Literature Searching Task

Name: Alex (Ally) Arnold

1) Pick one of the Context essay questions. Write it here:

Sexuality and perception: Discuss the difference between exploitation and

expression of sexuality and ground your discussion in current examples and
theories from the world of art. Based on your discussion, suggest a future
approach to how we can decide the difference between right and wrong in this
field.

Female leaders in the industry and why the entertainment industry is

largely ran by men when women are bread from nature to be creative.

2) Write here some potential search terms/keywords that will help

you research this topic:
Women in film and television
Gender bias in film and television industry
Leaders in Hollywood
Female directors and producers in Hollywood
Men running the film and television industry

3) Use Google to find relevant articles. List them here:

o http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/19/women-
directors_n_3118488.html

o http://variety.com/2015/film/news/women-hollywood-inequality-directors-
behind-the-camera-1201626691/

o https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/28/movies/in-hollywood-its-a-mens-
mens-mens-world.html?_r=1

o https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jul/22/gender-bias-film-industry-75-
percent-male

4) Use Google Scholar to find relevant journal articles. List them

here:
Article:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0038029609000302
Article: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08838159909364471
Abstract Journal Title: The Place of the Contemporary Female Director
(Camera Obscura;Ulture, and Media Studies), Author: Belinda Smaill
Book:https://books.google.co.uk/books?
hl=en&lr=&id=ZdTgankWL7IC&oi=fnd&pg=PA9&dq=low+number+of+fe
male+directors+in+hollywood&ots=N_LVCjAh0O&sig=A0wOTzXwQFzo-
iT2KKoASpyvOzg#v=onepage&q=low%20number%20of%20female
%20directors%20in%20hollywood&f=false
Book:https://books.google.co.uk/books?
hl=en&lr=&id=8Y6IMGGiZfoC&oi=fnd&pg=PP9&dq=low+number+of+fem
ale+directors+in+hollywood&ots=jBtnAEUZdI&sig=Cen_mWDBsoYEZXH_J
 eyduWbItYc#v=onepage&q=low%20number%20of%20female
%20directors%20in%20hollywood&f=false

5) Use IPAC to find relevant books. List them here:

Title: When Women Call the Shots: the developing power and influence of
women in telelevision and film, Author: Linda Seger
Title: Into the Vortex: Female Voice and Paradox in Film, Author: Britta H.
Sjogren

6) Go into the library (JMU, LRC, home library) to find relevant books. List
them here:
Title: The Body and the Screen: Female Subjectivities in Contemporary
Women's Cinema (Thinking Cinema), Author: Kate Ince
Title: Ill Take You There, Author: Wally Lamb

7) List your results in alphabetical order by the surname of the

author in the correct LIPA Harvard citation.

BIELBY, D. (2009), Gender inequality in culture industries: Women and men

writers in film and television. Science Direct, 51(2) April-June 2009 (online).
Available http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0038029609000302
(13 April 2017).

DARGIS, M. (2014). In Hollywood, Its a Mens, Mens, Mens World. Nytimes.com.

24 December 2014 (online). Available at:
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/28/movies/in-hollywood-its-a-mens-mens-
mens-world.html?_r=1 (29 April 2017).

ELLIS-PETERSEN, H. (2014). Gender bias in the film industry: 75% of blockbuster

crews are male. The Guardian. 22 July 2014 (online). Available
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jul/22/gender-bias-film-industry-75-
percent-male (5 May 2017).

HUFFINGTON, C. (2013), Women Directors Infographic: Why Are There So Few

Female Directors In Hollywood. Huffington Post, 4th April 2013 (online). Available
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/19/women-directors_n_3118488.html (13
April 2017).

INCE, KATE (2017), The Body and the Screen: Female Subjectivities in
Contemporary Women's Cinema (Thinking Cinema). New York, NY; London:
Bloomsbury Academic.

LAMB, WALLY (2016), Ill Take You There. New York: Harper Collins

LANE, CHRISTINA (2000), Feminist Hollywood. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State

University Press.

LANG, B. (2015). Women Comprise 7% of Directors on Top 250 Films (Study)

Variety. 27 October 2015 (online). Available
http://variety.com/2015/film/news/women-hollywood-inequality-directors-behind-
the-camera-1201626691/ (19 Apr. 2017).
LAUZEN, M., DOZIER, D. (2009), Making a difference in prime time: Women on
screen and behind the scenes in the 1995-96 television season. Taylor & Francis
Online, 18th May 2009 (online). Available
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08838159909364471 (13 April,
2017).

MAHAR, KAREN (2006), Women Filmmakers in Early Hollywood. Baltimore,

Maryland: The John Hopkins University Press.

SEGER, LINDA (2003), When Women Call the Shots: the developing power and
influence of women in telelevision and film. (2nd ed.) Lincoln: iUniverse, Inc.

SJOGREN, BRITTA (2006), Into the Vortex: Female Voice and Paradox in Film.
Illinois; University of Illinois Press.

SMAILL, B., DAVIS, T. (2014), The Place of the Contemporary Female Director.
Camera Obscura; Culture, and Media Studies, 29(1), pp. 1-3.