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AnalysisOnFeminisminMovieThelmaandLouise

AnalysisOnFeminisminMovieThelmaandLouise

AnalysisonFeminisminMovie

Thelma&Louise

Chapter1Introduction

Withtheoccurrenceofthesecond-wavefeminismintheWestduring1960s,movieasakindofarthasenteredthefeminists’vision.Through

politicalpracticeandartisticpractice,new-generationofwesternfeministspushedthemoviesonfeminismtothestageofhistory.FortheU.S.filmandtelevisionindustry,theperiodof1960swasaturningpoint,becausemoreandmorefilmsandtelevisionprogramsportrayedagroupoffemalefigureswhosecharacterswereindependent,braveandfortitudinous.

Thelma&LouiseisoneoftypicalmoviesproducedinHollywoodwhichrepresentsfeminismin1990s.Throughanalyzingthismovie,wewillgetafurtherunderstandingofAmericancultureandsociety.

Chapter2ModernFeminismintheWest

IntheUnitedStates,feminismmovementhasneverstopped.Thesuffragettemovement,whichcampaignedforwomen’srightstovote,

happenedintheearlytwentiethcentury.Sincethe1960sthewomen’s

movementhasbeenengagedinasystematicandconstantcritiqueofmediainstitutionsandtheiroutput.

2.1TheoryofFeminism

Feministtheoryistheextensionoffeminismintotheoreticalorphilosophicaldiscourse,whichaimstounderstandthenatureofgenderinequality.Itexamineswomen’ssocialrolesandlivedexperience,andfeministpoliticsinavarietyoffields,suchasanthropologyandsociology,

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psychoanalysis,economics,literarycriticism,andphilosophy.Whilegenerallyprovidingacritiqueofsocialrelations,mostoffeministtheoryalsofocusesonanalyzinggenderinequalityandthepromotionofwomen’srights,interests,

andissues.Themesexploredinfeminismincludearthistoryandcontemporaryart,aesthetics,discrimination,stereotyping,objectification,oppression,andpatriarchy.

2.2DevelopmentofFeminism

FeminismbeganintheeighteencenturytheFrenchRevolution,whichsymbolizesthatwomenandmenwouldbeequaloneday.Thedevelopmentoffeminismmovementcouldbedividedintothreewaves.

First-wavefeminismreferstoanextendedperiodoffeministactivityduringthenineteenthcenturyandearlytwentiethcenturyintheUnitedKingdomandtheUnitedStates.Originallyitfocusedonthepromotionofequalcontractandpropertyrightsforwomenandtheoppositiontochattelmarriageandownershipofmarriedwomenbytheirhusbands.

IntheUnitedStates,first-wavefeminismisconsideredtohaveendedwiththepassageoftheNineteenthAmendmenttotheUnitedStatesConstitution（1919）,grantingwomentherighttovote.LeadersofthefeministmovementcampaignedfortheabolitionofslaveryandTemperancepriortochampioningwomen’srights.Americanfirst-wavefeminisminvolvedawiderangeofwomen,somebelongingtoconservativeChristiangroups.

Second-wavefeminismreferstotheperiodoffeministactivityintheearly1960sandlastingthroughthelate1980s.SecondWavefeminismsawculturalandpoliticalinequalitiesasinextricablylinked.Themovementencouragedwomentounderstandaspectsoftheirpersonallivesasdeeplypoliticized,andreflectiveofasexiststructureofpower.

Thephrase“Women’sLiberation”wasfirstusedintheUnitedStatesin

1964andfirstappearedinprintin1966.By1968,althoughthetermWomen’s

LiberationFrontappearedinthemagazineRamparts,itwasstartingtoreferto

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thewholewomen’smovement.Bra-burningalsobecameassociatedwiththemovement,thoughtheactualprevalenceofbra-burningisdebatable.Oneofthemostvocalcriticsofthewomen’sliberationmovementhasbeenthe

AfricanAmericanfeministandintellectualGloriaJeanWatkins（whousesthepseudonym“bellhooks”）whoarguesthatthismovementglossedoverrace

andclassandthusfailedtoaddress“theissuesthatdividedwomen.”She

highlightedthelackofminorityvoicesinthewomen’smovementinherbook

Feministtheoryfrommargintocenter（1984）.

Third-wavefeminismbeganintheearly1990s,arisingasaresponsetoperceivedfailuresofthesecondwaveandalsoasaresponsetothebacklashagainstinitiativesandmovementscreatedbythesecondwave.

Third-wavefeminismalsocontainsinternaldebatesbetweendifferencefeministssuchasthepsychologistCarolGilligan（whobelievesthatthereareimportantdifferencesbetweenthesexes）andthosewhobelievethattherearenoinherentdifferencesbetweenthesexesandcontendthatgenderrolesareduetosocialconditioning.

Post-feminismdescribesarangeofviewpointsreactingtofeminism.Whilenotbeing“anti-feminist”,post-feministsbelievethatwomenhave

achievedsecondwavegoalswhilebeingcriticalofthirdwavefeministgoals.Thetermwasfirstusedinthe1980stodescribeabacklashagainstsecond-wavefeminism.Itisnowalabelfor