More than meets the eye: reconstructing women in women’s cinema.

• Main Author: Nurul Musfirah Abdul Talib.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Mass media::Broadcasting::Motion pictures and films
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/45863
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The topic of this thesis has emerged out of my general observation of films, which are mostly made to suit the male spectatorial pleasure, and my disappointment at the often tiny representation of women’s significance in films that are independent of its relation to male’s desire. What inspires the...