Symbolic Annihilation of women’s political roles in Egyptian T.V. drama in the peak of Egypt’s political changes (2010 to 2014) | ||
| CDELT Occasional Papers in the Development of English Education | ||
| Article 7, Volume 85, Issue 1, January 2024, Pages 135-152 PDF (410.28 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/opde.2024.349209 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Engy Shaker1; Samy Tayie2 | ||
| 1Assistant Professor in College of Language and Communication, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Cairo, Egypt | ||
| 2Professor in Media and Communication, Cairo University in Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study examines the representation of women in T.V. Drama in a very critical stage in the transformation of the Egyptian political regime within the five years of 25th January events (2010-2014). In fact, women played a great role in the political changes that occurred in Egypt throughout its different historical stages as much as in the social life. Based on feminist media theory, this research employs an integrated method of approach through a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. The findings show that the political changes in reality are not sufficiently reflected on the image of women in T.V. series during the 2011 events which results in the existence of symbolic annihilation of women in the political field in contrast to reality. From the perspective of T.V. industry, the study concludes that male writers, directors or producers are unaware of the need of fixing the gender gap in T.V. shows, while females are much more aware of the unreal and unjust representation of women in T.V. series. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Feminist theory; Media Representations of women; Symbolic Annihilation; T.V. series; Political Aspects; Social Aspects; 5th January 2011 Egypt Revolution/ Egypt Uprising | ||
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