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Hare, Sara, and Mariah Benham. "Life According to Popular Children's Films." Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal 8, no. 6 (June 12, 2021): 10–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.14738/assrj.86.10228.

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This content analysis uses data gathered from the 150 top-grossing children’s animated films from 1990 to 2020 (based on North American theater sales) to examine the gender disparities and stereotypes in children’s media. The study shows that female characters are underrepresented in lead roles (14%), main gangs (28.1%), and speaking roles (27.2%). The central female characters are portrayed stereotypically. When female characters appear, they are more likely to be portrayed in a romantic and family relationship than male characters. However, films with a greater percentage of women writers are correlated with more speaking roles for female characters. The impact of media on children’s development is indisputable due to the way technology has become ingrained in day-to-day life. The lack of representation of female characters reinforces the stereotypical portrayals that negatively affect the self-esteem of girls and train boys to expect an androcentric world. The skewed and stereotypical portrayal of female characters fails to accurately represent the diversity of other parts of the world. While many of these films are produced in the West, they are widely distributed and consumed all over the world.

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Susilowati, Rini. "Female character's Struggle Upon Patriarchy Portrayed in Mary E. Wilkins's The Revolt of Mother." Edukasi Lingua Sastra 19, no. 1 (April 28, 2021): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.47637/elsa.v19i1.314.

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Abstract: Short story as one of literary works can be the reflection of human life and also historical background in which human live in certain time and period. The portrayal of the characters in the short story can describe vividly the life of people in the real life in certain period. This article tries to portray how women in America living under the pressure of patriarchy during 1920s and it is described though female character in Mary E Wilkins’s The Revolt of Mother. The struggle of female character in this short story to survive upon the oppression of patriarchy is so touching and inspiring. The author creates such a delicate but tough female character who finally can conquer her husband’s absolute privilege which made her to live with suffering for forty years. The female character’s suffering in this short story is hoped to be our inspiration to give more appreciation for women, and giving them protection from the violence comes from patriarchy. Key words: female character, short story, patriarchy

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Roper, Emily A., and José A. Santiago. "Representation of Athletic Girls on Young Adult Sport Fiction Cover Art." Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal 29, no. 1 (April 1, 2021): 12–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/wspaj.2020-0027.

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The purpose of this study was to examine how and how often athletic girls were represented on the cover art of young adult (YA) sport fiction. In this research, 154 YA sport fiction books were analyzed using quantitative content analysis. Using existing sport research and theory focused on women’s representation in sport media, the researchers developed a coding scheme to assess cover art for each of the following categories: (a) presence and racial representation of female character/s on cover; (b) portrayal of female body on cover (whole body, partial body/with head, or partial body/without head); (c) portrayal of female character as active or passive; (d) portrayal of female character in or out of athletic uniform; (e) portrayal of female character in or out of the sport setting; (f) presence of sport equipment; and (g) type of cover. Findings revealed that 81% of the book covers had a female character in which 29% of the covers displayed the whole body, 47% displayed partial body/with head, and 23% displayed partial body/with no head of the female character. Only 0.06% of the book covers had a female character of color. Approximately 31% of the female characters were displayed in active positioning, 58% in athletic attire, and 44% in the sport setting. Of the books reviewed, 55% displayed equipment on the cover. The findings indicate that athletic girls have few images on YA sport fiction cover art that accurately represent their athleticism, and there is a clear absence of diverse representation. It is critical that those responsible for the design and layout of book covers clearly represent active females in action, in uniform, and in the sport context.

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Ramadhani, Putri. "THE PORTRAYAL OF FEMALE CHARACTER IN “LADY ELEANORE’S MANTLE” BY NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE." Wacana: Jurnal Penelitian Bahasa, Sastra dan Pengajaran 19, no. 1 (June 15, 2021): 6–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.33369/jwacana.v19i1.6577.

