Feminism And Narrative

Question 1

Lanser - 1986

‘Towards a feminist narratology

Answer 1

Feminist theory & narrative analysis

Narratologists have based their theories on the study of MENS text

Masculine texts stands for universal texts

The idea that narratives have since a long time ago had masculine overtones, following the narrative of males excluding women

Question 2

Gilbert & Gubar (1979)

Answer 2

Examine the notion that women writers of the nineteenth century were confined in their writing to make their female characterises either embody and ‘ANGLE’ or and ‘MONSTER’

This was because males categories them

Question 3

Symbolic Annihilation - George Gerner (1976)

Answer 3

Term that describes the absence of representation or under representation of women

Feminists believe they present women in a stereotypical way - constantly being domesticated

Question 4

Aundre Lourde

Answer 4

Feminist, activist, poet

She believes that powerful women = dangerous

In media texts, powerful women were seen as dangerous

Question 5

Laura Mulvey 1976

Answer 5

The male gaze - women are designed through the eyes of men, for men

Sexualisation

Are women also controlled as readers/viewers

Question 6

FISKE 1987

Gendered narratives

Answer 6

FISKE assumes that distinctions between ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’ forms can make TV shows ‘gendered’ in terms of their narrative structures

Question 7

Women in Journalism

WIJ

Answer 7

Survey in 2011 of 500 companies worldwide found that women make up only 1/3 of the journalism workforce - international women media foundation

burton (2015) found that women weren’t really assigned to ‘report’ type stories

Newspapers overruled by men

Question 8

Post feminism

Rosamond Gill (2007) gender in the media

Answer 8

Rosamond Gill -

Post feminism

Sexually desired

But sex sells (even tho women don’t want to sell things through their bodies)

Shift from being submissive to desires

‘Increasingly frequent erotic presentation of girls’ has led to female empowerment

Question 9

Judith butler - 1999

Answer 9

Gender trouble - book

She says that women have made a mistake by categorising ‘women’ with common interests and characterises. Because this reinforces binary views of gender - whereas it should be neutral

Question 10

Fourth wave feminism from 2008

Answer 10

‘A movement that is connected through technology’

• plus size models
• reproduction justice
• sex-work acceptance
• transgender
• male feminism

Facebook, twitter, Instagram, YouTube) uplifts gender quality