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The Representation of Females in TV Drama: Taking “Nothing But Thirty” as Cases
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Abstract
The topic of this thesis is to study the performances of female characters in the TV series “Nothing But Thirty.” The goal is to see if they deconstruct and reimagine female characters' roles in Chinese film and television works. Today, with advances in mass media technology, feminism has become a public issue. In the wake of the #MeToo movement in 2017, there is an emerging trend in the portrayal of women in film and television. The visible presentation of the female image is inseparable from mainstream ideology. Given that “Nothing But Thirty” can be considered a female-dominated show, it would be interesting to examine the way women are represented on TV. This will help further promote the study of female representation in film and television.
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female representation, TV drama, gender roles, female character
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Ren,J. (2023). The Representation of Females in TV Drama: Taking “Nothing But Thirty” as Cases. Communications in Humanities Research,6,45-49.
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