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This research concern with the analysis of female character in Lady Eleanore’s Mantle by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The purpose of the research is to describe the female character of Lady Eleanore’s Mantle by Nathaniel Hawthorne short stories by analyzing the main female characters to the development of the plot. This research using two methods, which are qualitative and descriptive. The problem of research is want to desribe the portrayal of female character in Lady Eleanore’s Mantle. The woman is a beautiful, rich, and has high position in her community. Always get more attention and special treatment from other people and make her became to an arrogant girl. At the end, the woman get punishment and died tragically

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Izzuddin, Reza Pahlevi Dalimunthe, and Sulistiyono Susilo. "The Portrayal of Women in Arabic Textbooks for Non-Arabic Speakers." SAGE Open 11, no. 2 (April 2021): 215824402110141. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21582440211014184.

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The portrayal of gender in a textbook is able to influence students’ understanding of the concept of gender equality (GE). The unfair portrayal of women in textbooks will have a negative effect on students’ conceptions of gender. Although some previous studies have found that textbooks portray a fair and constructive picture of women by positioning them on a par with men, other studies have shown that gender inequality still exists in the contents of Arabic textbooks, presenting stereotypical and gender bias. To fill this void, this article uses critical discourse analysis to analyze the content of Arabic textbooks for non-Arabic speakers. It aims at portraying women in Arabic textbooks to non-Arabic speakers. The study findings revealed the tendencies to male firstness by positioning the characters of women being more likely portrayed as subordinates in the Arabic textbooks. In addition, there are imbalances in women portrayal in the visibility, order of mention, and male-to-female ratios in the Arabic textbooks. The results also showed that women in some parts of the Arabic textbooks are also portrayed in a constructive portrayal of having equal rights as men in terms of profession and access to education. This study highlights the importance of the concept of GE in Arabic textbooks to increase social awareness.

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Chin, Ng Bee, and Kate Burridge. "The female radical." Language and Gender in the Australian Context 10 (January 1, 1993): 54–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/aralss.10.04chi.

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Abstract The paper discusses the sexist portrayal of women in Mandarin Chinese. It begins with a study of asymmetries in the lexicon; e.g. naming conventions, address terms, abuse terms, etc. which exemplify the marginalisation of Chinese women. The focus of the paper is on the stereotyped depiction of women in the written script through an analysis of characters with the female radical. Our analyses indicate that 90% of words which co-occur with the female radical are either semantically negative or convey images of women steeped in damaging stereotypes. These sexist portrayals are further reinforced by the pervasive Yin-Yang cosmology, an ideology which has enormous impact on the Chinese way of life. We argue that despite popular belief, the Yin-Yang cosmology actively serves to maintain and fortify the gender imbalance. We also discuss the omission of language and gender issues from the agenda of past and current discourses on language reforms. Finally we advocate that language reform is a crucial impetus to ideological change.

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Jain, Parul. "Deliberative versus nondeliberative evaluation of a minority group after viewing an entertainment portrayal." Group Processes & Intergroup Relations 20, no. 6 (January 27, 2016): 770–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1368430215619492.

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This study tests whether entertainment portrayals of international medical graduate physicians may influence attitudes toward such physicians among television viewers. Given the growing importance of international physicians in U.S. health care delivery, such effects would have the potential to impact significant numbers of patient–physician interactions. From a theoretical and methodological standpoint, this examination extends existing work on entertainment portrayals of often-stigmatized minorities and its impact on minorities for whom stereotypes may be in some respects favorable. An experiment manipulating positive versus negative portrayals of the communicative and professional competence of an Asian Indian female physician on the program ER found that exposure had no effect on conventional, deliberative measures of attitude toward such physicians. However, use of attitude-accessibility measurement suggested that viewers (to the extent that they identified with the narrative character, an Asian Indian physician) who saw the negative portrayal were slower to respond that they liked other Asian Indian female physicians who were presented in photos in a judgment task afterwards—in other words, the negative portrayal inhibited an approach response to other similar physicians. An implication of this finding is that such television portrayals may have the potential to influence affective responses to medical providers from the same demographic as the character portrayed, in ways viewers are likely to be unaware of. Such responses may well influence patient expectations and interactions with such physicians.

