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Linguistic, Literary, and Cultural Diversity in a Global Perspective
Edited by Adams Bodomo and Carola Koblitz
[FILLM Studies in Languages and Literatures 21] 2024
► pp. 135–156

Chapter 8
Female-object

How is the female character referred to in Tears of the Black Tiger (2000)?

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Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.The female character and her actual image in the film
  • 3.A look of femininity: representation of femaleness
  • 4.The film music and female singers
  • 5.Women in film as sex-object and fetishism
  • 6.The manifestation of male-dominant culture: Thai men and wives
  • 7.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 20 September 2024
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