Stanpoint Feminism in Survivor: One World

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Lobarbio, Bernadette M. October 9, 2012 2010-02534 Prof. Mikee Inton Comm 140 TWX Integration Paper Women Power? A Critical Discourse Analysis on Survivor: One World “Everybody was like, ‘Women power,’ which I’m not a big fan of but I’m going with it.” This was the strong statement of Survivor: One World winner Kim Spradlin when she knew that the tribes for the season were divided by gender. If the gender divide of tribes was interesting enough, another breakthrough of this specific season is the fact that this was the first season having a final five of the same gender – the all-female final five. After more than twenty seasons, this season as the twenty-fourth, it is worthy of note to analyze how this phenomenon came about and what factors contributed to this outcome. There were very few substantial reviews about this specific season of Survivor, so I decided to base my analysis solely on the episodes shown on television specifically the performance of certain castaways. In this analysis, I will not only focus on the performance of the winner but on the performance of the other competitors as well because I believe that a lot of characters contributed to the outcome of the season. In order to do that, I will be dividing this paper into four parts: (1) the brief summary of the season; (2) the prominent characters and their interactions; (3) the ideologies and hegemonies evident and some criticisms; and (4) its relevance to Philippine setting. Surviving Thirty-Nine Days: A Brief Summary Survivor: One World, set in Samoa, started with eighteen Americans divided into two tribes of nine by gender. Not everyone was thrilled. Two from the female tribe “Salani” – Kim and Courtney were very vocal of their indifference with the women-versus-men competition. But this did not stop them from making an alliance
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