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1) Shoes is distinguishable as a film directed by a woman because the film was adapted from a book written by Jane Addams. Addams’ book is called “A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil” which consisted of writings about the struggles young woman in the early twentieth century faced when they moved to cities from rural areas. Shoes is based on the story written by Stella Wynne Herron, which is included in Addams’ book. In the 1910s, it was not uncommon for women to arrive in big cities to find work, although many women did find work they still struggled to make ends meet. Perhaps Weber wanted to use Shoes to shed light on the issues young women faced at the time. Moreover, at the time the film industry wanted to continue to attract women to film and what better way to attract women than with a film young woman could relate …show more content…
If a man would have directed this film they may have not captured or understood the struggles young women at the time faced. A man may not have portrayed, Eva, as innocent. Additionally, a man may have not depicted Eva as dejected and upset after she sold herself for her new shoes. Shoes is not only distinguishable as a film directed by a woman based on the story it was adapted from, but also by the way the Weber, portrays Eva. Eva is portrayed by Weber as innocent and naive. The scene for instance, where Eva and her friend are looking at the shoes through the window, her friend notices a man, who exited the store, is staring at Eva. Eva seems not to notice at first, but when she finally realizes the man is staring she gets awkward and self-conscience. Eventually, Eva’s friend goes to visit the man at the Blue Goose, and returns to work the next day with a new watch. Weber depicted that the friend sold herself for a new watch and she seemed proud of it. On the other hand, Weber made sure she portrayed Eva is not falling into the pressure of selling herself, but sadly as much as Eva wanted to resist she unfortunately had no choice, but to give
Slacks and Calluses is a captivating book written from the perspective of two high-school teachers, Constance Bowman and Clara Marie Allen. Their stories are about their life working in a bomber factory in the summer of 1943. The book follows the two women as their lifestyle transitions from wearing heals and dresses to slacks and calluses. The women had to embrace hard working conditions, learn trades, and learn how to operate huge machinery. The women found out quickly this would cause many changes to the social aspect of their life, many of which changed the way women were viewed among the country. Patriotism and a chance to widen their opportunities is what fueled the women to take on these circumstances. This would forever change the beliefs of the workplace and views on women.
First off, in Carol Clover’s novel “Men Women and Chainsaws” the narrative is focusing on how women overcome their challenges throughout varies films. Clover focuses
In 1898, the Treaty of Paris was signed to end the Spanish-American War. This resulted in Spain losing Guam, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Philippines Islands, etc. There was a lot of discrimination as to if imperialism was okay and moral. Jane Addams was an anti-imperialist who believed in peace and hated war. Despite many people approving of imperialism, some went against it and changed the minds of many.
Jane Addams and Hull House Born in Cederville, Illinois, on September 6, 1860, Jane Addams founded the world famous social settlement of Hull House. From Hull House, where she lived and worked from it’s start in 1889 to her death in 1935, Jane Addams built her reputation as the country’s most prominent woman through her writings, settlement work and international efforts for world peace. In 1931, she became the first woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Addams, whose father was an Illinois state senator and friend of Abraham Lincoln, graduated in 1881 from Rockford College (then called Rockford Women’s Seminary). She returned the following year to receive one of the school’s first bachelor’s degrees.
Led by Laura Mulvey, feminist film critics have discussed the difficulty presented to female spectators by the controlling male gaze and narrative generally found in mainstream film, creating for female spectators a position that forces them into limited choices: "bisexual" identification with active male characters; identification with the passive, often victimized, female characters; or on occasion, identification with a "masculinized" active female character, who is generally punished for her unhealthy behavior. Before discussing recent improvements, it is important to note that a group of Classic Hollywood films regularly offered female spectators positive, female characters who were active in controlling narrative, gazing and desiring: the screwball comedy.
Jane Addams was a Victorian woman born into a male-dominated society on September 6, 1860 in Cedarville, Illinois. Her father was a wealthy landowner and an Illinois senator who did not object to his daughter’s choice to further her education, but who wanted her to have a traditional life. For years after his death, Addams tried to reconcile the family role she was expected to play with her need to achieve personal fulfillment.
