미국과 한국 페미니즘 영화에 나타난 파워 수트의 사회문화적 의미 비교

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Abstract In the 21 st century, woman leaders are able to influence society through improved social status andeconomic power. From 1980-1990 there was a rapid global social development of feminism and improvedmedia perceptions. The progression of this process is reflected by female characters in feminism films thatincluded a new dress style. The power suit emerged in the U.S.A of the 1980s, as a dress code that showedthe workplace uniform of a professional woman and spread to Korea as an influential style. This studydefines the different and similar aspects in the development of women's position and the role involved in astructural background through a comparison of the socio-cultural meaning of the power suit expressed inAmerican and Korean feminism films. For analysis, this study chose American films in the 1980s andKorean films in 1990s that fulfilled elements about feminism films. Subsequently in American feminismfilms, the power suit expressed an equal authority with men, strategic use of femininity according to tasktype, and a dissipation of symbolic effects like a rich look. In Korean feminism films, the power suit ex-pressed an end of femininity like female transvestite, independent female images with the masculinizationof appearance, and a mix of new and traditional styles.Key words: Power suit, Feminism film, Femininity; 파워 수트, 페미니즘 영화, 여성성