Dissertations / Theses: 'Portrayal of female characters'

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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
Dissertation (MCom)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
Marketing Management
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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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Magoffin, Dawn Leah. "Stereotyped Seniors: The Portrayal of Older Characters in Teen Movies from 1980-2006." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2007. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd1978.pdf.

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Farfan, Penelope. "Ibsen's female characters and the feminist problematic." Thesis, McGill University, 1988. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=59605.

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This thesis locates Ibsen within the intellectual context pertaining to gender that is provided by such influential nineteenth-century texts as Mill's The Subjection of Women and Bachofen's Das Mutterrecht, both of which seemingly feminist works in actuality foreground women only for their importance in the production of better-quality sons who will ensure the endurance of the patriarchy. The attraction of feminists to the dramas of a playwright who avowedly wrote from this patriarchal standpoint is elucidated by a consideration of the appropriation of the woman-centered texts of patriarchal "feminism" by recent feminists seeking material to reinforce their own movement. The apparently paradoxical project of the analysis of three Ibsen characters, Nora Helmer, Rebekka West and Hedda Gabler, in terms of contemporary feminist literary theory suggests a parallel means of appropriation. These potentially redefined female characters are afforded an added dimension of reality by their embodiment by actresses in stage performances that allows theatre history to be related to real-life history, in which, contemporaneously, nineteenth-century women were beginning to take part.

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Gordon, Anna Margaretha. "A Reassessment of James Joyce's Female Characters." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2008. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd2705.pdf.

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Koch, Kimberly Jean. "Negotiating triple consciousness for August Wilson's female characters." Click here for download, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com.ps2.villanova.edu/pqdweb?did=1934736101&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=3260&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Ashmon, Scott A. "Feminism and the major female characters of Exodus." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.

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Benabou, Jamila. "Female characters in L'enfant endormi and Bonheur d'occasion." Mémoire, Université de Sherbrooke, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/11143/10060.

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The purpose of this thesis is to compare the condition of women in Noufissa Sbai's enfant endormi and Gabrielle Roy's Bonheur d’occasion. Since Noufissa Sbai is Moroccan and Gabrielle Roy is French Canadian, they represent two countries fundamentally different in culture and religion. Morocco is located in the northwest part of Africa, the national language is Arabic and the religion is Islam. Morocco is a monarchy ruled by King Hassan II, descendant of the Alouite dynasty. Québec is one of the ten Canadien provinces constituting Canada, which is a constitutional monarchy. Elizabeth II is Queen of Canada and other countries as such as the United Kingdom and Australia, but the elected prime minister holds all the power. Canada's major and official languages are French and English, which establish the basis of Canadien culture throughout the ten provinces. Apart from the Inuit and Indians, there are many ethnic groups which are minorities. Canada is a relatively new, still-developing country where there is a mixture of many races and different cultures; yet it respects and keeps its national motto alive: Peace, order, and good government. [...]

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Amundsen, Sarah Audine. "Lady Libertines, Female Fops, and Lady Julia Fulbank: Aphra Behn's Extraordinary Female Characters." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2011. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2653.

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Aphra Behn has, throughout her life and subsequent years, been both demonized as a writer of bawdy and licentious plays and poetry as well as being hailed as the forerunner of female writers. She was a woman writing in a man's world, and not only survived the experience, but was exceptionally successful in her efforts. While so little is known about her background, the numerous plays she has left behind demonstrate a skilled author in many forms, as well as a creative and innovative storyteller. This thesis will examine how Behn used the traditional theatrical forms of the time and created dynamic female characters that were quite unique in their own ways. Stock characters were a standard in Restoration comedies, and she used these types to make significantly stronger female characters than those portrayed by her contemporary male playwrights. I will examine and compare her female libertines to the traditional male libertines in the plays The Rover or The Banish't Cavaliers and The Feign'd Curtizans or A Night's Intrigue. Following this, I will describe how her female fop in Sir Patient Fancy is so much superior to the customary male fop. The succeeding chapter will examine Lady Julia Fulbank from The Luckey Chance or An Alderman's Bargain and demonstrates how Behn was able to move outside of the traditional types of characters expected in these plays to create an entirely new character that has no counterpart in any Restoration play. Behn used the forms and tools available to her to create much more independent and dominant female characters than those expected in the genre. She created a voice for women, and the voice strongly declared that women were as capable, if not more so, than men.

