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Unit 7 Feminism and Visual Culture

Unit 7 Feminism and Visual Culture

Q Chose at least one example from visual culture of a representation of an Asian and/or Black woman. You could choose an example from a film, television show, advertisement, or other form of visual culture. Describe the representation and discuss your opinion about it. Engage your assigned readings for this week.

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The movie is called Colombiana. In 1992, a girl (Amandla Stenberg) witnessed the crime lord Don Luis and Marco his henchman killed her parents. After fifteen years, Cataleya (Zoe Saldana), whose name comes from a Colombian orchid, works as a contract murderer for her uncle who lives in Chicago. She leaves a lipstick drawing of Cataleya, of a real Cataleya flower for her every victim. When she conducts her assignments, she is brave, powerful, and smart. She yearns of taking vengeance for her parents’ death.