Representation

Saw ◽  
2011 ◽  
pp. 49-60
Author(s):  
Benjamin Poole
Keyword(s):  
Sharp Contrast ◽  
Female Character ◽  
Gender Representation ◽  
Male Victim

This chapter evaluates gender representation in SAW (2004). In the confined male landscape of SAW's world, it is significant that 'the only one who made it' is female; and also perhaps important that she had to conquer another male victim to survive. Significantly, no female character dies in SAW, compared to the confirmed five, possibly seven, male deaths: a ratio that is in sharp contrast to typical horror body counts. Meanwhile, the theme of paternity is further investigated in SAW's other male representations, but mainly through Lawrence Gordon. The representation of men in SAW acts as a counterpoint to the representation of Amanda, providing deliberate balance to the film's ideas regarding gender. There is the abiding sense that Gordon is imprisoned for his failure to adequately fulfil the basic responsibilities of the expressly male archetype — the husband and father.

scholarly journals Seen through his eyes: The representation of female characters in Béla Bartok's stage works

New Sound ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 39-54
Author(s):  
Mina Božanić
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Female Character ◽  
Gender Representation ◽  
Female Characters ◽  
Personal View ◽  
Specific Relationship ◽  
Images Of Women

The question of gender representation in Béla Bartok's (1881-1945) stage works is discussed through the prism of cultural studies, with reference to the intellectual, social and political atmosphere in which the composer shaped his ideas. In this sense, it is provocative to question how the stereotyped images of women influenced/merged with Bartok's personal view on women, or is it, maybe, possible that one intimate conception of female characters, reflected the composer's specific relationship toward women? The treatment of the female character will be shown through the analysis of the plot and key scenes in Bartok's stage work.

scholarly journals Gender Representation in English Textbooks: A Study about Public Middle Schools in Punjab

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr.Muhammad Abid Malik ◽  
Dr. Irfan Ahmad Rind ◽  
Abdul Qayyum
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Female Character ◽  
Gender Representation ◽  
Single Female ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
National Education ◽  
Gender Parity ◽  
Curriculum Frameworks ◽  
English Textbooks ◽  
Traditional Roles

This paper investigates gender representation in grade 6, 7 and 8 English textbooks used in public schools in Punjab. For a comprehensive analysis, both textual contents and pictures were analyzed using quantitative and qualitative techniques. The findings show that the female character were under-represented and misrepresented. Not even a single chapter was titled after any female character. Even in the text, they were heavily outnumbered, and generally shown in stereotypical and traditional roles. Shockingly, not even a single female character was portrayed positively. They were mostly shown in a neutral way. The same pattern was observed in the pictures. In spite of the fact that national education policies and curriculum frameworks emphasize heavily on gender parity, the textbooks appear to have failed to incorporate it. This study suggests that textbooks should contain gender parity and represent women in a respectful way so that the students may pick those values and inculcate them.

Review of Diagnosis and Treatment of the Young Male Victim of Sexual Abuse.

1994 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 436-436
Author(s):  
Terri Gullickson ◽  
Pamela Ramser
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Young Male ◽  
Diagnosis And Treatment ◽  
Male Victim

Gender, Representation, Experience: The Case of Village Performers in Java

2008 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 140-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
FELICIA HUGHES-FREELAND
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Gender Representation ◽  
New Order ◽  
Gender Ideologies ◽  
Gender Representations ◽  
Women’S Experiences ◽  
Performance Culture ◽  
Women's Experiences ◽  
Points Of View

This article explores how gender representations are deployed in anthropological analysis with reference to female performers (ledhek) in rural Java during the last decades of Suharto's New Order Indonesia (1966–1998). 1 It shows how the negative ascriptions given to ledheks were consistent with state promulgated gender ideologies in Indonesia, and explores the women's experiences in performances and everyday life. This different standpoint allows us to understand their dancing from the performers’ points of view, rather than from that of official state endorsed ideas of acceptable performance culture.