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Mishra, Indira Acharya. "Representation of Ethnic Women in Upendra Subba's Lāto Pahāda [Dumb Hill]." SCHOLARS: Journal of Arts & Humanities 3, no. 1 (March 1, 2021): 47–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/sjah.v3i1.35374.

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The article aims to examine the images of ethnic women in Upendra Subba's Lāto Pahāda [Dumb Hill], a collection of short stories. The focus of the article is to analyze the portrayal of female characters in the selected five stories from the collection and to explain how they subvert the image of the ideal woman promoted by mainstream Nepali literature. These stories deal with the issues of Limbu people, an ethnic community residing in the eastern hilly region of Nepal. Through them, Subba raises the issues of ethnicity and representation of marginalized people. He explores the pain, suffering and hardship of these people who have been at the margin of the society. The stories, mostly, focus on men who play the primary roles in them; nonetheless, female characters play an important role to make sense of the lifestyle of the Limbu people. Portrayed in the secondary roles as wife, daughter, and mother to the male characters, they maintain equal relation with their male counterparts. They work with self-determination and do not experience male domination in thei lives. To analyze the issues stated above, this paper draws theoretical ideas from third wave feminism which rejects the universalist claim that all women share a set of common experiences. The third wave feminists deny the concept of universal femininity; they clarify that the forms of oppression can be as varied just as resistance to them can have specific local color. The finding of the article suggests that Subba's female characters are depicted in the ethnic background which is nonhierarchical and believes in gender equality. Their portrayal subverts the image of ideal womanhood created and circulated by mainstream Nepali literature.

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Krisdathanont, Duantem. "Searching for Female Identity in Okamoto Kanoko’s Boshijyojyō." MANUSYA 13, no. 1 (2010): 16–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/26659077-01301002.

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According to feminist critics, the “Images of Women” in literature created by most female writers lack “authenticity” and “real experience.” Susan Koppelman Cornillon, for example, states in “Images of Women in Fiction” (1972) that both male and female authors come in for harsh criticism for their creation of unreal female characters , and female writers are accused of being worse in this respect since they are betraying their own sex (Moi 2002: 42). However, Okamoto Kanoko2 was a feminist writer who shared her real experiences and provided a role model for a positive female identity in the form of main characters who are independent of men. In this study, I analyze , Boshijyojyō 『母子叙情』 (‘The Relationship between Mother and Son’)by Okamoto Kanoko(1937) to find out how her portrayal of the main character incorporates her own experiences describing the melancholy of a mother longing for her son. I also examine the question of whether “authenticity” and a “positive sense of female identity” truly exist in her work or not.

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Dukut, Ekawati Marhaenny, and Nuki Dhamayanti. "CELIE: A PORTRAYAL OF AN AFRO-AMERICAN WOMAN'S REJECTION OF TRADITIONAL VALUES." Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature 2, no. 2 (August 21, 2017): 129. http://dx.doi.org/10.24167/celt.v2i2.760.

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The world of literature can be a medium of expressing the writer's expressions and ideas. Universal topics such as, love, death, and war often become subject mailers in the world of literature. In the novel, of The Color Purple. Alice Walker describes the oppression experienced by Afro American women in the female characters of Celie, Nellie, Shug Avery, Sofia, and Mary Agnes who faced sexual discrimina!ions in a patriarchal society. Womanhood, education, and lesbianism are factors that help the Afro American women to free themselves from traditional values. The Color Purple puts into words the process of its main character, Celie, who tries to reject and escape from the male domination of her world. The other Afro American women characters that help Celie to find her selfidentity represent the manifestation of the rejection of the traditional values. This article. which uses the socio-historical alld feminism approach. is intended to analyse the Afro-American women's rejection of traditional values by focusing on the major character of' Walker's The Color Purple. Celie. as she develops from being a victim of traditional values to the rejoiceful discovery of her selfidentity.

