A Study of the Image of Women in Film Themes from a Feminist Perspective
Abstract
Film, as an essential mass media resource, has a significant social, political, economic, and cultural impact. This essay will examine the process and reasons for the transformation of female representations on the screen by combining cultural notions and ideals of female roles in Chinese and Western film works. At the same time, it examines the role of film in society from a feminist standpoint. This study investigates the genesis and transition of feminism, as well as the development trend of the female image, through literature research, case analysis, and comparative description. It can be found that China has increasingly acknowledged the influence of Western feminist ideals in the long process of creating the image of women through network resources, historical documents, and other information transmission methods, resulting in a significant change in the image of female characters in Chinese films.
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