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Yantolo-Sotyelelwa, Betty Matase Ngewu L. L. Taleni Yvonne Yoliswa. "The portrayal of characters through dialogue and action in isiXhosa drama : dramatic and cultural perspectives /." Link to the w online version, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/1322.

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Yantolo-Sotyelelwa, Betty Matase. "The portrayal of characters through dialogue and action in isiXhosa drama : dramatic and cultural perspectives." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/3361.

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Thesis (MA (African Languages))--University of Stellenbosch, 2005.
This study aims at highlighting one of the crucial aspects of Xhosa drama: how women have been regarded by a variety of communities as being inferior to men. This stereotype pervades almost all spheres of life. The low status assigned to women find its way into literature as well. Ngewu’s drama “Yeha mfazi obulala indoda” and Taleni’s drama “Nyana nank’uNyoko” has been examined. In most Xhosa literature, women are portrayed as submissive, obedient and minor characters. The advent of Ngewu’s work changed this scenario by portraying women as independent characters. This has led to great conflict with male characteristics and this demonstrates clearly that partriarchal domination is deep rooted in Xhosa culture.

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Bruce, Rebekah May. "Strides Toward Equality: The Portrayal of Black Female Athletes in Children’s Picturebooks." The Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu154351163594203.

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李永成 and Wing-shing Lee. "The tragic images of female characters in Moyan's novels." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2009. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B42904456.

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Danowski, Jesica L. "The Portrayal of Older Characters in Popular Children's Books: A Content Analysis from 2000 to 2010." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2011. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2469.

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While picture books are often viewed as educational resources for young readers, it is crucial to not overlook the images and content this literary medium contains. Research suggests that repetitive messages encompassing a stereotypical nature cultivate lasting impressions on young audiences. One portrayal often associated with negative implications is the depictions of older characters in children's first literature. This investigation analyzed a selection of picture books from the New York Times best sellers list, the Book Sense best sellers list, and the Caldecott award winners for the years 2000–2010. In an attempt to provide a time spectrum communicating the levels of ageism that remain prevalent within the last decade, over 700 illustrated literary works were included in this exploration. Although conclusions supported a continuation of the under-representation of senior adults that is congruent to similar studies, findings suggested a significant improvement in the overall portrayal of older characters in illustrated books. This result communicates an optimistic outlook in continuing the promotion of positive attitudes for children regarding the aging process.

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Reavis, E. "Adolescent Female Identity Development and Its Portrayal in Select Contemporary Young Adult Fiction." Thesis, School of Information and Library Science, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1901/116.

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This study describes a content analysis of six contemporary young adult fiction novels. Adolescence is a time of great change, particularly for girls. It is during this time that female adolescents develop their voice and identity. As literature reflects the reader’s world, it also affects in part how female adolescents perceive their identity. Latent content analysis was used to code eight variables to determine if select contemporary young adult fiction novels appropriately describe the development of identity among adolescent females. All of the novels included in the study provided sufficient evidence of accurate portrayal of female adolescent identity development, by having examples of at least four out of eight variables, with most having examples of seven out of eight variables.

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Desnain, Veronique Anne. "Hidden tragedies : female characters in the plays of Jean Racine." Thesis, University of Bristol, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.266872.

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Gee, Courtney. "Down Syndrome and Self-esteem: the Media's Portrayal of Self-esteem in Characters Who Have Down Syndrome." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2012. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc177198/.

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Representations of people with a developmental disability are virtually not covered in the media. Although there is little coverage of people with developmental disabilities in the media, there are a few entertainment television characters who have Down syndrome and are represented in the media. This study will take a look at the history of how people with disabilities were represented in the media and examine how two television characters with Down syndrome were portrayed on the shows by examining their self-esteem. This study seeks to focus on portrayal of people with Down Syndrome because the physical features that people with Down Syndrome possess are easy to identify. Specifically, the study examines the portrayal of self-esteem in two television characters, Corky Thatcher (Life Goes On) and Becky Faye Jackson (Glee). The researcher will also examine how the portrayal of self-esteem in the two characters is similar or different in people who have Down Syndrome. In the study the researcher found that the representation of the character Corky was different from the character Becky. But both characters tackled issues that affected the Down Syndrome community and it affected their self-esteem. Corky and Becky were different from the interviewees in the way they realized their competencies. Although the interviewees who have Down Syndrome and the television characters used self-evaluation differently to evaluate one's own self-esteem, they all seem to exhibit a positive level of self-esteem.

