Titillation, Murder, and Romance: Hollywood’s Objectification of Women College Students
Autor: | Saran Donahoo, Tamara Yakaboski |
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Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Hollywood
Higher education business.industry media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 050801 communication & media studies Gender studies Romance 050106 general psychology & cognitive sciences 0508 media and communications 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Assertiveness Anti-intellectualism Objectification business Psychology media_common |
Zdroj: | Anti-Intellectual Representations of American Colleges and Universities ISBN: 9781137570031 |
Popis: | As women began outnumbering men in college enrollments in the 1970s, a backlash against independent, assertive women appeared in Hollywood’s female-centered college movies. During the 1970s–1980s, Hollywood’s films showed co-eds’ purpose as titillation through nudity, sex, or victimized horror scenes. In more recent decades, college women are seen in faux-feminist roles, prioritizing romance and heterosexual relationships over academics. This chapter examines 23 women-centered college movies from 1970 to 2012 that have both distorted and mirrored women’s experiences and roles in higher education while dismissing their intellectual capabilities. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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