Mahasweta Devi’s Mother of 1084 as a Journey of an Apolitical Mother

Think India ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-281
Author(s):  
Sadhana Rengaswamy. R ◽  
S. Ambika
Keyword(s):  
Female Character ◽  
Mahasweta Devi ◽  
The Awakening ◽  
The People

Mahasweta Devi is one of the most important writers writing in India today. she stands with few equals among today's Asian writers in the dedication and directness with which she has turned writing into a form of service to the people. Her writing is disturbing because it shows the reader her or his own true face. Her Mother of 1084 analyzes the occurrences of failed Naxalite insurgency in Bengal in the 1970s. It shows the larger problem of the nation’s suppression of any authentic form of subaltern insurgency. It’s a saga of the Naxalite resistance in Bengal through the characters of Sujata and Nandini, her powerful exploration of subjectivity voiced through the female character. It’s a tragedy of an apolitical mother. This paper explores how the Naxalite movement brings two subaltern mothers together instead of their class barriers which in turn lead to the awakening of Sujata.

The Gender Troubles of Feofan Prokopovich

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 198-228
Author(s):  
Gary Marker
Keyword(s):  
Sharp Contrast ◽  
Close Reading ◽  
Dual Codes ◽  
Minimalist Approach ◽  
Holy Women ◽  
Gender Trouble

Abstract This essay constitutes a close reading of the works of Feofan Prokopovich that touch upon gender and womanhood. Interpretively it is informed by Judith Butler’s book Gender Trouble, specifically by her model of gender-as-performance. Prokopovich’s writings conveyed a negative characterization of holy women and Russian women of power, a combination of glaring silences and Scholastic dual codes that in toto denied the association of womanhood with glory or wisdom. In this he stood apart from other East Slavic Orthodox homilists of his day, even though they too invariably associated virtue with masculinity (muzhestvo). For Prokopovich, wisdom, strength, constancy, etc., were innately masculine. Women, by contrast, were weak, inconstant, non-rational, and guided by emotion. His sermons nominally in praise of Catherine I and Anna Ioannovna were suffused with narrative gestures that, to those attuned to the nuances of Scholastic rhetoric, ran entirely counter to their nominal message. Several panegyrics to Anna, for example, made no mention of her at all, a practice in sharp contrast to his sermons to male rulers, which typically placed the honoree firmly in the foreground. Even more startling is his singularly minimalist approach to Mary, for whom he composed almost no sermons and whose presence he barely mentioned in tracts where one would have expected otherwise. This essay concludes that this attitude reflected both his personal preferences and influence that Protestant Pietism had on his thinking.

Gender Impact on the Enterprise Performance

2020 ◽  
pp. 54-62
Author(s):  
Oleksii V. Lyulyov ◽  
Oleksandra I. Karintseva ◽  
Andrii V. Yevdokymov ◽  
Hanna S. Ponomarova ◽  
Oleksandr O. Ivanov
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
Gender Representation ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Enterprise Performance ◽  
World Economic Forum ◽  
Return On Assets ◽  
The World ◽  
World Economic ◽  
The Impact

The article describes the situation of gender equality in Ukraine and in the world during the last 5 years, identifies the leading countries in moving towards gender equality in various fields of life by analyzing the indicators of the Global Gender Gap Report of the World Economic Forum. These indicators include: Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, Political Empowerment, which are the part of a single index that determines the position of countries in the overall ranking. Based on the results of this analysis, Ukraine has improved value of gender equality index, although in the overall ranking of countries Ukraine has lost its position and dropped 11 ranks lower than in 2014. This means that, among all the countries surveyed by the World Economic Forum, there are countries that are moving much faster towards gender equality than Ukraine. In addition, the article includes the investigation of the gender representation among the board members of 5 enterprises of Ukraine for 2014-2017, which represent the leading sectors of the Ukrainian economy. The dynamics of changes in the level of performance of these enterprises using the return on assets (ROA) indicator is analyzed, the relationship between the leadership of the enterprises and the value of the ROA indicator is graphically presented. The obtained results do not give a clear answer about the gender impact on the enterprise performance. The reason for this is a number of factors, such as: insufficient statistical sampling of enterprises; the selected performance indicator of enterprise activities does not fully reflect the impact of the gender factor on enterprise activities; the methodology used in the work needs improvements, or it is necessary to choose a totally new approach to the analysis of the investigated issue under study. Gender representation among board members and its impact on enterprise performance should be investigated further. Key words: gender, gender equality, enterprise board members, return on assets.

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