Film Studies 1020E Study Guide - Jane Fonda, Telefilm Canada, Tax Shelter
10 Jul 2014
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Searching for debra winger (2002: film is told from a female perspective, personal presence is threaded throughout the film. Personal is political when power is based on gender difference the personal life becomes involved. Documentary style: debra has insider access from being an actor herself. Work: for women to be unapologetically passionate about their work for the rest of their lives that feels pretty new. Holly hunter: addresses the issue of it not being possible to be successful actor and mother at the same time. Gender performance: gender is not always constituted coherently or consistently in different historical contexts it becomes impossible to separate out gender" from the political and cultural intersections in which it is invariably produced and maintained. Judith butler (gender trouble: gender is not to culture as sex is to nature gender is culturally constructed; it is neither the casual result of sex, nor as seemingly fixed as sex.
