Feminism: Frida Kahlo

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FeminismFrida Kahlo

• Rose, Stephany, Crystal,
• Jamie, Linda, Tommy
• Date 2003/10/30

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Outline

• I. Introduction Thesis, Social Background
  
• and cinematography.
• II. Nationalism
• III. Sex Aspects of Frida
• IV. Love Components in the relationship
  ofDiego and Frida
• V. Painting
• VI. Dress code
• VII. Conclusion
• VIII. Questions for discussion

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Thesis

• Fridas personality originated from putting
  together fragments of self (multi-personality)
  like putting together a piece of puzzle which is
  like the combination of her body parts reattached
  after the accidents and various surgeries.

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Social Background

• Women under male dominance
• E.g. Diegos ex-wife, Fridas sister
• Conservative
• Political system Communism
• Fridas mother-Native aboriginal
• Fridas father-German Jew

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Cinematography

• Bus Accident, the presentation of surrealism
  through the accident. (pic 1)
• Collage of Diego and Frida, symbolizing the trip
  they made to New York. (pic 2)
• King Kong in bathtub falling from the Empire
  State Building. (pic 3)

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Cinematography
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Nationalism

• Presented through
• Dressing Mexican Indian necklace and ring.
• Communism Joined by common ideal (communism).
• Bounding to homeland. (Through painting)
• Patriotism

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SexAspects of Frida

• --Sex decided with birth. Frida female.
• --Gender can be constructed after birth.Frida
  tends to inclines towards a more
  independent or masculine type of gender.
• --Sexuality preference of sexual partner. She
  is bisexual.
• Diego only allows Frida to have female
  sexual
• partners but gets jealous with male
  partners.
• Enjoy having multi-sexual partners.

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LoveComponents in relationship of Frida and
Diego

• --Loyalty does not equal fidelity.
• --Fridas limit of Diegos sex games is defined
  by her sister.
• --Frida enjoys sex games as much as Diego.
• --Frida believes love cannot totally unify two
  person but connect them through a common
  characteristic found among the two individuals
  love.
• --Frida still plays a traditional role in her
  relationship with Diego.
• E.g. food serving

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Painting

• Fragments of Frida. I paint self-portraits
  because I am so often alone, because I am the
  person I know best.
• Style prevails in inner feeling and home bound.
• Closely related to her daily life.
• Style and size, future progression, material.

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Henry Ford Hospital (1932)
-Snail -Baby -Violet -Piece of
Frida -Instrument -Pelvis
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My Dress Hangs There,1933
-Materialism -Capitalism -Industrialization -Patri
otism
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My Dress Hangs There,1933? the film
-Materialism -Capitalism -Industrialization -Patri
otism
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Self-Portrait with Monkey (1938) -Mustache-Sexual
desire -Bone necklace -Monkey
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Las dos Fridas (1939)
--Traditional Aboriginal Dress VS Colonial
European Dress -- A Complete heart VS A Broken
Heart!
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The BrokenColumn 1944
-Thin body figure with heavy
iron-vest -Teardrops -Nails on her body and
face -Suffering
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The BrokenColumn 1944 ? the film
-Thin body figure with heavy
iron-vest -Teardrops -Nails on her body and
face -Suffering
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Cropped hair 1940
-Furious -Sense of betrayal -Suit-Masculinity -Esc
ape
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Cropped hair 1940 ? the film
-Furious -Sense of betrayal -Suit-Masculinity -Esc
ape
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Dress Code the Self She Constructed Through
Different Dressings

• Reveals the inner feelings and home-bound
• A journey of her self-identification
• Strongly effected by her emotional changes
• and Diego his suggestion of long, colorful
• dresses and exotic jewelry? This, along with
• Frida's thick, connecting eyebrows, became
• her trademark.

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Dress Code the Self She Constructed Through
Different Dressings

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Student uniform

• still in age of searching for a dream or an
  ideal. (teenager)

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Suit

• starting to show certain symptoms of achieving
• the or desire to reach for a certain goal
  or dream.
• (hoping to share burdens with parents and
  uses
• the dress to express her desire of able to
  be in
• control.)

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Party and Womanly Dress

• motivated by the natural of female and humanity
  hoping to attract attention. (Already met Diego
  and wishes to attract his attention, therefore,
  Frida is using a more feminine side of her to
  achieve such goal.)

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Short Haired Outfit

• shows signs hoping to escape the image of a woman
  and expressing her anger. (Was hurt after
  discovering Diego cheated on her through her own
  sister. The short haired outfit is to show a way
  to enforcing herself with certain masculine
  characteristics.

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Traditional Mexican dress

• returning to her own self. No longer using other
  identities to substitute or replace her natural
  self, also a love to the tradition of her homeland

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Conclusion
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Questions for discussion

• Can sex only happen after making a commitment
  such as marriage or is it like Diego said, It is
  just a FUCK? Can sex be separated from love?
• How can bisexuality be defined? Is bisexuality
  due to the artistic personality of both Frida and
  Diego?
• Does Frida truly enjoy the sexual relationships
  she had or is it simply an escape from her
  marital problems?

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Sources

• Sources
• http//www.caravanfashions.com/articles/pipsycholo
  gy.html
• http//www.busreslab.com/policies/goodpol2.htm
• http//www.fbla-
• pbl.org/about_dress_code.asp?featurei
  d675menu104
• http//www.fbuch.com/fridaby.htm
• http//www.fridakahlo.it/
• http//www.genderpsychology.org/psychology/therapy
  .html
• http//spartan.ac.brocku.ca/lward/thomas/Thomas_1
  908_b.html
• http//members.aol.com/fridanet/kahlo.htm

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Roots
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Their houses with a bridge
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Food serving