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Grimshaw, Vicki. "The portrayal of female characters in Hellenistic literature." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.396600.

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Bergman, Angelica. "Happily Ever After : A Linguistic Study of the Portrayals of the Female Characters in One Old and One New Disney Film." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för språk (SPR), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-40858.

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This study seeks to answer the following research questions: which stereotypical linguistic profile characteristics and/or typical linguistic profile characteristics, if any, can be found in the old film and the new film respectively? Does the time difference between the films seem to have affected the female characters’ language use, if so in what way? Works by Lakoff (2004), Coates (2004) and Holmes (2013) are used to create a profile for stereotypical female speech and a profile for typical female speech. These profiles are applied to the transcripts of two Disney Princess films; one old film representing the classical Disney Princess films, and one new film representing the modern Disney Princess films. In order to suit this study all non-conversational utterances such as singing, and non-human utterances, are removed from the transcripts. The features are counted and then converted to frequencies of 1 feature per 100 words, in order to account for the differences in amount of words uttered. The results show that stereotypical features as well as typical features are present in both films. However, the old film contains more stereotypical features than typical features, and the new film contains more typical features than stereotypical features. Therefore, it would appear that the old film presents a more stereotypical image of women than the new film. Furthermore, the results indicate that power relations, and not just gender differences, play an important role in both films. The importance of these power relations would benefit from further investigation in future studies.

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Chen, Weijie. "How Female Characters Are Portrayed : An investigation of the use of adjectives and nouns in the fictional novel Pride and Prejudice." Thesis, Högskolan Kristianstad, Sektionen för Lärarutbildning, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-7942.

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Haymond, Cheyenne. "Absent Presence and Representation:How Shakespeare and Webster Portray the Female Character." University of Toledo Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=uthonors1544781137242493.

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Leininger, Melissa. "Portrayal of characters with disabilities in Newbery books /." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2010. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd3202.pdf.

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Leininger, Melissa. "Portrayal of Characters with Disabilities in Newbery Books." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2009. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/1955.

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Newbery books represent quality literature that is likely to be used for bibliotherapy, yet these books have not been systematically evaluated for their portrayal of characters with disabilities. Thirty Newbery Award and Honor books from 1975–2008 were identified that contained 40 characters with disabilities. These books were evaluated using a rating scale that combines literary standards and standards relating to individuals with disabilities. The types of disabilities and personal characteristics such as gender, age, and race were documented and the personal portrayal of characters with disabilities and exemplary practices in these books were evaluated. This information was compared to the current school special education population. The most commonly found disabilities were orthopedic impairment, emotional disturbance, and mental retardation. The majority of characters were portrayed realistically and positively and the personal portrayal and depiction of exemplary practices and social interactions with others has improved over time. When comparing school age characters to students receiving special education services today, though, some discrepancies arise. While the most commonly portrayed disabilities for school-age characters in Newbery books were mental retardation, orthopedic impairment, autism, and multiple disabilities, the most common disabilities of students receiving special education services are specific learning disability, speech or language impairment, mental retardation, and other health impairment. Also, White school-age characters with disabilities were overrepresented while Black characters and Hispanic characters were underrepresented and other ethnicities were not represented at all. This study is relevant to parents, teachers, librarians, and school psychologists who are interested in selecting appropriate books to encourage understanding and acceptance of students with disabilities.

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Pehrson, Casey Lin. "Portrayal of Characters with Disabilities in Newbery Books." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2011. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2821.

