Study guide under construction (4/14)

Gender in American Film Since the 1960s

• First-wave feminism vs. Second-wave feminism vs. Third-wave feminism vs. Post-feminism
  
• Influence of feminism on film in the 1960s & 1970s (avoidance, sexploitation, buddy films, violence)
  
• How Nine to Five (1980) is representative of the 1970s “Women’s Film” genre
  
• How backlash to feminism influenced film in late 1970s and 1980s (hyper-masculinity, film noir)
  
• The relationship between gender, sexuality, and violence in the “slasher” genre
  
• Positive and negative portrayals of femininity/masculinity in contemporary film (give examples)