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100			_aDaliling, Veda Sachi C. _eauthor _925179
245			_aA semiotic analysis of the male gaze in “Darna” (2022) / _cVeda Sachi C. Daliling
260			_c2023
300			_a82 leaves
502			_aThesis _b(BA Communication and Media Arts) _cUniversity of the Philippines Mindanao, _d2023
520	3		_aThe Philippine film industry has long faced the incessant issue of the “male gaze,” a term first coined by Laura Mulvey in 1973. This thesis examines the male gaze in “Darna” (2022) using semiotic analysis. The main objectives of this study are: (1) Identify elements that cater to or subvert the male gaze in the semiotic signs of “Darna” (2022), (2) Describe the portrayal of female characters in “Darna” (2022) and analyze its meaning in relation to the male gaze, and (3) Critically explore whether having women in production roles affect the portrayal of female characters regarding the male gaze. Using the orders of signification by Roland Barthes, the male gaze theory by Laura Mulvey, and Visual Methodologies by Gillian Rose to examine the gathered data, the study found three themes under the signs that cater to the male gaze: (1) To-be-looked-at-ness:” Objectification of Female Characters, (2) Reinforcement of Stereotypes, and (3) Camera Perspectives that Objectify Female Characters, and two themes under the signs that subvert the male gaze: (1) Female Activity and Agency, and (2) Complex and Nuanced Characterization of Female Characters. The narrative of “Darna” (2022), the component of the series in which the female writers are involved, contains all the identified signs that subvert the male gaze. This supports Laura Mulvey's claim that the male gaze can be subverted by having more women in production roles to present female perspectives. Thus, the presence of women in production roles as writers subverted the male gaze in “Darna” (2022).
658			_aUndergraduateThesis _cCOMA200
700			_aEscano, Ma. Teresa R. _eadviser _923188
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