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Feminist Film Theory: The Impact of Female Representation in Modern Movies

Studia Humana
Volume 13 (2024): Issue 4 (August 2024)
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|Jul 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sh-2024-0021 | Journal eISSN: 2299-0518
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Language: English
Page range: 13 - 22
Published on: Jul 29, 2024
Published by: Sciendo
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 times per year
Keywords:
modern women in film,
gender representation,
female roles in cinema,
film industry inequality,
women in filmmaking,
women’s narratives in film,
women’s representation,
gender equality in film
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Political economics,
Political economics, other,
Mathematics,
Logic and set theory,
Philosophy,
Philosophy, other

© 2024 Katarzyna Wilk, published by Sciendo
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