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Feminist Perspectives in Contemporary Chinese Media: A Comparison of She and Her Girls and Beyond the Clouds
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Abstract
In today's society, the development and awakening of feminism has greatly influenced the dissemination of mass media and the development of film and television works. The film and media works under the influence of feminism are gradually moving towards two different aspects. The thesis focuses on feminist works in new media, and through qualitative analysis and comparative analysis of the plot structure, character portrayal and audience acceptance of the two TV series She and Her Girls and the film Beyond the Clouds, which are adapted from the real-life story of China's headmistress Zhang Guimei, who set up a girl's school to help girls to get out of the mountains, the the thesis discovers the different interpretations of feminism and women's strength in the new media films and TV works and analyses the audience acceptance of these two films with the same subject matter.We will also analyse the reasons for the audience's opposite attitudes towards these two works with the same subject matter, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of their impact on the development of the current film and media industry and the public's social awareness of feminism, in order to explore how to build up a feminist work in the new medFeminism, women's awakening, new media film and television, Chinese feminist works.
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Feminism, women's awakening, new media film and television, Chinese feminist works
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Jin,T. (2025). Feminist Perspectives in Contemporary Chinese Media: A Comparison of She and Her Girls and Beyond the Clouds. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,85,58-63.
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