The F word: power and gender in 'Thelma and Louise'

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Title: The F word: power and gender in 'Thelma and Louise'
Author(s): Heller-Nicholas, Alexandra
Abstract: As one of the most popular and commercially successful feminist blockbusters of all time, 'Thelma & Louise' (Ridley Scott, 1991) provides a useful starting point from which to reflect on feminism more broadly. For art historian and critic Peggy Phelan, feminism is 'the conviction that gender has been, and continues to be, a fundamental category for the organization of culture. Moreover, the pattern of that organization usually favours men over women.'
Publication type: Journal article
Research centre: Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Life and Social Sciences. The Swinburne Institute for Social Research
Source: Screen Education, no. 66 (Winter 2012), pp. 105-110
Publication year: 2012
FOR Code(s): 1902 Film, Television and Digital Media
Keyword(s): Art; Feminism; Film; Gender; Motion pictures; Power; Thelma and Louise
Publisher: Australian Teachers of Media
ISSN: 1449-857X
Publisher URL: http://www.metromagazine.com.au/screen_ed/
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