SOC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Material Girls
22 Mar 2018
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Cultrual studies sociological study of various aspects of culture both (cid:1684)high art(cid:1685) and mass entertainment. Examine movies tv news and etc to see what we can learn about a society from them. The roles and the appearance of women in the media. Male characters are the heros- they usually end up rescuing the women. Big eye, small mouths, slim figures a very narrow interpretation of (cid:1684)beauty(cid:1685) Even (cid:1684)heroic(cid:1685) women end up finding their ultimate goal in getting married. Male gaze feminist concept to describe the way women are generally expected to present themselves to be judged by men and having children: disney(cid:1685)s female characters are all designed to look very obliging. Suzanna walters(cid:1685) material girls examines the ways women are depicted in media: she suggests women are always represented according to the male gaze: Women described in terms of appearance, not action. The mexican chihuahua was played for comic effect.