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Hardy, Alexandra Joy. "The "new phenomenon" an examination of American media portrayal of Muslim female suicide bombers /." Connect to Electronic Thesis (CONTENTdm), 2010. http://worldcat.org/oclc/642701035/viewonline.

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MacRory, Pauline Maeve. "She shoots! She scores! : the musical portrayal of female violence in recent Hollywood film." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 1999. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=21400.

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This thesis examines the importance of the musical score in creating a film's meaning, through an analysis of the musical scores to several recent Hollywood movies. To show how film music is ideologically loaded, this thesis takes the case of the new, ultra-violent film (anti)heroine and demonstrates how the musical score works to explain, excuse or undermine her violence so that she can remain situated within the standard gender codes of Hollywood film. To do this, the theoretical section first discusses issues about the representation of femininity and the pleasures of movie violence, and then continues with a discussion of theories of musical meaning, both within and without film scores. The analysis section examines the scores to several well-known mainstream Hollywood movies, dividing the heroines into either action heroines or fatal femmes, to show firstly how these women potentially transgress gender codes, and how the music is employed - along with other filmic elements - to lessen the threat of the female character's transgression. It examines the presentation of women as mothers, victims, lesbians and jezebels - all of which roles act to frame the active heroine within some acknowledged stereotype. Finally, the thesis addresses the question of how specific this phenomenon is to Hollywood, by examining the scores to a test-case French film and its Hollywood remake. Through the analyses contained within this thesis, I show how violent Hollywood women are still subject to ideologies which position women as passive and specifically as non-violent, and that the musical score is a particularly effective means of neutralising their potential transgression of gender norms.

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Wilén, Rönquist Olof. "The Changing Nature of Female Portrayal : An Analysis of Gender Roles in Fairy Tales." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-37649.

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This essay examines gender normative and patriarchal elements of the popular fairy tale Sleeping Beauty in order to expose how patriarchal ideals are upheld. The reason for this is that children may internalize the values taught in these stories, which may lead to them perpetuating patriarchal ideals and gender normative behavior. The popular version of this fairy tale, made by Disney, follows many of the typical patriarchal ideals with a strong male hero, a wicked female witch and a weak and submissive young female, close to nature. This is contrasted by a modern retelling by Cameron Dokey that is, in many ways, gender subversive and challenges the traditional gender roles and attributes. This essay finds that the version made by Disney is a product of its time, and portrays ideals from that period that could affect children of today into internalizing archaic patriarchal ideals. Dokey’s version is better adapted to the current socio-cultural environment and succeeds in aligning the story with modern values and provides a better option to teach children the actual values and gender roles of our society.
Denna uppsats undersöker könsnormativa och patriarkala element i den populära sagan Törnrosa, för att blottlägga hur patriarkala ideal upprätthålls. Anledningen till detta är att barn kan internalisera de värderingar som lärs ut i dessa sagor, vilket kan leda till att de upprätthåller patriarkala ideal och könsnormativa beteenden. Disneys populära version av sagan följer många av de typiska patriarkala idealen, med en stark manlig hjälte, en ond kvinnlig häxa och en svag och undergiven ung kvinna, som är nära kopplad till naturen. Denna version kontrasteras av en modern återberättelse av sagan skriven av Cameron Dokey som på många sätt utmanar traditionella patriarkala könsnormer och sttribut. Disneys version är en produkt av sin tid, och porträtterar ideal från den tiden som kan påverka dagens barn att internalisera ålderdomliga könsideal. Dokeys version är bättre anpassad till den nuvarande socio-kulturella miljön och lyckas med att justera historian till att bättre passa moderna värderingar, och framstår som ett bättre alternativ för att lära barn vårat samhälles könsroller och värderingar.

