Category Archives: Gender
The Duff
(A while ago Angelica shared this link to info about the CBS movie, The Duff. It seems like a light mainstream teen movie that might be a good pop cultural of some of the ideas and themes we’ve been talking … Continue reading
1930s Film History
For a nice timeline, check out this site: http://www.filmsite.org/30sintro.html (pic below from http://www.filmsite.org/tarz.html)
Women in the Depression Era
Check Out this Site: http://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/great-depression/essays/women-and-great-depression (Image by Dorthea Lange [1930s Female Documentary Photographer] from her Migrant Farm Worker series. Check out the Site: http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/lange/dor12-113.htm) Migrant workers particularly their children seen as “problems” in the nation. Women take on new … Continue reading
Oklahoma in the 60s
For those of you who are interested, here’s what looks like an elementary school chapbook on Oklahoma City. It’s a chapter about the 60s. Be warned, the history is very general, and what it has to say about the Civil … Continue reading
The Importance of Cherry Valance
In class on Monday, I mentioned something about how Cherry’s character is very important because if they had not met her at the movies, then the Socs never would have tried to beat up Ponyboy and Johnny, and Johnny never … Continue reading
The Outsiders – Gender
The morning after Ponyboy comes home following his and Johnny’s running away has a hint at gender roles and the modified roles Ponyboy and his brothers take on now that they are orphans. “The first one up has to fix … Continue reading