What is Amaya + Game of Thrones

Strong women characters

War
Power play
ISA
Feminism
Methodology: Feminist method + Content analysis
Conversation of the women
Topic of conversation not about men
Problem: How are women involved in the power play of war in their
fictional realities?
Objectives:
To analyze the traditions within the two texts and find out their social
implications of womens roles
To compare womens social roles in Western and Eastern societies
To observe the involvement of women in the power play of war in their
fictional realities
The fantasy genre has been blooming steadily for the past few years. With the growing number of
television shows and other media within the genre, it is interesting to map out the feminine roles and power
depicted in the created realities.
Amaya is a television series produced by GMA 7 in 2011. It revolves around the life and
struggles of the Visayan binukot, Amaya. Game of Thrones, on the other hand, is an American television
series based on the novels by George RR. Martin, A Song of Fire and Ice. The story is about the warring
seven kingdoms of Westeros and the various claims to the throne. The worlds of the two television shows are
both fictional (despite the historical backing of Amaya) and set in the midst of war. Both depict strong women
characters and that have developed their own persona outside. The women in the television shows both take
part in the war alongside the men of their universes, albeit differently. As is with reality, war changes the
dynamics of a society.
The study will analyze the traditions involving women in Amaya and the series Game of Thrones.
The analysis on the female main characters of the series can also exemplify the contrast between the Western
and Eastern views on women. The researcher will examine power relations and women in the context of
warring societies through the comparison of the two texts. The researcher will employ a feminist lens in the
content analysis and comparison of the television shows. In this method, the following questions would have to
be asked from Purdue University: (1) How are male and female roles defined?; (2) How do characters embody
these traits?; (3) Do characters take on traits from opposite genders? How so? How does this change others
reactions to them? (4)What does the work imply about the possibilities of sisterhood as a mode of resisting
patriarchy? etc.