The empowerment of the nymphet.

• Main Author: Teow, Amanda Min Xiu.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Mass media::Broadcasting::Motion pictures and films::Film theory and criticism
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/15485
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This essay fleshes out the shifting power relations between the female and the male, in relation to films portraying a female nymphet who is involved in relationships with an older Humbert male. Through this, the stereotypical notion of the male dominant and female subservient will be constantly cha...