Thursday 18 March 2010

On with the tricky part ...

Over the past few weeks, we've all started to be re-introduced to essays: the reading and writing part of the course more namely known as research and method. Below is listed my chosen three texts I've decided to look at:

'Somatexts at the Disney Shop: Constructing the Pentimentos of Women's Animated Bodies by Elizabeth Bell.' In: From Mouse to Mermaid.

'Putting themselves in the pictures: Images of women in the work of Joanna Quinn, Candy Guard and Alison de Vere by Sandra Law.' In: A Reader in Animation Studies.

' "A Certain Refusal of Difference": Feminism and Film Theory from The Future of an Illusion: Film, Feminism and Psychoanalysis by Constance Penley.' In: The Future of an Illusion: Film, Feminism, and Psychoanalysis.

For this literature review, I have chosen the topic feminism; and within that the representation of women. The first text as listed above explores the theme of how Disney represents women in their films. The second text, deals with the analysis of female animators and their approach to creating an animated film and how, in turn they represent women. My final chosen text looks at how women were represented in early classical film and touches upon how men perceived women, within the field of working in film.

Over the Easter holidays I will be continuing to study around the subject of feminism and the representation of women, to get a greater understanding in that field and apply what I've learnt to produce a film analysis.

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