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Commonly practiced in school settings, bibliotherapy promotes healing and problem solving. In schools, bibliotherapy should be utilized to educate and empower students and to enhance the classroom experience. In order to achieve this purpose, teachers need a variety of books to specifically target students' unique needs. Award-winning books, such as those receiving the prestigious Newbery Medal, are important resources for teachers. This study examined the portrayal of characters with disabilities in 249 Newbery Medal and Honor books published between 1922 and 1974. From this sample, 20 books featured a combined total of 21 characters with a disability, as defined by the 13 disability categories (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, IDEA). The majority of characters were portrayed with orthopedic impairment (43%; n = 9). Other disabilities represented in this sample of books included visual impairment (19%; n = 4); emotional disturbance (14%; n = 3); mental retardation (9%; n = 2); speech or language impairment (5%; n = 1); multiple disabilities (5%; n = 1); and other health impairment (5%; n = 1). Overall, according to the language and customs of the time period that reflected the settings of the books, characters with disabilities were sensitively portrayed. However, when judged by today's standards, these portrayals were considered insensitive.

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Lauer, Juanne De Wet. "Female role portrayal in South African magazine advertisements." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26361.

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Advertisements reflect the reality in society. Or so they should. As a minimum, advertisements should resonate with the intended target audience. Advertisements targeting female consumers have been accused of continually depicting women in traditionally stereotypical roles, such as the housewife and the sex object. This is contrary to the many important roles women fulfil in reality; business-woman, mother, romantic partner, and socialite, to name but a few. The purpose of this study was to identify the roles that female models portrayed in South African consumer magazine advertisements, and the extent to which these models appeared in these roles. The numerous secondary objectives included, but were not limited to, an investigation into the ethnic representation of female models in South African magazine advertisements, the product and/or service categories advertised using female models, and the illustrative technique and advertising appeals most commonly used. Content analysis was used to analyse and capture data from magazine advertisements featuring one or more female models. Content analysis was seen to be the most appropriate research method for this study based on its applicability as a mass communication research method. A total of 258 full-page and double-page magazine advertisements were sampled from nine consumer magazines published in South Africa in November 2009 and February 2010. The research found that female models were predominantly portrayed as the decorative focal point (32%) in magazine advertisements for personal care products, apparel and accessories. Just over two-thirds of the models used were Caucasian (68%), albeit the magazines sampled targeted African, Caucasian, and to a slightly lesser degree Coloured and Indian readers. In addition, marketers seemed inclined to favour advertisements with photographs of female models (98%), rather than drawings or computer-generated images. Rational advertising appeals were used most often (46%) in the magazine advertisements analysed, followed by combination appeals (27%). Forty-four advertisements (17%) were considered not to have a distinctive appeal. These advertisements would simply illustrate the product or service together with a female model, without evoking feelings or providing any further information about the product or service, other than the brand or company name. Academically, this study adds to the limited knowledge on female role portrayal in South African magazine advertisements. Only two such studies have been completed in South Africa in the past, one in 1991 and the other in 2010. This study makes a unique contribution by investigating the roles in which female models from different ethnic groups are portrayed in South African magazine advertisements. From a practical perspective, the findings illustrate to South African advertisers the limited roles in which they portray women, which is contrary to the numerous roles women fulfil in reality. Female consumers are an important target market to any organisation, thus advertisers need to adapt advertisements to reflect the important and changing roles of women in the South African society. Copyright
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Kirk, Joyce, and n/a. "Portrayal of aged characters in Australian award-winning children's novels 1946-1985." University of Canberra. Library & Information Studies, 1988. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20050711.143505.

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The study investigated the nature of the portrayal of aged characters in children's novels which won Children's Book Council of Australia's awards in the period from 1946 to 1985. By means of content analysis, the demographic, personal and behavioural characteristics of aged characters were identified on a thirty-four item checklist. From these characteristics a portrayal score was derived to represent the extent of variation in the depiction of aged characters in the novels examined. Analysis of variance tests indicated that the level of variation in portrayal scores was significantly related to the position of importance of aged characters in novels. The portrayal of aged characters did not vary according either to the approach to story adopted in Australian award-winning novels, or to the period in which the award was granted. It seems that although aged characters taken as a whole in the novels studied display the variety of characteristics attributed to aged people in the literature of gerontology, individually many of these aged characters are depicted in a somewhat limited way. There is evidence to suggest that aged characters in Australian award-winning children's novels do not adequately reflect the demographic characteristics of aged people in the Australian population. In terms of range of social settings in which they are depicted is restricted. So too, is the range of behaviours in which they engage. This rather limited depiction of aged characters means that readers of Australian award-winning children's novels are presented with a restricted and unrealistic view of the aged and of the condition of being aged. If children's novels serve as one of the socialisation agents for young people, then the limited portrayal of aged characters presented in those novels may be a cause for concern, especially as there are few indications that the depiction of aged characters generally in more recent award-winning novels has become more varied and realistic.

