Josie Andrews 412 Midterm Projects Main Menu Introduction The Ideological Function of Stars: Contradictions and Promises of Individualism. Prompt Analysis Little Women (George Cukor 1933) Tomboyism: Negotiating and Celebrating a Strong, Sprited Woman in the Great Depression Sylvia Scarlett (George Cukor, 1936) "Woman of the Year" (George Stevens, 1942) Conclusion Bibliography CATCH ME IF YOU CAN The Contradictions and Promises of Individualism in the Films of Katharine Hepburn 1933-1942

Women of the Year: Ending

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In this clip, Sam has taken the orphan back to the center and has left Tess, moving into a small house he always dreamed of. He is shocked to get up one morning and discover Tess miserably failing but trying her best to cook breakfast. The accomplished woman is humorously not a woman in the sense of homemaker at all. This contradiction is probably important for the women in the audience because Tess may seem like she has it all, but she (both Tess and Hepburn in their eyes) cannot handle what these women can do with their eyes closed. Since the home and kitchen is where most women will return that night, this is an affirmation of the star image that manages and negotiates intertextual resolution with dominant values and norms.

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  1. Woman of the Year