GSWS 318 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Celebrity Culture, White Supremacy, Bette Davis

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Gender Sexuality & Wom St
• Course: GSWS 318
• Professor: Eirini Kotsovili

Document Summary

Hollywood diversity: vanity fair ones to watch article, oscars so white, 92% of the academy were white, sag 70% white. Redmond: stardom is one of the key vehicles through which idealized whiteness is transmitted, negotiated and inflected: white celebrities are given god-like status in society, reaffirms whiteness as racially superior. Whiteness in media culture: powerful social construct. In 2008, controversy over l"oreal ad featuring beyonc : accused of white washing" or lightening" her skin tone. Ideal: hetero, monogamous, glamorous, expensive, tan or bronze skin, thin, muscular, reproductive. Not ideal or transgressive: gay, bisexual, pansexual, polyamorous, polygamous, camp, cheap, dark skin, fat, too masculine, sexual. Idealized femininity: female stars vehicle for whiteness, white femininity idealized in western culture, equated with purity" innocence" respectability", aspirational and model for success. Kate winslet: i haven"t weighed myself in 12 years : quote, now have a no photoshop clause. Transgressive white celebrities: role of culture in creating acceptable bodily behaviours.