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Shah, Sabina. "The portrayal of the historical Muslim female on screen." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2017. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-portrayal-of-the-historical-muslim-female-on-screen(d6251b5e-5cff-44fb-abf0-48cb964b70ad).html.

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Representations of the Muslim female are value-laden synonymous with the act of veiling. Veiling has fuelled political, social and academic debates and this study contributes to the ongoing conversation alongside identity formation by examining the image of the Muslim female on-screen with due attention given to animation. The image of the Muslim female is drawn in all manner of directions from that of the belly-dancing beauty to the 'bundle in black', the latter often associated with terrorism, particularly post-9/11 and the consequent 'War on Terror'. There is another direction that proffers an idealised image of the good daughter and dutiful wife against that of the fallen woman. Such constructs I argue tend to rid the Muslim female of her agency. This thesis examines how and why various representations of the Muslim female have emerged and changed, whilst some aspects have remained stagnant over time, thus positioning on-screen representations within their historical context. This project goes beyond traditional academic methods of critical analysis in reading film. The hybridised role of the researcher-animator enables the study to offer a critique from that of the spectator, but with the added vantage point of the practitioner with a set focus on the making of meaning. The interdisciplinary approach incorporates film theory, specifically concerned with representations of race and gender. The work of Muslim women scholar-activists informs and inspires the practice in reclaiming the status of the Muslim woman. Their approach lies within three trajectories being gender-sensitive interpretations of the Qur'an, a recovery of Muslim women's history and a critique on representation. Their approaches fall in line with the aim of this project to reclaim the historical Muslim figure on screen, whereas animation provides an attractive yet versatile mode of production to carry out such a task. Key questions guiding this study are: why are current and existing portrayals of the historical Muslim female problematic? Why do these portrayals need to be addressed? Why does an alternative approach to the portrayal of the historical Muslim female need to be devised and put into practice? Finding the answers to these questions lie in the undertaking of the practice. The practice consists of the first two episodes of a five-part series titled 'Sultan Razia', and as the title suggests the animation is based upon a legendary historical Muslim female figure, who ruled the Sultanate of Delhi between 634-638 Hejira/1236-1240CE. This project is an example of how theory works in practice and vice-versa to determine an audio-visual practice that re-inserts the Muslim female into a history that breaks away from established cliches.

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Books on the topic "Portrayal of female characters"

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O'Reilly, Angela. Virginia Woolf: A study of the relationship between style and portrayal of female characters in Mrs Dalloway, To thelighthouse and the Waves. [s.l: The Author], 1991.

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Seminar, Reverting the Gaze: Analysing the Portrayal of Male Characters in the Fiction of Indian Female Novelists (2011 Karim City College) UGC Sponsored National. Proceedings 'n papers of UGC Sponsored National Seminar, Reverting the Gaze: Analysing the Portrayal of Male Characters in the Fiction of Indian Female Novelists, March 30th-31st, 2011. Jamshedpur: Department of English, Karim City College, 2011.

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Portrayal of different characters. Colombo: S. Godage & Brothers, 2014.

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Walker, Deborah Louise. The self portrayal of contemporary female artists. Derby: Derbyshire College of Higher Education, 1990.

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Female characters in Janakiraman's novels. Madras: Pooram Publications, 1985.

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Judith, Pearl, ed. The chosen image: Television's portrayal of Jewish themes and characters. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland, 1999.

