Feminist Theories as "Tools"
I chose to write my final paper on prompt #3: on why feminist film/media studies should be a praxis process. I talked about why feminist theories need to be put into practice making films. I discussed feminist theories if intersectionality, representation, agency, heteronormativity, and gender roles. I discussed how feminist theories were "tools" that could be used to both analyze film/media and make film/media.
I used examples from lots of films including:
Legends of the Fall
Dirty Dancing
The Matrix
Brokeback Mountain
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
The Color Purple
Fire
If These Walls Could Talk
My citations are:
Aufderheide, Pat and Debra Zimmerman. From A to Z: A Conversation on Women’s Filmmaking
McCabe, Janet. Feminist Film Studies: Writing the Woman Into Cinema.
Walker, Janet and Diane Waldman. Feminism and Documentary.