Essay on Gender in The Crime Drama Fiction Genre

The improvement of the technology has led to the rate at which the exchange of information take place in very high rate and with it comes a high rate of cultural exchange. Moreover, this high-speed exchange of content, the market for media based content has also broadened (DeRosa, 2013). It has now become far much easier for people in a particular region to be exposed to new cultural experiences particularly through the media of film. Besides, the improvement of the technology in mass media, the consumers have also had an added advantage in the form of increased power of choice and are no longer confined to local content. This is an eventuality that has seen people exposed to other cultures, and this has been the basis for the new norm called cultural globalization (Yong Jin, 2012). However, with every positive gain, there are usually some element of drawbacks, and the situation with the improvement of media coverage through the improvement of technology has not been in any way different. The pointing case has been in the form of the element of domination of some industries by other better-performing media industries. This is particularly the case when foreign media can deliver better content than the local media. If this is the case, an eventuality of dominance by the foreign content becomes the norm, and if the local players do not realign accordingly, people continue to consume the better content regardless of its source. This has been the situation in the

Sociological ideas can be seen in multiple aspects in today’s society. In modern day TV shows and movies, societal norms and the ideas of traditional values are challenged, creating drama and action. Ideas such as societal norms, values, and cultural diversity are heavily implemented in media apps such as Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Video, and YouTube, HBO, and even average television. One show in particular caught the eye of many people, because of its unique interaction between characters, and the constant breaking of universal morals.

Among the common peculiarities of film noir, the distinct division between the male characters and the different representations of women reinforce notions of masculinity and gender roles. Furthermore, in the 1940’s film noir was Hollywood’s way to illustrate a world in where pessimism and suspicion dictated people’s lives. Mostly presented as detectives or a lone wolf, the men are portrayed as cold-hearted, disconnected, and cynical to show their hopelessness and disillusionment of the society they lived in. Along this depiction, multiple women are placed into different roles, to either play the seductress and/or a menace to the male protagonist. In the The Maltese Falcon film noir, the male protagonist is characterized as a typical male

As one of the most famous hard-boiled crime fictions, The Long Goodbye enjoys its reputation not only for the story itself, but also for its delicate social criticism. In fact, this novel is representative of how female characters are formed in the noir world. There are basically three main female characters in the book: the victim Sylvia Lennox, her sister Linda Loring, and the criminal (or villain) Eileen Wade. These characters show the typical roles that women play in the noir world – women can be very emotional, and thus commit crimes. Compared with men, who may get involved with crime for money, revenge and other issues, women seem to have more emotional desires, which in most cases involve love. In The Long Goodbye, Eileen, the representative of “Blonde,” somehow also portrays the “femme fatale” image that would often appear in noir fiction, while Linda Loring, who is pure and innocent and who falls in

Stereotypes can hinder the way we look at overall social experience of watching a film, and stereotypes of these ethnic groups, or races can affect the way we look at stereotypes within the commercial world. The overall main idea in this article, lies within the concept of, the way we are impacted as a society due to television and stereotypes. And it is up to us to associate with the culture and realize the differences of race, and ethnic groups of people around the world.

In history women and girls’ experiences as offenders and victims have been left out of criminal studies. According to Joanne Belknap, Author of The Invisible Women: Gender, Crime and Justice, many theories before the 21st century state that women offenders are only deviant in criminal behavior due to a result of biological forces. Stereotypical theories such as Anatomy as Destiny (Sigmund Freud), The Unadjusted Girl (Thomas), Behind the Mask (Pollack), are all early 1800 stereotypical male chauvinist theories to explain why women become deviant. Throughout history it is well known that the culture of women and the feminist movement had begun essentially in the late 1800s. Even until today, somehow the study of women offenders and equal treatment still is lacking. In the 1800s, society viewed women as more stricken, to act ladies and always protect their Chasity. While this view was widespread, there were women in the 1800s who acted quite opposite and decided to live a life of deviant behavior and criminality. The duo Cattle Annie and Little Britches are the definitive illustration to platform women criminality in the 1800s. Deemed as the youngest outlaws in American history, Cattle Annie and Little Britches make history after turning their innocent teenage years into an outlaw infatuation. In this paper we will review how that infatuation led them to join outlaw gangs, becoming career criminals, and eventually being jailed for their offences and how it relates to

Throughout history there has been a traditional trend of men being serial killers. Women in comparison aren’t usually the sex that is thought of when thinking of serial killers, this does not mean that women cant be serial killers but it means that there is a less number of women serial killers compared to men in the world. Both men and women can be serial killers but often the way they carry out their task is different and why they do it is also different altogether. Women serial killers are also thought to be less violent in comparison to their male counterparts. This does not mean that they can not be as dangerous as men in fact women often kill people they know in order to gain something of worth from it.

