An Analysis of the Mother-Daughter Relationship in the Film Turning Red from a Feminist Perspective

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An Analysis of the Mother-Daughter Relationship in the Film Turning Red from a Feminist Perspective

Jinzhi Fan 1*
  • 1 Chongqing University    
  • *corresponding author 15030340422@xs.hnit.edu.cn
Published on 14 September 2023 | https://doi.org/10.54254/2753-7048/10/20230170
LNEP Vol.10
ISSN (Print): 2753-7056
ISSN (Online): 2753-7048
ISBN (Print): 978-1-83558-001-1
ISBN (Online): 978-1-83558-002-8

Abstract

Turning Red is an animated film by Pixar, directed by Domee Shi, which tells the story of Meimei, a Chinese girl living in Toronto, Canada, with her friends and family during her adolescence. Meimei and Ming are very typical of the Chinese mother-daughter relationship. This paper focuses on the 'mother-daughter relationship' in this film from a feminist perspective and analyses the relationships and conflicts based on Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex. Through the analysis, it can be concluded that the mother in the film is a strong character as an image with high demands on her child; the daughter is depicted invisibly as the Other, but thanks to her friends' support and the effect of her environment, she wakes her sense of self and reconciles with her mother. The mother and daughter appear to be in conflict and confrontation before, but in fact, both have the same inner choice, and the mother eventually agrees with her daughter's choice. These seemingly small shifts are the result of generations of women fighting for their rights. More and more women are able to be themselves without being bound by tradition and without being held hostage by habit, and this is the meaning of feminism to this day.

Keywords:

mother-daughter relationship, feminist, film

Fan,J. (2023). An Analysis of the Mother-Daughter Relationship in the Film Turning Red from a Feminist Perspective. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,10,193-199.
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[9]. Bai, D. (2007). Western Feminist Literary Theory. Guangxi: Guangxi Normal University Press.

[10]. Tian, S.(2019).Exploring the growth narrative of domestic women's films.Jiangxi: Media Forum.

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Fan,J. (2023). An Analysis of the Mother-Daughter Relationship in the Film Turning Red from a Feminist Perspective. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,10,193-199.

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Volume title: Proceedings of the International Conference on Social Psychology and Humanity Studies

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References

[1]. Liu, T.(2011).The full translation of "The Second Sex" is available for the first time and has been hailed as the "women's bible". Retrieved from http://culture.ifeng.com/whrd/detail_2011_10/12/9790400_0.shtml

[2]. Xiao, W. (2000). Feminist ethics.Sichuan: Sichuan People's Publishing House.

[3]. Beauvoir, S.(2015).The Second Sex (K,Zheng,Trans.).Shanghai: Shanghai Translation Press.(1949)

[4]. Wang, J.(2021). An analysis of mother-daughter relationships in women's films from a feminist perspective (Master's thesis), Shanghai Normal University.

[5]. Jin, D.Y.(2021).Image aesthetics and cultural interpretation.Shanghai: Fudan University Press.

[6]. Dai, L.(2022)The awakening of female subjectivity in adolescence from the viewpoint of "Youth Metamorphosis". Delta, 23,143-145.

[7]. Qin, X. Q.and Chi, Y. P. (2021). Alienation - rebellion - tenderness: A look at Chinese women's cinema in the 21st century. Contemporary Cinema,09, 45-52.

[8]. He, L. and Lu, H.Y. (2022). The "symbiotic fantasy" in the narrative of the "mother-daughter relationship" in recent Chinese cinema. Film Art,04, 54-59.

[9]. Bai, D. (2007). Western Feminist Literary Theory. Guangxi: Guangxi Normal University Press.

[10]. Tian, S.(2019).Exploring the growth narrative of domestic women's films.Jiangxi: Media Forum.

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