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Hardie, Catherine Mary-Claire. "The evolution of female characters in French comic theatre before 1650." Thesis, University of Hull, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.318387.

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岑金倩 and Kam-sin Shum. "A study of female characters in modern Chinese historicaldrama (1911-1949)." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1996. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31214605.

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Wyko, Mary E. "That Besetting Sin: How George Eliot Punishes Her Ambitious Female Characters." Connect to resource online, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1263604143.

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Luttig, Clarien. "Depictions of Queer female characters in contemporary South African documentary film." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13292.

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This dissertation investigates representations of Black South African lesbians in contemporary local documentary films. In order to do so, the author focuses on two films: Breaking out of the Box (dir. Zethu Matebeni and S’bu Kheswa, 2011) and Difficult Love (dir. Zanele Muholi and Peter Goldsmid, 2010). These films are analysed in the light of a number of questions regarding the depiction of Queer Black women, including: the frequency and qualities of such representations, in which kinds of films such identities are represented, which techniques such films utilise, and which themes are addressed. One issue addressed in both films is the matter of so-called “corrective” rape and this dissertation examines the complexity of depicting this specific theme. Because the subject matter is related to a number of distinct yet intersecting subjects, resources from a variety of fields are utilised – including, but not limited to, Queer theory in general and research on Queer Film specifically, documentary film theory, and historical studies of South African cinema. The films are analysed within the context of the socio-political environments in which they were created as well as in relation to theoretical contexts relating to representation in film and other media. Findings indicate that the representation of Black South African lesbians has grown in recent local documentary films. A significant portion of these films utilise personal approaches to documentary filmmaking, which proves particularly suitable for depicting the sensitive and personal nature of the subject matter. The films challenge prevailing beliefs about homosexuality within the African context and defy notions of essentialism in favour of highlighting diversity. Juxtaposed with the growth in documentary film representation, Queer female representation in local fiction film is negligible. Depictions of Queer male identities are comparatively more widespread, yet even these still tend to rely on negative or onedimensional stereotypes. On a more encouraging note, there appears to be an increase in representation of Queer Black South African documentary filmmakers, which constitutes an increase in the variety of voices represented in a previously limited (and limiting) film industry. These filmmakers’ work also opens interesting questions around representation and selfrepresentation.

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Davis, Caroline Suzanne. "Female fantasy, pornography and censorship : a presentation of women's writing to redress the imbalance in phallocentric culture's portrayal of female desire." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/22139.

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The thesis specifically examines the issue of censorship of pornography from a variety of feminist perspectives. It proceeds to offer alternatives to censorship. Literature, specifically women writing, is evaluated as distinct from other forms of pornography. The female voice and the unique nature of women’s relationship to language are explored. Female fantasy, combined with a literary approach to the representation of human sexual relations, is offered up as a way of redressing the phallocentric nature of traditional forms of pornography. The thesis examines the evidence in favour of, and against, censorship. The study approaches the problems and possible repercussions of understanding any form of literature as primarily political and propagandist, and secondarily as art. The evidence presented to suggest the failure of censorship is argued to be incontrovertible. An historical case, that of Radclyffe Hall’s The Well of Loneliness, clearly demonstrates the contradictory and problematic nature of censorship of literature. Various feminist discourses are employed to suggest ways of reading and writing that can more fully unite representation of female desire with the experience of it. A carefully chosen non-literary source (Nancy Friday) is employed to enrich and focus on female fantasy. ‘Artistry’ and ‘erotica’ as distinct from ‘pornography’ are highlighted through analysis of the work of Jeanette Winterson. The thread that connects the Sadeian text with modern attempts at artistic pornographic writing is identified and considered in connection to Angela Carter’s work. The phallocentric nature of language, and obsession with the romance genre is evaluated through readings of Kathy Acker. The freedom of the female writer who engages with the pornographic is recognised as both limited and endless with the insight of Pat Califia. The relationship of ‘female pornography’ - as a distinct and empowering discourse - to the dominant discourse is carefully considered and integrated into the study. The value of language, and literature, is identified in the unique way that it creates a pornographic moment which cannot be located in the same way in non-literary pornography. Language functions as a mode of translating culture and ideology and a key argument of this thesis is that literature is the place where much of this translation takes place. The thesis analyses the approach of specific authors with different concerns and literary backgrounds to demonstrate the way in which literature can reveal possibilities for positive representations of all varieties of human sexuality.

