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Win It!: An Analysis of Women in Female Homosocial Environments In Athletic Films Item Info
- Title:
- Win It!: An Analysis of Women in Female Homosocial Environments In Athletic Films
- Creator:
- Veach, Madison
- Date Created:
- 2017-05
- Description:
- Introduction: "Sports films depicting women in competitive homosocial environments, such as Bend It Like Beckham by director Gurinder Chadha; Whip It, directed by Drew Barrymore; and Ice Princess directed by Tim Fywell, offer a problematic difference in focus from male athletic films. Unlike their male counterparts, female protagonists face plots with little correlation with the sport i tself; rather, their films focus on the social expectations of traditional feminine behavior, such as lack of control in their athletic and social lives, conformity to traditional feminine identity, and punishment for deviation from being “real” heterosexual women. To further undermine the female athlete, presentations of femininity are often directly correlated to a final victory. . . . "
- Subjects:
- women gender athletics film sexuality Bend it Like Beckham Whip It Ice Princess
- Methods:
- textual analysis
- Language:
- English
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Win It!: An Analysis of Women in Female Homosocial Environments In Athletic Films", English Honors Thesis Repository, Nevada State University
- Reference Link:
- https://nevada-state-english.github.io/nsu-english-thesis/items/ht013.html