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cartoonist and through here, he can express his own culture though living in the US.
B. Approach of the Study
This undergraduate thesis uses gender and film approach as the basis for conducting the study. In gender approach, it is explained that:
In the literature on masculinities, evaluations of masculinity and explanations of the links between masculinitymasculinities and those
people defined as “men” vary according to theoretical perspective Pilcher and Whelehan, 2004: 83.
The masculinity approach from Pilcher and Whelehan is used because the masculinity in “men” can be vary depending to the theories that is presented in an
analysis. The approach is applied by relating masculinity in
The Book of Life
using masculinity theories and later discussed using film theories in Chapter IV. In film approach, the method of analysing a film can be done using a
medium like those in literature. The approach is explained that: Literature and films do have many elements in common, and though they
are different mediums, they communicate many things in similar ways Boggs, 1978: 20.
The approach is used because tough literary works are printed and films are watched, both works can be analysed together through a medium. The
approach is applied through
The Book of Life
as the source of film and its script as the source of medium. The two materials are used to identify masculinity in
The Book of Life
. C.
Method of the Study
This thesis is a library research. Sources are gathered from
The Book of Life
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respected library. Books that are unavailable within the library are obtained from the Internet. Since the Internet is a vast and growing network filled with thousands
of sources, this thesis only focuses on various particular websites that stored a collection of books and journals that are legitimated and filled the requirements
with the thesis guidelines provided by Sanata Dharma University. Sources that are collected for this thesis are divided into two sections:
primary and secondary. The primary source is Jorge Gutierrez’s film
The Book of Life
. The film is watched and the data are collected through shots taken for further analysis and the script obtained from the Internet. The secondary sources are
books collected from the library and the Internet. The books that are collected in this thesis are creations of a group of people with high credibility and are
intellectually skilled at their own field of courses. The first step in this study is the researcher watched
The Book of Life
and cropped all the scenes that are related with the analysis later. The second step is
the researcher read the script and highlighted all the conversations related with the subjects of analysis as well as masculinity and bullfighting. The third step is the
researcher searched for theories, related studies, and supporting materials for the analysis later. The fourth and final step is the researcher analysed
The Book of Life
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