Representation of the Women’s Financial Stability Portrayed in Selected Post-Feminist Tamil Films
D.Gowrisankar1, I.Ajit2, Govindarajan P3
1D.Gowrisankar, Ph.D. Research Scholar, Division of Social Sciences and Languages, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai (Tamil Nadu), India.
2I.Ajit, Assistant Professor, Division of Social Sciences and Languages, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai (Tamil Nadu), India.
3Govindarajan P, Assistant Professor, Division of Social Sciences and Languages, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai (Tamil Nadu), India.
Manuscript received on 20 June 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 11 July 2019 | Manuscript Published on 17 July 2019 | PP: 1182-1184 | Volume-8 Issue-1C2 May 2019 | Retrieval Number: A12090581C219/2019©BEIESP
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Abstract: Post-feminism has happened without warning during the 80’s, and it is a highly debated topic since the word ‘post’ can be referred as ‘dead’ or ‘after’ feminism. Its goals are different from the second wave and third wave feminism. Postfeminism also called as fourth wave and zero feminism. One of the main goals of Post-feminism says that women can be equality empowered as men. To achieve that woman should be financially stable run their family by themselves. In the establishment, the post-feminist generation and critics has been focused on media a lot. In the present scenario, there are many types of media available; for the purpose of the study, the researcher has chosen one of the visual Medias, film, for the research and particularly Tamil films. In this paper the researcher attempts to analyze how the financial stability of women is portrayed in the latest post-feminist Tamil movies.
Keywords: Post-feminism, Empowerment, Financial Stability, Film.
Scope of the Article: Social Sciences