Formation media language

Question 1

context

Answer 1

-released day before superbowl performance
-mv released with song
-won numerous awards, nomination in mv category at grammys

Question 2

historical context

Answer 2

-backdrop of new orleans flooding following hurricane katrina
-racial tension in america, blm
-parallels with references to racism and slavery
-present day ghettos, issues such as black womens hair

Question 3

textual analysis

Answer 3

•bounce music- new orleans
•beyonce on sinking car- new orleans police
•young boy dancing infront of police
•”stop shooting us”
•beyonce in slave dress
•clips of young girls wearing natural afros
•wig shop- societal pressure to straighten hair

Question 4

Symbolic codes

Answer 4

•sinking new orleans police car
-drowning like hurricane victims
-fatal aftermath
•beyonces slave dress
-honouring heritage
-how black people treated through history
•plantation house
-beyonce reclaiming heritage
-contrast in lifestyles, white slave owners and black slaves
•red outfit
-stereotypical pop star costume
-in plantation house, asserting power

Question 5

postmodernism

Answer 5

•does not give solutions
•gives questions
•intertextuality
•brickalage
•genres of music