Change search
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • apa.csl
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf
Från periferi till piedestal
Karlstad University, Faculty of Social and Life Sciences.
2010 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

Abstract

This paper is a study in press reception with the intent to examine how twelve female actionheroes have been portrayed in Swedish media between 1974 – 2006. The purpose is to discern patterns and differences in how the female movie character is received by their contemporary journalists and to relate their views to social and gender related theories.

 The female actionhero is an independent and brutal character, often alone and without a mother or a child. This separates her from typical female roles, which historically been characterized by passivity, fear and dependency on the male characters in the movie.

 The female actionhero as a character opens up for complex reception. One perspective in the research identifies the independent woman as a feministic icon. Other researchers and writers relate her masculine attributes, sexual charisma and the movies' financial driving force as a projection of male fantasies.

 The summarization of the critique expressed by Swedish press journalists based on 124 movie reviews and other film related articles expose noticeable differences. From a girl who stood in the shadow of male heroes to a coarse woman who surpass them. But there are still areas in which 30 years haven’t changed a thing. Critics still fixate on the female heroe's physical appearance and her achievements are with few exceptions compared to men, and not other women. The critic reception also establishes that journalists since 1974 have become less inclined to apply gender or other social theories to the movies and female heroes. A gender related perspective is despite an independent and strong woman in the background for other perspectives while male critics are in comparison to female critics significantly more inclined to apply feministic theories to movies with female actionheroes.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2010. , p. 63
Keywords [sv]
Actionhjälte, kvinnliga actionhjältar, filmhjälte, filmhjältar, hjältar, receptionsforskning, presskritik, filmhistoria, kvinnohistoria
National Category
Studies on Film History Computer and Information Sciences Gender Studies
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-5246OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-5246DiVA, id: diva2:292936
Presentation
(English)
Uppsok

Supervisors
Examiners
Available from: 2010-02-18 Created: 2010-02-10 Last updated: 2018-01-12Bibliographically approved

Open Access in DiVA

fulltext(479 kB)1950 downloads
File information
File name FULLTEXT01.pdfFile size 479 kBChecksum SHA-512
362e14985bae4d68b681b4221ffd81ce5bfebeef3e319686cb52301582727a6797cea20a289ad010a0b90dc91e74b404bd6ab3b8c91029d59d4bf64c90cd4937
Type fulltextMimetype application/pdf

Search in DiVA

By author/editor
Andrésen, Ola
By organisation
Faculty of Social and Life Sciences
Studies on FilmHistoryComputer and Information SciencesGender Studies

Search outside of DiVA

GoogleGoogle Scholar
Total: 1950 downloads
The number of downloads is the sum of all downloads of full texts. It may include eg previous versions that are now no longer available

urn-nbn

Altmetric score

urn-nbn
Total: 1129 hits
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • apa.csl
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf