Women's Studies 2161A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Conspicuous Consumption, Mark Wahlberg, Eminem

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2161A/B
• Professor: Nichole Edwards

Document Summary

Lecture 9 - hip hop: gender, class, consumption. Mainstream hip hop intersects with economics: today its about showing how much money you got, the displays of wealth, this happened when hip hop became more mainstream in the 90s. Some times in the music videos artists might have products that aren"t sponsoring them so that hopefully later on in their career that product wants to start sponsoring them: hip hop today is very market driven. Object relations: buys her a bunch of stuff, so he can now consume her (t. i video, historically it was about where you"re from and talking about they"re struggles in the "hood" Anaconda: reclaiming a narrative around women"s sexuality. Bitches and hoes "they"re not talking about me: these kinds of words effect all women, even if they might not be talking about one person in specific.