domain was home and who was viewed as a sexual object. In spite of feminists’ efforts to stop women’s denigration in the media over the course of several decades, women are still depicted as weak and sexual object, especially in the advertising industry. The visual objectification of women engenders a distorted view of the place of women in society. This paper examines the images of …
Black Women Filmmakers, Claudia Springer
Review Of Bodies Of Subversion: A Secret History Of Women And Tattoo, Claudia Springer
Review Of Bodies Of Subversion: A Secret History Of Women And Tattoo, Claudia Springer
Claudia Springer
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Reporters, Women, And The Third World In 1980s Film, Claudia Springer
Reporters, Women, And The Third World In 1980s Film, Claudia Springer
Claudia Springer
No abstract provided.
Powerful Veiled Visions In A Neo-Patriarchal Iranian Cinema: A Study Of Tahminemilani’S Fifth Reaction (2003), Esmaeil Zeiny
Powerful Veiled Visions In A Neo-Patriarchal Iranian Cinema: A Study Of Tahminemilani’S Fifth Reaction (2003), Esmaeil Zeiny
Esmaeil Zeiny
Films about ‘women’s issues’ and their importance in Iran have not been paid in-depth attention in scholarly works. These films are labeled as political as they challenge the institutions and values of patriarchy in Iranian society. In recent years, Iranian women filmmakers have produced an impressive body of work and they have won a number of international awards. These filmmakers carved a niche despite all the restrictions imposed by patriarchal strictures. However, these filmmakers are still facing difficulties in making their films as the political fortunes of the conservatives and reformers continue to ebb and flow. TahmineMilani is one of …