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A 15 page paper tracing the role of women on screen. The writer describes the history of the portrayal of women from the 1930's to present day and concludes with a look at 'Waiting to Exhale.' Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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and most accessible representations of the past, present and future of our society (Haskell, 1974). Women have been portrayed in movies in a myriad of roles based on stereotypes
and current cultural understanding from the thirties to the present. Often, women are depicted as a duality: destroyer and redeemer, old and evil, and, or, young and innocent.
Many of the more modern pictures have portrayed women in alternative lifestyles, such as single mothers, prostitutes and lesbians - a convention that was heretofore found culturally unacceptable. Women
are often treated with indifference and are presented through voyeuristic adoration. "Popular media images are reflections of a cultures attitudes, beliefs, and standards, as well as projections of
desired realities. Whether accurate descriptions of daily living, or wishful-thinking on the part of film-makers, media tells a story that is eagerly received by consumers. To the extent
that consumers digest such material as truth, rather than fiction, the depictions laid forth by the media can be influential in the propagation and maintenance of stereotypes" (Bazzini et al,
1997, pp. 531). The roles that are portrayed most commonly for women in films include mother, nurturer, caregiver, career woman, teacher, whore (or promiscuity) and community activist. Through
time the roles that are culturally defined and accepted change and the roles that women play in films generally reflect these changes. Gender Roles "Gender role
expectations are learned through a myriad of venues, including family, friends, society, and the media. In the media in particular, television programming, music, and movie industries contribute to this
socialization process. Societal members are covertly and overtly conditioned to adopt social constructions of gender role expectations, "ideal" beauty, and normative behaviors that may otherwise not be learned.
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