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Ucar, Ozbirinci Purnur G. "Mythmaking In Progress: Plays By Women On Female Writers And Literary Characters." Phd thesis, METU, 2007. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12608981/index.pdf.

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This thesis analyzes the process of women&rsquo
s mythmaking in the plays written by female playwrights. Through writing the lives of female writers and rewriting the literary characters, which have been created by male writers, the women playwrights assume the role of a mythmaker. A mythmaker possesses the power to use the &lsquo
word,&rsquo
thereby possesses the power to control &lsquo
reality.&rsquo
However, for centuries, women have been debarred from generating their own myths, naming their own experiences, and controlling their own &lsquo
realities.&rsquo
Male mythmakers prescribed the roles women were required to perform within the society. Feminist archetypal theorists believe that through a close study of related patterns in women&rsquo
s writing, common grounds, and experiences, the archetypes shared by women will be disclosed. Unveiling these archetypes will eventually lead to the establishment of new myths around these archetypes. As myths are regarded as the source of collective experiences, analyzing how women have rewritten, revised, devised, and originated myths would thus permit women to reclaim the power to name, and hence to influence the so-called reality established by the patriarchy. Hence, this study analyzes the constantly developing process of women&rsquo
s mythmaking/mythbreaking in Liz Lochhead&rsquo
s Blood and Ice, Rose Leiman Goldemberg&rsquo
s Letters Home, Bilgesu Erenus&rsquo
Halide, Timberlake Wertenbaker&rsquo
s The Love of the Nightingale, Bryony Lavery&rsquo
s Ophelia, and Zeynep Avci&rsquo
s Gilgamesh. These playwrights try to depose the stereotypical images attributed to women by male mythmakers.

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Hughes, Carolyn Mary. "The paradoxical taboo : white female characters and interracial relationships in Australian fiction /." St. Lucia, Qld, 2004. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe18008.pdf.

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Henrichon, Stephen E. "Ernest Hemingway’s Mistresses and Wives: Exploring Their Impact on His Female Characters." Scholar Commons, 2010. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3663.

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“Conflicted” succinctly describes Ernest Hemingway. He had a strong desire to make his parents proud of him but this was in constant conflict with his need to tell a story, warts and all. Of particular importance is his relationship with his mother and the crippling effect it has on his relationships with women. Hemingway’s life becomes a series of dysfunctional relationships that fail to meet his needs, leaving him perpetually searching for the right woman. Kert posits that Hemingway’s contempt for women is related to his inability to make the transition from lover to husband, fueled by Hemingway’s belief that his father surrendered his manhood to Grace Hemingway. Ernest, haunted by his parents’ relationship continues to associate negative connotations with the term “husband,” leaving Hemingway in constant fear of becoming his father, poisoning his marriages, and coloring the relationships Hemingway depicts in his short stories. Evident across the arc of Hemingway’s short stories is an evolution in his skill as a writer, but also in the development of his female characters. Over his career, Hemingway develops a female voice that rings true, and he skillfully uses it to portray female characters who are evolving into strong self-reliant women. In these stories, there is a gradual shift in the dynamics of the relationships as Hemingway’s fictional women struggle to climb from under their man’s domination. Yet, these strong self-reliant women are not fully accepted by Hemingway’s male characters, leaving a palpable tension between Hemingway’s fictional men and women. This tension can be attributed to Hemingway’s ongoing love/hate relationship between himself and the self-reliant women in his life. Hemingway never recovers from the emotional damage inflicted by his mother, evident in his personal life and in the dysfunctional relationships in his short stories. He remains vigilant and is concerned that he will end up like his father and be controlled by a domineering bitch. However, Hemingway exerts so much control in his relationships and becomes a version of his mother as he dominates his significant others. In his life, he transitions from an angry resentful child-man to a young husband, a reluctant parent, a ladies’ man, and an adventurer. Likewise, his perception and portrayal of women in his short stories keeps pace with his personal experiences. These female characters sometimes reflect the women in his life and sometimes reflect Hemingway’s insecurities as a man, and often a seamless melding of both.

