Feminist theory - Lisbet Van Zoonen Flashcards
Lisbet Van Zoonen says we get our ideas about gender from what?
Discourse
Discourse
Written and moving communication from the media
Lisbet Van Zoonen believes we get our ideas about gender from…
discourse/communication in media
Lisbet Van Zoonen believes our ideas about gender change depending on what?
Historical and cultural context
Lisbet Van Zoonen believes that women are often ___________ within media
objectified
How does the women being held in the Kiss of the Vampire poster link to Lisbet Van Zoonen’s theory?
Her body is encased in quite a tight revealing dress with flesh on display, she’s unconscious, it feels like she’s being objectified
Lisbet Van Zoonen believes we live in what kind of culture?
A patriarchal culture
Lisbet Van Zoonen believes that women are often represented possessing which characteristics?
Emotional, nurturing, domestic. They are wives, should be doing cleaning, laundry
Lisbet Van Zoonen believes that men are often represented in which way?
As individual, suited to business and politics
Lisbet Van Zoonen believes that men and women’s ______ are represented in different ways
bodies
Lisbet Van Zoonen believes that men’s bodies are represented as ‘_________’
spectacle
Lisbet Van Zoonen says that men’s bodies are represented as ‘spectacle’. What does this mean?
Men’s bodies are seen as something spectacular that they’ve worked hard to achieve - something strong, brave, etc.
Lisbet Van Zoonen said even when men’s bodies are shown wearing very few items of clothing, we are often seeing their body as…
something they’ve worked hard to achieve and we should admire because of how they’ve achieved it
Lisbet Van Zoonen said we see women’s bodies in what way?
Something to lust over. We shouldn’t necessarily give her credit for having that body or as something she’s worked hard for - instead as something we should buy or want to take
