analysis of the television drama series “Scandal”
McClearen, Jennifer. “Gladiator in a Suit?: Scandal’s Olivia Pope and the Post-Identity Regulation of Physical Agency.” Feminist Erasures. Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2015. 150-163.
This article by Jennifer McClearen is an analysis of the television drama series “Scandal”. The main argument in this article is the use of African American heroine with considerable political power in a television drama series. The article analysis the issue of black feminism as portrayed in the TV show. It also discusses politics as depicted in the show. The author also discusses the issues of physical agency, which is the ability of a person to protect and defend their body mentally, physically and emotionally. This article is relevant to my research as its central theme of gender, sexism and racism addresses my research topic.
The author of this article, Jenifer McClearen, is an Assistant Professor of Sports, Media, and Culture at the University of Texas. She has a vast experience in writing scholarly works mainly in the areas of gender, race, and sexuality. She also teaches students how to analyze and produce media culture critically. The article is published by Palgrave Macmillan, one of the best-known publishers in the fields of social sciences, humanities, and politics. Although it is new, it was born from a long time publisher, therefore a very credible source for scholarly articles.
This article was helpful to me as it covers, to a broad extent, on the issues related to my research topic, especially on black feminism and gender issues and power struggles. The article has helped me broaden my knowledge on the research topic hence making it easier to conduct my research. The article will certainly help in my research as there is a lot of information on the subject that I can get from it.
Ligoria, Alice. “Gender Issues Across Planets In Octavia Butler’S Wild Seed And Dawn”. Iosrjournals.Org,https://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jhss/papers/NCSCRCL/Volume-1/2.pdf.
This article is an analysis Octavia Butler’s novels, Wild Seed and Dawn. The article discusses the issues of colonization, discrimination, and gender victimization as they are presented in the novels. The main topic addressed by this paper is that of black feminism and power struggles that occur in the novel Wild Seed. The paper analyses the issue of gender and feminism in the perspective of different principles, entrance, acceptance, and adoption. The paper is of relevance for my research topic as issues of gender and feminism are discussed.
The author, Alice Ligoria, is an experienced writer, especially in the field of gender and feminism. She is also an experienced PhD research scholar who has authored a number of article including the article “Study of Marginalized Afghan women in Khaled Hosseini’s, A Thousand Splendid Suns”. The publisher, IOSR-JHSS, is a renowned publisher of original papers, reviewed papers, empirical research and case studies and is a very good and reliable source of information.
This article analyses issues to do with gender and feminism and hence very helpful in my research as it relates well to my research topic. It addresses the issues of women feminism that are in the novel and therefore related to my research topic. Issues of powers struggles are also identified in the article. The article provides a great incite on the issues of sexual violence, emotional abuse and extreme imbalance in power abuse and, therefore, proofs to be very informative for my future research.