A Study On Female Subjectivity In The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

The Marvelous Mrs.Maisel writes a history of female growth with humorous and inspirational style,exploring the reconstruction of female subjectivity and the development of harmonious gender relations.To examine the TV drama academically,the thesis will use postmodern feminism,especially Luce Irigaray?s theory and Hélène Cixous?s theory as its theoretical foundation.As the representatives of postmodern feminism,Irigaray?s ideas on gender difference and Cixous? “female writing” have given a new perspective to consider about the oppression that patriarchal society imposed on women,to understand the reconstruction of female subjectivity and to deal with the relationship between the two genders.Further,both of them attach great importance to mother and sisterhood,and consider the love between men and women and the love among women as the basis to realize the gender equality and harmonious gender relations.The thesis analyzes the patriarchal control on women through the discipline of women?s body and language while women also resist through them and the establishment of mother-daughter relationship and women-sisters relationship.What?s more,it tries to analyze the importance of harmonious gender relations to reshape the subjectivity of women and the impact of female liberation on men.The thesis concludes that as an important American female-centered TV drama that shows the postmodern feminist theoretical stance,it not only concerns about the reconstruction of female subjectivity,but also makes an exploration on the development of harmonious gender relationship in postmodern society.