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Mooij, Marjolein de (2018)

Women in the yakuza and mafia: how the movies represent them

Bachelor thesis | International Studies (BA)
This thesis describes the comparative relationship between the yakuza and (Italian) mafia, and the movies that represent them. Special attention is given to the women within this groups, as they are often portrayed as passive and uninvolved. Both the movies and the literature confirm this marginalization of women, though for different reasons: the movies refer to the male audience of the movies, where strong women would not appeal to the main audience, while the literature refers to the male dominance of the crime world. Changes in the sex ratio of the crime world as well as the movies (that represent criminals) are, for now, a thing of the future.
Movies
Mafia
Yakuza
Women
Author
Mooij, Marjolein de
Faculty
Faculty of Humanities
Supervisors

Hoogerbrug, J.E.
Smits, I.B.

ECTS Credits
15
Language
en