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Emily Friswell
Dissertation Enquiry
5 Books
○ Why? This book outlines Butler’s theories
regarding gender- questioning masculinity /
femininity and gender as a social
performance/construct
● Contemporary Hollywood Masculinities: Gender,
Genre, and Politics by Susanne Kord and Elisabeth
Krimmer (Kord + Krimmer, 2011) [e-book]
○ Why? This book talks about male archetypes and
masculinity in Hollywood films from 1992 to 2008.
● Cracks in the pedestal: Ideology and Gender in
Hollywood by Philip Green (Green, 1998) [e-book]
& why they’re useful ○ Why? This book discusses men’s and women’s
roles in Hollywood
● Feminism and film by E. Ann. Kaplan (Kaplan, 2000)
○ Why? Include Laura Mulvey’s ‘Visual Pleasure and
Narrative Cinema’ which discusses the male gaze.
● Alien Woman: The Making of Lt. Ellen Ripley by
Ximena C. Gallardo and C. Jason Smith (Gallardo and
Smith, 2004) [e-book]
○ Why? Discusses Sigourney Weaver’s character
Ripley as a ‘feminist icon’
3 Journal Articles ● Gender schema theory: A cognitive account
of sex typing. (Bem, 1981)
○ Why? This Journal Article was written by
Sandra Bem for Psychological Review in
1981 and discusses her idea of gender
schema theory
Imperator Furiosa- Female Ripley (Sigourney Weaver)- Eddie Redmayne in The Danish
protagonist in Mad Max: Fury female lead role in Alien Girl
Road
Why? Use as a visual of the character Why? Use as a visual of the character Why? Use as a visual of the character
when talking about Mad Max when talking about Alien when talking about The Danish girl
Bibliography (1)
● Barrett, K. (2017) ‘Mad Max: Fury Road- Challenging narrative and gender representation in the action genre’ In: Media
Education Journal [online] At:
https://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10289/11759/Mad%20Max.pdf?sequence=18&isAllowed=y
(Accessed on 26 January 2019)
● Bem, S. (1981) ‘Gender Schema Theory: A cognitive account of Sex Typing’ In: Psychological Review Vol. 88, No 4,
354-364 [online] At: https://www.ahcafr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/gender_schema_theory.pdf (Accessed on 23
January 2019)
● Butler, J. (2006) Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity. Florence: Routledge.
● Dazed. Freeman, A. (2016) Your Ultimate Guide to Cindy Sherman. At:
http://www.dazeddigital.com/photography/article/32147/1/your-ultimate-guide-to-cindy-sherman (Accessed on 23 January
2019)
● Forbes. Berg, M. (2015) Everything You Need To KNow About The Hollywood Pay Gap At:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2015/11/12/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-hollywood-pay-gap/#2d4fcc3
c5cf1 (Accessed on 23 January 2019)
Bibliography (2)
● Gallardo, X,C and Smith, C,J. (2004) Alien Woman: The Making of Lt. Ellen Ripley [online] At:
https://www-screenstudies-com.ucreative.idm.oclc.org/encyclopedia?docid=b-9781501340598 (Accessed on 26 January 2019)
● Green, P (1998) Cracks in the Pedestal: Ideology and Gender in Hollywood [online] At:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=PpkoNOAPtqYC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false (Accessed on 26 January
2019)
● In search of the ideal male- Made in Hollywood (2014) [television programme online] SkyArts1. At:
https://estream.ucreative.ac.uk/View.aspx?id=11859~5l~EnkSm7Sjrj (Accessed on 23 January 2019)
● Kord, S & Krimmer, E. (2011) Contemporary Hollywood Masculinities: Gender, Genre, and Politics [online] At:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ucreative-ebooks/detail.action?docID=858911# (Accessed on 23 January 2019)
● Mulvey, L. (2000) ‘Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema’ In: Kaplan, E.A. (ed.) Oxford Readings in Feminism Feminism and
Film. New York: Oxford University Press Inc. pp. 34-47.
● Selisker, S. (2015) ‘The Bechdel Test and the Social Form of Character Networks’ In: New Literary History Vol. 46, Iss. 3
[online] At:
https://search-proquest-com.ucreative.idm.oclc.org/docview/1749277112/fulltextPDF/F29E92D7AEA6455APQ/1?accountid=14
178 (Accessed on 23 January 2019)
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