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Useful quotes and reference for my essay Three elements  1.        Historical – dependent on the requirements of the topic, you must summarise the development of the way Women are represented in film in theoretical contexts. 2.        Contemporary – examples from five years before the examination. 3.        Future – you must demonstrate personal engagement with debates about the future of the way Women are represented / issues that the topic relates to. Women are generally represented in a narrow range of social roles by various types of media, whilst men are shown performing a full range of social and occupational roles. Tunstall (2000) argues that media representations emphasise women’s domestic, sexual, consumer and marital activities to the exclusion of all else. The media generally ignore the fact that a majority of British women go out to work. Men, on the other hand, are seldom presented nude or defined by their marital or family status. Working women are ofte
American Honey Directed by Andrea Arnold Andrea Arnold was born on April 5, 1961 in Dartford, Kent, England as Andrea P. Arnold. She is an actress and writer known for Number 73 (1982) Fish Tank (2009 and American Honey (2016). She won an Academy Award for her short film Wasp in 2005. Arnold's fourth film, American Honey , revolves around a group of young adults traveling across the country selling magazine subscriptions. The film had its world premiere and competed for Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival . It won Arnold her third Jury Prize . The film features a mix of both professional and non-actors, with all the non-actors being found through construction sites, parking lots, and on beaches. The lead Sasha Lane was spotted by Arnold on a beach during spring break. The film was released in the United States on 30 September 2016 and in the United Kingdom on 14 October 2016. Arnold has been very active in working with film festivals a