Metaphors of "The Female" in Malay movies / Fuziah Kartini Hassan Basri and Faridah Ibrahim

This article discusses metaphors of "the female" in some selected Malay movies of the 1950s and 2000s spurned from two qualitative analyses of gender images in Malay movies. These studies demonstrated that Malay movies have dialogues that are colored by metaphors and that they function to...

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Main Authors:	Hassan Basri, Fuziah Kartini, Ibrahim, Faridah
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Fakulti Seni Persembahan & UPENA 2004
Subjects:	Malaysia Metaphor in motion pictures
Online Access:	http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11586/ http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11586/1/AJ_FUZIAH%20KARTINI%20HASSAN%20BASRI%20JSM%2004%201.pdf

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spelling	uitm-115862016-05-31T09:28:34Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11586/ Metaphors of "The Female" in Malay movies / Fuziah Kartini Hassan Basri and Faridah Ibrahim Hassan Basri, Fuziah Kartini Ibrahim, Faridah Malaysia Metaphor in motion pictures This article discusses metaphors of "the female" in some selected Malay movies of the 1950s and 2000s spurned from two qualitative analyses of gender images in Malay movies. These studies demonstrated that Malay movies have dialogues that are colored by metaphors and that they function to construct certain images about women which are not always positive. At a time when women are contributing much towards society's progress, some of the metaphors are irrelevant; they only perpetuate the ideology of male dominance-female submissiveness. From a communication perspective, the use of these metaphors in a medium deemed so influential to young minds, is culturally detrimental. We need to continuously advocate a change so that we can ultmmtely practise the humanistic view of gender equality in our daily lives. Perhaps this may pjppOigatg male respect for the female, thus help eliminate crime and violence against women. Fakulti Seni Persembahan & UPENA 2004 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11586/1/AJ_FUZIAH%20KARTINI%20HASSAN%20BASRI%20JSM%2004%201.pdf Hassan Basri, Fuziah Kartini and Ibrahim, Faridah (2004) Metaphors of "The Female" in Malay movies / Fuziah Kartini Hassan Basri and Faridah Ibrahim. Jurnal Skrin Malaysia, 1. pp. 11-22. ISSN 1823-1020
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description	This article discusses metaphors of "the female" in some selected Malay movies of the 1950s and 2000s spurned from two qualitative analyses of gender images in Malay movies. These studies demonstrated that Malay movies have dialogues that are colored by metaphors and that they function to construct certain images about women which are not always positive. At a time when women are contributing much towards society's progress, some of the metaphors are irrelevant; they only perpetuate the ideology of male dominance-female submissiveness. From a communication perspective, the use of these metaphors in a medium deemed so influential to young minds, is culturally detrimental. We need to continuously advocate a change so that we can ultmmtely practise the humanistic view of gender equality in our daily lives. Perhaps this may pjppOigatg male respect for the female, thus help eliminate crime and violence against women.
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author	Hassan Basri, Fuziah Kartini Ibrahim, Faridah
author_facet	Hassan Basri, Fuziah Kartini Ibrahim, Faridah
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title	Metaphors of "The Female" in Malay movies / Fuziah Kartini Hassan Basri and Faridah Ibrahim
title_short	Metaphors of "The Female" in Malay movies / Fuziah Kartini Hassan Basri and Faridah Ibrahim
title_full	Metaphors of "The Female" in Malay movies / Fuziah Kartini Hassan Basri and Faridah Ibrahim
title_fullStr	Metaphors of "The Female" in Malay movies / Fuziah Kartini Hassan Basri and Faridah Ibrahim
title_full_unstemmed	Metaphors of "The Female" in Malay movies / Fuziah Kartini Hassan Basri and Faridah Ibrahim
title_sort	metaphors of "the female" in malay movies / fuziah kartini hassan basri and faridah ibrahim
publisher	Fakulti Seni Persembahan & UPENA
publishDate	2004
url	http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11586/ http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11586/1/AJ_FUZIAH%20KARTINI%20HASSAN%20BASRI%20JSM%2004%201.pdf
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Metaphors of "The Female" in Malay movies / Fuziah Kartini Hassan Basri and Faridah Ibrahim

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