Open AccessLabour in Wonder Woman: A Marxist Feminist Reading
Author(s) -
Jonita Aro Murugesan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
shanlax international journal of english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2320-2645
DOI - 10.34293/english.v10i1.4428
Subject(s) - wonder , capitalism , marxist philosophy , feminism , objectification , sociology , conceptualization , narrative , commodification , gender studies , political science , literature , art , psychology , economics , law , politics , social psychology , philosophy , economy , linguistics
An Amazonian Goddess who was raised a warrior set in World War I, screams the impact of Marxism. Wonder Women (2017), produced by DC, has a nominal heroine who seems like an icon of Feminism but is instead the opposite in close observation. Though the character seems vigorously empowered, she is reduced to a commodity in the clutches of capitalism. Wonder Woman’s labour was tried to fit into the domestic sphere. This paper would explore the film from the focal lenses of Marxist Feminism. The investigative questions revolve around ‘cheap labour,’ ‘reserve labour,’ and ‘reproduction.’ Also, the marginalized status of other proletariats is examined. How the character becomes a target of capitalism by pushing her into the domestic sphere and objectification is the paper’s primary concern. The paper would use a qualitative approach to achieve the desired result. The analysis will be a subjective judgment based on the film text. The characters’ cognitive behavior and the surrounding are a central element that will be explored through the narrative analysis. The research methodology will employ conceptualization and qualitative design and methodology.