Jane Addams and her colleague, Ellen Gates Starr, founded the most successful settlement house in the United States otherwise known as the Hull-House (“Settlement” 1). It was located in a city overrun by poverty, filth and gangsters, and it could not have come at a better time (Lundblad 663). The main purpose of settlement houses was to ease the transition into the American culture and labor force, and The Hull-House offered its residents an opportunity to help the community, was a safe haven for the city, and led the way through social reform for women and children.
The Depression Era was chaotic and detrimental to most Americans, but it was also a time of growth in some ways. Women playing major roles in movies during this time period was becoming more and more common. Women were viewed in many different ways though. In “Room Service”, women were viewed as hard-working, influential individuals, but they were also very invested and dependent on love. In “The Public Enemy”, women were viewed as something that could be thrown away when they were of no more use, and finally in “Gold Diggers of 1937”, women were viewed as sneaky, smart people who would to whatever they had to do to accomplish their goals. These conflicting views of women show depth and diversity in a dark, dreary time period.
The contrast between how She sees herself and how the rest of the world sees Her can create extreme emotional strain; add on the fact that She hails from the early 1900s and it becomes evident that, though her mental construct is not necessarily prepared to understand the full breach against Her, She is still capable of some iota of realization. The discrimination encountered by a female during this time period is great and unceasing.
Philippa Foot starts her piece with a description of hypothetical imperatives, presumably in order to contrast them with categorical imperatives. She uses the classic Kantian description that a hypothetical imperative is a means to an end, not an end in itself. So the “ought” of a hypothetical imperative says that we ought to do something only because we want something else. Categorical imperatives, on the other hand, ought to be followed as an end in themselves and have a special rational authority — a “special dignity” (160). Foot wants to know why that could be. She wants to know what aspect of categorical imperatives gives them their special importance. In this pieces, she explores two common explanations,
The late 19th century was a time where cities in the United States experienced dramatic growth. The increase in population during this time was a result of the expanding commercial aspects. Migrant immigrants from various parts of the world accounted for an additional 15 million civilians among townships, cities and bureaus in the United States. Industrial America, as this time period is often referred to, was owed the radical change of the nation. The mass influx of people had their demands, which helped the boom of music, technology, and motor vehicles. With all the advancements occurring so rapidly in The States, important issues still lingered and were addressed throughout the lifetime of a woman named Jane Addams. Throughout this paper
In the beginning of the movie, The Diary of a Mad Black Women, Helen’s physical appearance is presented as how a wealthy person would dress. She dresses very elegant like as if she were a lawyer. She wears suits, dresses, skirts, and tops tailored to fit her slim body. She doesn’t wear tennis shoes or sandals, she wears heels. When Charles kicks her out of their home and as the movie continues, Helen begins to dress more like a middle class person. She wears more of a Sunday’s best attire; more colorful, comfortable and happy. She wears Summer cloths and now her shoes have transformed from heels to sandals.
Numerous of individuals have played an important part in the social work field. However, Jane Addams is an important historical figure in the Social Work field. Jane Addams accomplished many things and it is dynamic to appreciate her life contained by the perspective of society. “Social Work profession is a legacy of Jane Addams” (Johnson, 2005, p. 319). To understand how Jane Addams played important part a person must understand her background. Many individuals do not know who Jane Addams is coming into Sociology or Social Work. Jane Addams was born in Cedarville, Illinois on September 6, 1680 (Jane Addams Hull House Museum, 2009). Social work is more than adoption, or child protection service, child support. It is about changing lives and giving your client support and the appropriate resources not limiting their options. The backgrounds of social work are traced to Jane Addams (Johnson, 2004).
By dissecting the film, the director, Jennie Livingston's methodology and the audience's perceived response I believe we can easily ignore a different and more positive way of understanding the film despite the many flaws easy for feminist minds to criticize. This is in no way saying that these critiques are not valid, or that it is not beneficial to look at works of any form through the many and various feminist lenses.
Noted in Yvonne Tasker’s Working Girls: Gender and Sexuality in Popular Cinema, Goldie Hawn says this about women's role in the film business “There are only thee ages for women in Hollywood: Babe, District Attorney and Driving Miss Daisy” (1998, p. 3). While Haw...