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Act of portrayal: Eakins, Sargent, James. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1985.

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Roberts, Katherine J. Fair ladies: Sir Philip Sydney's female characters. New York: P. Lang, 1993.

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Sieber, Anita. Character portrayal in Congreve's comedies The old batchelour, Love for love, and The way of the world. Lewiston: E. Mellen Press, 1996.

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Female characters in modern Assamese drama, 1857-1977. Delhi: B.R. Pub. Corp., 2004.

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Book chapters on the topic "Portrayal of female characters"

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McGirr, Elaine M. "Learned Ladies and Female Wits." In Eighteenth-Century Characters, 119–31. London: Macmillan Education UK, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-06122-5_9.

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Curti, Lidia. "The Empty Place of Melancholia: Female Characters in Hamlet." In Female Stories, Female Bodies, 155–77. London: Macmillan Education UK, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-26207-6_7.

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Thumim, Janet. "The Narrative Resolutions of Female Characters." In Celluloid Sisters, 115–50. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21961-2_6.

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Thumim, Janet. "The Construction and Definition of Female Characters." In Celluloid Sisters, 86–114. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21961-2_5.

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Thomas, P. L. "Afterword: Why are Strong Female Characters not Enough?" In The Politics of Panem, 219–22. Rotterdam: SensePublishers, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-806-0_14.

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Ketz, Victoria L. "Wife, Whore, Witch: The Portrayal of Violence in the Works of Mercè Rodoreda." In Female Exiles in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Europe, 155–80. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230607262_9.

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Jones, Stephanie. "“Simply as an Instrument”: The Female Characters of Christine Brooke-Rose." In British Experimental Women’s Fiction, 1945—1975, 215–34. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72766-6_10.

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Borowska-Szerszun, Sylwia. "Westerosi Queens: Medievalist Portrayal of Female Power and Authority in A Song of Ice and Fire." In Queenship and the Women of Westeros, 53–75. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25041-6_3.

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Turner, Benedick. "Clients Who Disappear and Colleagues Who Cannot Compete: Female Characters in the BBC’s Sherlock." In Sherlock Holmes in Context, 39–60. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55595-3_3.

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Akyana, Seeta Devi. "Portrayal of Female Nurses in Indian Cinema." In Handbook of Research on Social and Cultural Dynamics in Indian Cinema, 127–34. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3511-0.ch011.

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Hollywood and film industries in India continue to portray the character of female nurses, which remains a debatable topic from time to time. When it comes to the portrayal of female nurses in Indian films, it creates a significant amount of discussion. Since the gender issue in India is a unique issue in India, understanding the representation of female nurses in films is of paramount importance. Mostly, the characters of female nurses are represented in a bad light. Sometimes their characters are comically or sexually depicted. Films in India have a more significant influence on society and vice versa. Moreover, the Indian film industry has its own identity. The way the films depict the characters of nurses raises ample issues in the nursing profession as well as in public. Nurses wonder why writers, journalists, producers, directors, etc. do not have an accurate image of the nursing profession. This chapter attempts to understand the characters of female nurses in Indian films.

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Conference papers on the topic "Portrayal of female characters"

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Abdullah, Md Abu Shahid. "“Indeed, the King has a Cunt! What a Wonder!”: Sex, Eroticism and Language in One Thousand and One Nights." In GLOCAL Conference on Asian Linguistic Anthropology 2019. The GLOCAL Unit, SOAS University of London, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.47298/cala2019.1-1.

