Home Economics with A Stubborn Bloom

A re-staging of instructional texts from Home Economics Textbooks used in the 1970s, outlining the correct manner for personal grooming, house-keeping, and entertaining. The film critiques the extreme performativity of femininity through gestures and costumes to a soundtrack of highly gendered phrases taken verbatim from the textbooks.

Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
11 mins
Status
Finished
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Details

Type
Movie
Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
11 mins
Status
Finished
Start Date
Aug 21, 2021
Season
2021
Ratings
0
Popularity
0
Favorites
0
Reviews
0
Country
SG

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satire50%short film50%

Description

A re-staging of instructional texts from Home Economics Textbooks used in the 1970s, outlining the correct manner for personal grooming, house-keeping, and entertaining. The film critiques the extreme performativity of femininity through gestures and costumes to a soundtrack of highly gendered phrases taken verbatim from the textbooks.

Immersion

Japanese

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