The Sopranos Chapter 3 Summary
Reading The Sopranos - Chapter 3 – ‘What has Carmela ever done for Feminism’?
Introduction
Feminism in a simple definition refers to women’s movements, and feminism is a subject that is on going which has become a forum for debate in relation to television and film. My main focus will be feminism in the television series ‘The Sopranos’ which will be used as a case study to examine the theory of feminism plus psychoanalysis and how it’s inflicted on the screen. An academic book that I have selected will allow me to approach feminism in ‘The Sopranos’ and I have also picked a certain chapter from the book “Reading The Sopranos’ Edited by David Lavery, chapter 3 ‘What has Carmela ever done for Feminism’? Carmela Soprano and the Post-Feminist …show more content…
That’s why there is a slight envious feel for her daughter, Meadow who might just be on her way to her mother’s dreams.
Psychoanalysis developed by Sigmund Freud is the behaviour of people, the drives of the unconscious. Tony and Carmela often suppress things and let them slide through to the unconscious suppressing their emotions. Psychoanalysis asserts that the impact of early childhood sexuality and experiences, stored in the unconscious, can lead to the development of adult emotional problems. (do in my own words and relate it to Sorpanos feminism psychoanalysis)
In ‘The Sopranos’ we are presented with different types of women in regards to feminism. To some degree women are vital in demonstrating and driving the narrative forward, as without them the concept changes in terms of genre and other aspects such as storyline as it will just be a bunch of criminal men. Feminism has always been a key factor in such gangsterism films such as ‘The Sopranos’, ‘Godfather’ (1972) directed by Francis Ford Coppola, and ‘Goodfellas’ (1990) directed Martin Scorsese including many more as women play a crucial role as they reveal the men’s persona away from the criminal, adulterous activities in their daily
Introduction
Feminism in a simple definition refers to women’s movements, and feminism is a subject that is on going which has become a forum for debate in relation to television and film. My main focus will be feminism in the television series ‘The Sopranos’ which will be used as a case study to examine the theory of feminism plus psychoanalysis and how it’s inflicted on the screen. An academic book that I have selected will allow me to approach feminism in ‘The Sopranos’ and I have also picked a certain chapter from the book “Reading The Sopranos’ Edited by David Lavery, chapter 3 ‘What has Carmela ever done for Feminism’? Carmela Soprano and the Post-Feminist …show more content…
That’s why there is a slight envious feel for her daughter, Meadow who might just be on her way to her mother’s dreams.
Psychoanalysis developed by Sigmund Freud is the behaviour of people, the drives of the unconscious. Tony and Carmela often suppress things and let them slide through to the unconscious suppressing their emotions. Psychoanalysis asserts that the impact of early childhood sexuality and experiences, stored in the unconscious, can lead to the development of adult emotional problems. (do in my own words and relate it to Sorpanos feminism psychoanalysis)
In ‘The Sopranos’ we are presented with different types of women in regards to feminism. To some degree women are vital in demonstrating and driving the narrative forward, as without them the concept changes in terms of genre and other aspects such as storyline as it will just be a bunch of criminal men. Feminism has always been a key factor in such gangsterism films such as ‘The Sopranos’, ‘Godfather’ (1972) directed by Francis Ford Coppola, and ‘Goodfellas’ (1990) directed Martin Scorsese including many more as women play a crucial role as they reveal the men’s persona away from the criminal, adulterous activities in their daily