Every television show falls into one genre or another. Whether its an Action, Comedy, Drama, Adventure show, they all fall into the category of different types of television genres. The concept of a genre can be used in “rhetoric, literary theory, media theory and more recently linguistics, to refer to a distinctive type of ‘text’” (Chandler, 1). Thus, every aspect of television exhibits a reliance on genre in which becomes a principal factor of framing texts which support comprehension. Throughout this essay, I will focus specifically on the genre of Teen TV Drama using the television show Degrassi: The Next Generation, and comparing it to two other programs such as Saved by the Bell and Beverly Hills of 90210. Through this notion, we

The producers will develop a test and the audience will tell the producers whether it is something they want to see or they are not going to see. This can affect the next text to be produced in an attempt to conform to the audience demands. Looking at the development of different types of genres and the development of films within the same genre, it’s possible to look at similarities and differences and identify changes in society and audience ideologies and tastes.

In our society, there are many forms of mediated texts ranging from newspapers and magazines to films and television shows. Each of these media forms can be seen from different theoretical perspectives and analyzed to understand the different concepts that may influence them. Television shows are one of the most popular media texts with approximately 400 new shows airing each year (Ryan, 2016). However, it is often very unlikely for these television shows to strive as 65% are cancelled after their first season (Ocasio, 2012). This then, brings Marxist scholars into the picture as they are interested in how economic factors affect the production and distribution of media content (Mack & Ott, 2016). The Marxist theoretical perspective allows Marxist scholars to study television shows in order to understand why they were cancelled and how certain roles in the media lead to this.

Throughout motion picture history, women have experienced more transition in their roles, as a result of changing societal norms, than any other class. At first, both society and the movie industry preached that women should be dependent on men and remain in the home, in order to guarantee stability in the community and the family. As time passed and attitudes changed, women were beginning to be depicted as strong willed, independent minded characters, who were eager to break away from convention. The genre of the crime film represents such a change in the roles handed to women. Two films that can be contrasted, in order to support this view, are: The Public Enemy by William Wellman (1931) and Bonnie

The presentation on women’s education, and positions in marriages cleared up many of my issues with the novel, “Crime and Punishment,” by Feodor Dostoevsky. Raskolnikov’s sister concerned me the most, because she basically gave up all her freedom, to marry a wealthy man. The reason she did this was so that her brother could have a better future, and to keep her family name alive. I thought this was weird, but according to the presentation, marriage was a career goal for women. This explains why she was so eager to give up her freedom for this man. To me, it didn’t even seem like she actually loves him. In fact, he sounds super suspicious, yet she married him anyways. I feel like this shows how women in Russia were willing to do whatever it

What is a TV format? As Professor Jean Chalaby mentioned in his book that there are arguments about how to define TV format because it is a very complicated commodity. However, TV format can be defined in four dimensions, which including TV format as a licensed remake; TV format as a recipe; TV format as a proof of concept and as a method of production. (Chalaby, 2015) Based on the definition, this essay will analyse The Real Housewives as a TV format, with a special focus on one of the series The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

The term “Quality Television” is in itself both a colloquialism, and an academic critical lens. While in the everyday vernacular to friends and colleagues, we may use the term Quality Television, at that time we may only be expressing our opinion. Quality Television by an academic standard is used to describe TV that has a high production value and cinematic feel, a detailed and serialized plot, complex characters, sex and

It was said that American TV drama Desperate Housewives and other shows allowed Channel 4 to hold on to both advertisers and audiences due to high profits (after tax of £48.5 million, an increase of nine per cent). Therefore, the case study of Channel 4 and Desperate Housewives is the demonstration of whether American programmes on British screens are the process of cultural interaction. Desperate Housewives was screened on Channel 4’s E4. “E” stands for entertainment, up to ahead of one week before other Channel 4 broadcasts. As a youth-focused channel, Channel 4 is mainly aimed at the 15–35-year-old youth demographic and has a history of broadcasting popular American comedy programme such as Desperate Housewives (ABC, USA, 2004-2012), How I Met Your Mother (20th Television, 2005-2014), Ugly Betty (ABC, USA, 2006-2010) and Friends (Warner Bros. Television, 1994-2004).