The Goddess, Daenerys Targaryen and Me Too Values
In this article the author interprets the image of Daenerys Targaryen from the HBO television series, Game of Thrones (2011–19) as an allegory for the Me Too movement and as a symbolic depiction of the concepts of women regaining their power. She follows the connection between the emerging visualiza...
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| description | In this article the author interprets the image of Daenerys Targaryen from the HBO television series, Game of Thrones (2011–19) as an allegory for the Me Too movement and as a symbolic depiction of the concepts of women regaining their power. She follows the connection between the emerging visualization of Daenerys with the tiny dragons and ancient depictions of Goddesses and dragons, and connects this motif to feminist scholars who researched the revival of feminine language in the 1970s and the 1980s of the 20th century. The article also suggests that the nudity of women depicted in fantastic art, particularly in images with women and dragons, are not necessarily titillating but representative of the early feminist stage of women seeking a symbolic power figure. The author also contrasts Daenerys’s visualization with those images, suggesting how she demonstrates the evolution of the motif in light of the changing focal points of feminist movements. Daenerys’s image, she suggests, reflects one of the central issues of the Me Too phenomenon – considering the female body as a sanctuary, which even if exposed and suggestive, is dangerous and forbidden to touch. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1d852e043a6d47a4a77a7bd6f165834e2022-12-22T04:16:36ZengSciendoActa Universitatis Sapientiae: Film and Media Studies2066-77792022-11-0122113916110.2478/ausfm-2022-0016The Goddess, Daenerys Targaryen and Me Too ValuesKhalifa-Gueta Sharon0University of Haifa (Israel)In this article the author interprets the image of Daenerys Targaryen from the HBO television series, Game of Thrones (2011–19) as an allegory for the Me Too movement and as a symbolic depiction of the concepts of women regaining their power. She follows the connection between the emerging visualization of Daenerys with the tiny dragons and ancient depictions of Goddesses and dragons, and connects this motif to feminist scholars who researched the revival of feminine language in the 1970s and the 1980s of the 20th century. The article also suggests that the nudity of women depicted in fantastic art, particularly in images with women and dragons, are not necessarily titillating but representative of the early feminist stage of women seeking a symbolic power figure. The author also contrasts Daenerys’s visualization with those images, suggesting how she demonstrates the evolution of the motif in light of the changing focal points of feminist movements. Daenerys’s image, she suggests, reflects one of the central issues of the Me Too phenomenon – considering the female body as a sanctuary, which even if exposed and suggestive, is dangerous and forbidden to touch.https://doi.org/10.2478/ausfm-2022-0016daenerys targaryengoddessme toodragonsgame of thrones |
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