beyonce formation revision Flashcards
Formation Bell Hooks
Sexualisation of women bodies.
Feeds into patriarchal oppression
Yes she is adopting a feminist lifestyle and has created a stereotypical icon to sell her music.
Bounce
New Orleans hip hop music
Like twerking
Construct
As a construct she is represented as a person of strength and power
Contrast and Conflict
Between old fashioned dresses and stereotypical contemporary tight fitting dresses.
Costume
Diverse
8 different outfits to represent Beyonce taking on many roles-propp
Direct Address
breaks the forth wall looks at the camera
Equality
ladies powerful - does not conform to patriarchal society
Finance and Profit
super bowl-115.5m us viewers
the tour -2.2 million tickets being sold
‘black Bill Gates in the making”
gender
conflicting with images of gender - re-inforcing the objectification of women
global circulation
world tour
superbowl
historical
martin luther king
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civil rights movement
black power salute
intertextual references
police brutality
Jean Baudrillard
hyperreality is a representation, a sign, without an original referent
lyrics
illuminati
im so possessive
objectification
of women