Document Type
Thesis
Publication Date
5-3-2024
Disciplines
Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Film and Media Studies | Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication | Mathematics
Advisor
Yvette South
Abstract
This project analyzes how four popular math-related films - Hidden Figures, Mean Girls, Good Will Hunting, and A Beautiful Mind - either follow, resist, or reconfigure gender stereotypes in mathematics. It includes close readings of specific scenes in each of the films, along with broader analysis of the effects of how women and men are represented differently. It concludes forward-looking focus, providing suggestions for how future math-related movies can depict a more realistic and inclusive version of the field of mathematics. Ideally, this will help improve one part of the larger issue of gender disparities in math.
Recommended Citation
Gathje, Jacob, "Representations of Gender in Math-Related Films" (2024). CSB and SJU Distinguished Thesis. 36.
https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/ur_thesis/36
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