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Feminist Media Presence In China

Posted on:2014-01-20Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y P ZhongFull Text:PDF
GTID:2248330398454408Subject:Literature and art
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Feminism as a kind of academic trend and research schools cannot be ignored,with its unique gender perspective and the cultural concept, has a significant influenceon Chinese academic circles. Feminist criticism of the gender discrimination in thefield of communication, the media and media content showed women value ofresearch, has formed the subject at the center of the agenda. Feminism, points out thatmass media in women development and had an important effect in social concept ofgender role, prompting media become the gender bias. Western feminism, the mainschool of thought argues that female consciousness is not innate, but by discourse,power construction. And search for its cultural roots, and points out that the mediumvalues of "power-domination" is to interpret and construct by the "discourse".Feminist discourse aims to break through in the field of prejudice, weakening theconstruction and the influence of mass media to women, in order to promote genderequality of the society. Western classical feminist literary criticism is "broken" before"state", in the context of China, the mass media affect how the gender?"Woman is not born, but becomes." In patriarchal society, women is always a"secondary" consciousness of mass media as invisible violence, continuouslystrengthen the patriarchal. Chinese woman should be how to position themselves?Feminism in the context of China as background, choose Chinese women imageanalysis, described the rapidness in society in the process of women facing a dilemma.Based on the female images in the novels to analyze feminist media presence inChina.
Keywords/Search Tags:Feminism, The mass media, Gender, Media present
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