Wider Contexts And Theorists

Social Context: How women are now represented in a more positve way and how society is becoming less patricharcal.

Historical Context: Women were seen more fragile and were not seen as important as men.

Economic Context: Miramax usually help to produce art house films and in this way Kill Bill was recognised.

Political Context: Shows how women have moved and gained equal opportunites as men. They becoming more dominant and controling.

Theorists:
Laura Mulvey-
Her theory is that women and men both gaze upon each other in sexual context. What May attract the men is Uma Thurman in Kill Bill, as some men might find it attractive to have a controling and attractive female protagonist in a film.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Mulvey
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male_gaze

Levi Strauss-
Normally it is a male who is a dominant character and women tend to be passive and damsel in distress. However, in Kill Bill Uma Thurman is the dominant and main character, as you would expect the hero to be a man instead of a woman.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Strauss

Feminsim- Females are now more independent and equal, esp in the film industry today, many films such as 'Charlies Angels' and 'Kill Bill' are being released, where women are shown with more or equal power as men.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminism

Feminist film theory- discussions of the function of women characters in particular film narratives.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist_film_theory