The Representation of Gender

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G322 TV Drama Exam January 2012

Overview of Exam <ul><li>G322: Key Media Concepts Examination </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Section A - The purpose of these uni...

Section A: Textual Analysis and Representation <ul><li>You will be shown an ‘unseen’ moving image extract with one compul...

Section B: Institutions and Audiences <ul><li>One compulsory question to be answered based upon a case study of a specifi...

Marking Criteria (Section A and B) <ul><li>Explanation/analysis/argument (20 marks) </li></ul><ul><li>Use of examples (20...

Gender Representation Cont.

Feminism & The Male Gaze Laura Mulvey

Introduction <ul><li>Laura Mulvey – Male Gaze </li></ul><ul><li>Influenced by Freud & Jacques Lucan, Mulvey sees the repr...

Traditionally <ul><li>Men play active roles which drive the narrative </li></ul><ul><li>Women play passive roles and are ...

Stereotypes <ul><li>Bimbo </li></ul><ul><li>Female’s physical attractions such as figure and breasts to overpower the male...

Male Gaze <ul><li>Two distinct modes of the male gaze of this era: voyeuristic and fetishistic </li></ul><ul><li>Mulvey ...

Importance? <ul><li>Where women had important roles they were far more likely to be shown as… </li></ul><ul><li>- frighte...

Fighting Back <ul><li>Ripleys role is reflective of feminist ideology. Throughout the Alien series, we see her character g...

Changes in society <ul><li>As women's roles change so does media representation. Still objectified but also likely to be… ...

A Terminators Feminist Timeline <ul><li>T1 – Sarah Connor is hysterical, screaming, in need of rescue </li></ul><ul><li>T2...

A Modern Representation? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-czwy-aVbbU

<ul><li>Uma Thurman represented as powerful and dominant and independent </li></ul><ul><li>Sword stands in for and castrat...

<ul><li>Conforms to Mulvey’s theory - job of seeking revenge family is given to the female character thus conforming to s...

Other Examples…. Evidence of the female gaze? Vs Vs

Misogyny <ul><li>What is it? …. </li></ul>

TV Drama Example <ul><li>Gene Hunt (TV Detective from Life on Mars, set in 1970’s Britain) talking about politics: </li><...

Misogyny <ul><li>How would you define the term misogyny based on what you have just seen? </li></ul><ul><li>Can you think ...

H/W Activities <ul><li>Find examples of both male and female characters in TV Dramas that follow stereotypes and ones tha...

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