CSCT 1CS3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Claudia Schiffer

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Cultural Studies and Critical Theory
• Course: CSCT 1CS3
• Professor: Jordan Sheridan

Document Summary

Labour of the image and the reality of the image. She is in no harm of the image. But as it becomes an ad, it becomes a text that can change the perception of women. Claudia herself, but after her image is taken it becomes symbolic. Animated animals that are very similar to humans (features/attitudes) Mythologized meanings of animals in relation to real animals. Has different effects of how we perceive ourselves (we see ourselves as humans) Based on the saying that the chimps are writing novels. Implies that the task being performed is a human thing that animals cannot do. What humans are withholding from apes rather than what the ape can do. Look at shared characteristics that are shared across humans and animals.