Write a 2-3 page paper comparing the films
Cría Cuervos (
Carlos Saura
) and
Viridiana
(L
uis
Buñuel) using one or two of the topics below.
Topics for Analytical Paper
1. Spain and Globalization (Jamón) 2. The Role of the Female in Two of the Films 3. The Subversion of the Concept of Machismo 4. Traditional vs. Modern Spain 5. Parody of Spanishness and Cultural Stereotypes in Jamón Jamón 6. Exaggeration of Cultural Stereotypes in Two of the Films 7. National/Transnational Subjectivity 8. Different Concepts of Masculinity in the Films 9. Predatory Females in Jamón Jamón 10. Relationship Between Consumption, Food, Sex and Desire in Jamón Jamón 11. Deconstruction of Notions of Gender and National Identity 12. The relationship between children and family 13. The male figure in the films 14. Portrayal of female power 15. The female as transgressive figure 16. The relationship between space and the construction of the self 17. Submission, defiance and memory in Cría Cuervos 18. Female agency in the films 19. The woman as sign of defeat in the established social order 20. From the dark and somber tones of Cría to the flamboyant colors of Women on the Verge 21. The relationship between silence and repression in Cría 22. From the lack of narrative resolution in Cría to narrative resolution in Women on the verge 23. Gender as construction and performance in Women 24. Stylization and artificiality in Women on the verge 25. Is the female still a male construct in Women or does she break away from this traditional role? 26. The role of drawings, photographs and cut-ups in Cría and Women 27. Gender as performance 28. Recapturing the past through memory in Cría Cuervos 29. The male as the object of the female gaze in Jamón 30. Questioning of gender categories in the films 31. Deconstruction of accepted norms of femininity and masculinity in the films 32. Male destabilization in Women and Jamón 33. The importance of clothes, make-up, accessories and appearance (masquerade) in the ritualized female gender performance 34. The female masquerade as resistance to patriarchal positioning 35. Femininity as parody 36. Narratives within narratives in Women on the Verge 37. Any topic of your choice
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Write a 2-3 page paper comparing the films Cría Cuervos (Carlos .docx
1. Write a 2-3 page paper comparing the films
Cría Cuervos (
Carlos Saura
) and
Viridiana
(L
uis
Buñuel) using one or two of the topics below.
Topics for Analytical Paper
1. Spain and Globalization (Jamón) 2. The Role of the Female
in Two of the Films 3. The Subversion of the Concept of
Machismo 4. Traditional vs. Modern Spain 5. Parody of
Spanishness and Cultural Stereotypes in Jamón Jamón 6.
Exaggeration of Cultural Stereotypes in Two of the Films 7.
National/Transnational Subjectivity 8. Different Concepts of
Masculinity in the Films 9. Predatory Females in Jamón Jamón
10. Relationship Between Consumption, Food, Sex and Desire
in Jamón Jamón 11. Deconstruction of Notions of Gender and
National Identity 12. The relationship between children and
family 13. The male figure in the films 14. Portrayal of female
power 15. The female as transgressive figure 16. The
relationship between space and the construction of the self 17.
Submission, defiance and memory in Cría Cuervos 18. Female
agency in the films 19. The woman as sign of defeat in the
established social order 20. From the dark and somber tones of
Cría to the flamboyant colors of Women on the Verge 21. The
relationship between silence and repression in Cría 22. From the
lack of narrative resolution in Cría to narrative resolution in
Women on the verge 23. Gender as construction and
performance in Women 24. Stylization and artificiality in
Women on the verge 25. Is the female still a male construct in
Women or does she break away from this traditional role? 26.
The role of drawings, photographs and cut-ups in Cría and
2. Women 27. Gender as performance 28. Recapturing the past
through memory in Cría Cuervos 29. The male as the object of
the female gaze in Jamón 30. Questioning of gender categories
in the films 31. Deconstruction of accepted norms of femininity
and masculinity in the films 32. Male destabilization in Women
and Jamón 33. The importance of clothes, make-up, accessories
and appearance (masquerade) in the ritualized female gender
performance 34. The female masquerade as resistance to
patriarchal positioning 35. Femininity as parody 36. Narratives
within narratives in Women on the Verge 37. Any topic of your
choice