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One Thousand and One Nights, which can be traced back to as early as the 9th century, is probably the greatest introduction to Arabic culture through literature. This colossal and diverse book has drawn the attention of scholars, researchers and students to classic Arabic literature as well as influenced many prominent authors and filmmakers. It is not just a book of careless and unconnected stories but rather a piece of esteemed literature which has been read and analysed in many countries all over the world. However, it is also true that this book has been criticised for its sexual promiscuity and degraded portrayal of women. The aim of the presentation is to prove that underneath the clumsy and seemingly funny structures of One Thousand and One Nights, there is a description of overflowing sexuality. Through the sexualised or erotic description of female bodies, the book gives agency to women but at the same time depicts them derogatively, and thus fulfils the naked desire of the then patriarchal society. The presentation will highlight how sexual promiscuity or fathomless female sexual craving is portrayed through figurative and grammatical language, which objectifies the female characters but at the same time enables them to be playful with the male characters, and thus motivates them to become more powerful than the males. Finally. the presentation will focus on language or narrative as an act of survival from the perspectives of the female characters, which is most evident in the case of Scheherazade who saved not only her life but also lives of countless maidens by her mesmerizing storytelling talent.

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Ramakrishna, Anil, Victor R. Martínez, Nikolaos Malandrakis, Karan Singla, and Shrikanth Narayanan. "Linguistic analysis of differences in portrayal of movie characters." In Proceedings of the 55th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers). Stroudsburg, PA, USA: Association for Computational Linguistics, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.18653/v1/p17-1153.

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Iswatiningsih, Daroe, Yusri fajar, and Fida Pengesti. "Female Characters in Short Stories Written by Female Prisoners." In International Conference on Community Development (ICCD 2020). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201017.037.

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Lin, Zitong. "Female Characters in the Gangster Films of Martin Scorsese." In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Humanities Science, Management and Education Technology (HSMET 2019). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/hsmet-19.2019.102.

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Nie, Qingjuan. "Ethical Critique of Female Characters in Pierre, Or the Ambiguities." In 2017 International Conference on Economic Development and Education Management (ICEDEM 2017). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/icedem-17.2017.39.

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Xu, Mo. "Analysis on the Influence of Female Characters in Disney Films." In 2021 5th International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2021). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210806.061.

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Zhao, Liying, Qiuyan Wang, and Xin Dang. "Recognition Influence of Different Acousitc Characters between Male and Female Speakers." In the 2018 2nd International Conference. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3297156.3297254.

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Thaler, Anne, Andreas Bieg, Naureen Mahmood, Michael J. Black, Betty J. Mohler, and Nikolaus F. Troje. "Attractiveness and Confidence in Walking Style of Male and Female Virtual Characters." In 2020 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW). IEEE, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/vrw50115.2020.00190.

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Wang, Shuo, Yanhui Cui, and Xiaoyun Liang. "An Analysis of the Characteristics of Female Characters in the Thorn Birds." In Proceedings of the 2018 International Workshop on Education Reform and Social Sciences (ERSS 2018). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/erss-18.2019.77.

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Lin, Wen Yue, Ang Lay Hoon, Mei Yuit Chan, and Shamala Paramasivam. "Gender Representation in Malaysian Mandarin Textbooks." In GLOCAL Conference on Asian Linguistic Anthropology 2020. The GLOCAL Unit, SOAS University of London, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.47298/cala2020.12-3.

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A number of scholars have studied gender representation in textbooks, but only a few studies focus on application of multimodal discourse analysis in exploring gender representation. The present study aims to analyze gender representation in two series of four L2 Mandarin textbooks written for Malaysian learners. The ratio of female and male characters as well as the representation of genders in visual and verbal resources are examined in this study. This study applies quantitative and qualitative method by calculating the frequency and occurrence and analyzing the representation of female and male. A multimodal discourse analysis is carried out, including linguistic and visual analysis, to figure out whether there is gender stereotype by investigating verbal and non-verbal (visual) resources of sampled textbooks. Both the ratio and the depiction of female and male characters are analyzed by using ATLAS.ti software. The findings have revealed that the ratio of female and male characters is generally unbalanced in sampled textbooks. Gender stereotypes exist dominantly in depiction of female and male characters, especially in social settings and domestic settings. The implications of this study are discussed in the context of second language teaching and learning to highlight the awareness of gender representation in L2 Mandarin textbooks.

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