Representation of the social movements of women in movies (Suffragette, The northern land , Iron Jawed Angels, The Rosa Parks Story ) since(1920-2016) According to Charles Sanders Peirce's semiotic method
Subject Areas : Social movementselmira sasanpour 1 , afsaneh edrisi 2 , majid tavasoli 3
1 - Faculty of Social SciencesDepartment of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Faculty of social sciences, Faculty of social sciences , North Tehran Brach,Islamic Azad University,Tehran,Iran
3 - Department of Political Science, Faculty of Political Science Department of Science and Research, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Keywords: Social movements, Representation, Women&rsquo, s movies , feminism, Semiotics,
Abstract :
This article deals with the topic of Representation of the social movements of women since (1920-2016) in movies (Suffragette, The northern land , Iron javelin angels, The Rosa Parks Story ) . The women's movement is an organized movement to achieve women's rights and an ideology for the transformation of society, whose goal is the dream of eliminating all types of racial discrimination and oppression .In this article, the author examines four movies by qualitative and Charles Sanders Peirce's semiotic method and the theory of Charles Tilly’s collective action and fundamental theories of feminism wants to show that how effective movies are in representing social movements of women. Movies seem to play a significant role in representing the social movements of women in society. Research findings indicated that the meanings represented in the films have been: Negotiating the existing situation and oriented identity, having a plan and organized collective behavior, determine the goals, having ideology, obligation and commitment, opposition to violent acts, radical movement, worthiness , commitment and unity.
