CMN 3104 Lecture 1: January 8
10 Jan 2019
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Tuesday, january 8th: representation, discourse - framework of telling a story. Particular understanding, guide the meaning in a story: all traces back to renaissance art - there is always someone who is looking, and define that by the fact that the gaze" are the powerful in the society. So power in patriarchy = father and male domination, and capitalism and ownership. Images like kim k"s break the internet, they have a particular twist on them that is different. Because kim k has become a brand, like beyonce, have said well we"re going to take our sexualizationa dn take control of it and make money from it. Is this empowerment" problematic: capitalism exploits many people, nicki minaj, venus of urbina , similar to kim k, uses assets to be successful - is this empowerment, these images recycle images from colonialism. Demeaning, colonial imagination of the other" in particular race.
