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Chapter1Introduction
Withtheoccurrenceofthesecond-wavefeminismintheWestduring1960s,movieasakindofarthasenteredthefeminists’vision.Through
politicalpracticeandartisticpractice,new-generationofwesternfeministspushedthemoviesonfeminismtothestageofhistory.FortheU.S.filmandtelevisionindustry,theperiodof1960swasaturningpoint,becausemoreandmorefilmsandtelevisionprogramsportrayedagroupoffemalefigureswhosecharacterswereindependent,braveandfortitudinous.
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