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Rajkowska, Paulina. "Roles of female video game characters and their impact on gender representation." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Medier och kommunikation, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-225393.

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Due to immense popularity of video games the author investigates the presence of gender portrayal within them. The purpose of this study is to thoroughly analyse a general phenomenon, such as gender, within video games to develop a better understanding of its particularities in this form of media and to expand the general body of knowledge on video games as a research topic. As prior literature shows, gender within video games can be either defined by its biased and sexualized character or by a tendency towards equality and strength for woman. To explain those varied results the author introduces the category of role as an important factor for character representation based on the use of theoretical frameworks of symbolic interactionism, more particularly dramaturgical approach of E. Goffman. She then further proceeds with a qualitative discourse analysis of both protagonist and support characters from 22 different games. The author finds that there is a visible difference within the manners females are presented depending on their role. Lead characters are more likely to be strong, independent and self-sufficient whereas support characters most often require immediate help, are dependent on others and are more likely to be abused. Presented results can account for some of the variety in prior research and they open the field of video game studies to possibly new research topics.

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Carico, Kathleen M. "Responses of four adolescent females to adolescent fiction with strong female characters." Diss., This resource online, 1994. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10022007-144606/.

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Pohlman, Laura E. "Changing Shape: The Evolution of Fat Female Characters in Contemporary American Film." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1459781168.

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Driedger, Benjamin Albert. "The portrayal of the ideal male in selected works of Eugene O'Neill." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of English, c2012, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/3238.

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A woman’s choice between a starry-eyed dreamer and a pragmatic businessman ends in disaster. This situation is a motif in the works of Eugene O’Neill, and examining its occurrences in Beyond the Horizon, The Great God Brown, Strange Interlude and Long Day’s Journey into Night sheds light on the “seeker”(the starry-eyed dreamer)and “provider” (pragmatic businessman) characters in O’Neill’s work as well as his understanding of what women believe is the “Ideal Male.” Through his work, O’Neill questions whether women really want a seeker or a provider and, perhaps, would prefer a father instead. Nietzsche, Laing, Lao Tzu, and Frazer are all used to help ground this study of why exactly O’Neill’s women and men seem to get caught up in this cycle that often leaves both sexes dead or insane.
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Caroline, Jansson, and Sahlin Li. "Fair-skinned and Happy housewives : How women are portrayed in advertisements in Mexican fashion magazines." Thesis, Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation, Högskolan i Jönköping, HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-29494.

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Advertising has a powerful role in today’s society, especially since we are constantly surrounded by it. Advertisement does not only encourage people to make decisions about their purchases but has a big impact on the culture (Lin & Yeh, 2009; Lindner, 2004). Hence, it is a big factor of creating norms and ideas of what is feminine and masculine; thus affecting the perception on gender within societies. Unfortunate is however that to be able to cut through the enormous advertising clutter that people are exposed to daily, advertisers tend to use sexual content and portrayals as tactic, leading to an obscure ideal (Dahl, Segupta & Vohs, 2009; Cortese, 2008; Connell & Pearse, 2015; Butler & Almqvist, 2007). This quantitative and qualitative study examines from a Gender and Feminist theory perspective how women are portrayed sexually and stereotypically in advertisements within Mexican fashion magazines. The advertisements found within the seven biggest fashion magazines in Mexico are being studied both through a quantitative content analyse and qualitative text analyse using a semiotic approach. The result of the study shows that the content of advertisements in Mexican magazines frequently portray females in a sexualised and stereotypical way. Within our qualitative result six different stereotypes could be found. Furthermore, our quantitative result shows that the most commonly portrayed female within the advertisements are White. Henceforth, our result shows that a female ideal where the most crucial attributes are: to be sexy, beautiful, obtain an attractive appearance and to be White.

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Jones, Norma. "Beyond Suzie Wong? An Analysis of Sandra Oh’s Portrayal in Grey’s Anatomy." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2011. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc84229/.

