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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
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Malaysia
Metaphor in motion pictures
Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11586/1/AJ_FUZIAH%20KARTINI%20HASSAN%20BASRI%20JSM%2004%201.pdf
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spelling my.uitm.ir.115862023-11-14T00:27:53Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11586/ Metaphors of "The Female" in Malay movies / Fuziah Kartini Hassan Basri and Faridah Ibrahim jurnalskrinmalaysia 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 https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11586/1/AJ_FUZIAH%20KARTINI%20HASSAN%20BASRI%20JSM%2004%201.pdf Metaphors of "The Female" in Malay movies / Fuziah Kartini Hassan Basri and Faridah Ibrahim. (2004) Jurnal Skrin Malaysia <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Jurnal_Skrin_Malaysia/>, 1. pp. 11-22. ISSN 1823-1020
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Metaphor in motion pictures
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Metaphor in motion pictures
Hassan Basri, Fuziah Kartini
Ibrahim, Faridah
Metaphors of "The Female" in Malay movies / Fuziah Kartini Hassan Basri and Faridah Ibrahim
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
author_sort Hassan Basri, Fuziah Kartini
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 https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11586/1/AJ_FUZIAH%20KARTINI%20HASSAN%20BASRI%20JSM%2004%201.pdf
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