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In my study, I examine if and how Sandra Oh’s portrayal of Dr. Cristina Yang in Grey’s Anatomy, a primetime network drama, reifies or resists U.S. mediated stereotypes of Asian American females. I situate my intercultural study in an interpretive paradigm because I am want to explore how the evolving characteristics of existing the Asian American female mediated stereotype as they influence Asian American female identity. Additionally, I trace the historical development of Asian and Asian American stereotypes yellow peril to the model minority; and from Dragon Lady, Lotus Blossom, Geisha, and Suzie Wong. From my textual analysis, I suggest that when portrayals simultaneously reify and resist characteristics of existing Asian American stereotypes, they may help to breakdown perceived binaries of existing Asian and Asian American stereotypes.

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Nichols, Andrea R. "The Portrayal of Characters Who Are Deaf Or Hard of Hearing in Adolescent Chapter Books Written for Middle School Readers." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1120583301.

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Morley, Jillian. "'More instruments playing together' - George Elliot : language, narrative and the construction and representation of the female experience." Thesis, Queen Mary, University of London, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.244101.

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Petersen, Alice E. H. "Female characters and the concept of entity in Gertrude Stein's plays, 1933-1946." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape9/PQDD_0001/NQ38325.pdf.

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Karamitrou, Ekaterini. "The representation of female characters in the extant plays and fragments of Aeschylus." Thesis, University of Southampton, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.360231.

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Smith, Nola Diane. "Saturday's Women: Female Characters as Angels and Monsters in Saturday's Warrior and Reunion." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 1992. http://patriot.lib.byu.edu/u?/MTNZ,22819.

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Ziegler, Amber M. "Unconventional Women in a Conventional Age: Strong Female Characters in Three Victorian Novels." Connect to resource online, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1242224834.

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Lickfold, Beatriz Oliveira Duarte Novais. "The portrayal of female characters in mainstream animation." Master's thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/19503.

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The present dissertation consists of a historical analysis of mainstream animation movies in addition to television series, and how society helped shape them, how they helped influence its audiences (both positively and negatively), and their evolution. This dissertation will also examine how the female gender has been treated and portrayed throughout the years, exploring its sociological connotations, in the medium of animation. Along with a study on how representation is important to evade any type of out-casting. It will also include a comparative analysis between the researched themes and The All-Nighter (2015), a short film created as the final project of the Masters in Computer Animation’s curriculum.

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Gumede, Henry Sifiso. "The portrayal of female characters in selected Zulu texts." Thesis, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/10381.

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The condition of women in African societies has always been object of intense discussion The present research takes its move from an analysis of four main literary works in Zulu, and a number of supporting texts, to monitor, as it were, the development of attitudes towards women during the second half of the 20th century. Literature is considered, in fact, a mirror of society. Traditional Southern African society is strongly patriarchal and conservative. A woman's role is generally viewed as the life-giver and the nurturer of the new generation of her husband's offspring. She is in charge of the gardens, where she grows the family food, while her husband is busy with his wars, cattle raiding ventures and politics. Patriarchy may reach severe forms of women oppression through the systems of ilobolo (bride-wealth) and of polygamy, but is also expressed by the exclusion of women from the economic, artistic and legal fields. Forms of freedom - of movement, or sexual or economic - allotted to men are never considered for women. Each of the four chosen texts emphasises one or more aspect of women oppression by the male dominated society, as reflected in popular life at the time of writing. So Uvalo Lwezinhlonzi, written in 1956, is a manifesto for freedom in the choice of a life partner, which is generally obstructed by the father's greed for ilobolo cattle and his ambition to be recognized among the notables of the district. Inkinsela YaseMgungundlovu (1961) fights for women's equal rights in the financial field. NguMbuthuma-ke Lowo (1982) is a desperate cry in the face of abuses in polygamous families. And Ikhiwane Elihle (1985) fights aspects of the new morality that accepts sexual freedom for women, since men also claim such freedom. The thesis is topical, and, to render it even more so, it often avails itself of ideas of feminist writers and critics, although such theories have not touched the nerve of the Zulu public as yet.
Thesis (M.A.)-University of Durban-Westville, 2002.

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