Representation Theory

Question 1

What is Stuart Halls theory of?

Answer 1

representation
* the idea that representation is the production of meaning through language, with
language defined in its broadest sense as a system of signs

Question 2

What is David Gauntlett’s Theory of ?

Answer 2

Identity
* the idea that the media provide us with ‘tools’ or resources that we use to construct our
identities

Question 3

What is Liesbet van Zoonen’s _____ theory?

Answer 3

feminist
* the idea that gender is constructed through discourse, and that its meaning varies
according to cultural and historical context

Question 4

What is bell hooks’ theory of ?

Answer 4

Intersectionality
* the idea that feminism is a struggle to end sexist/patriarchal oppression and the ideology
of domination

Question 5

What is Judith Butlers theory of ?

Answer 5

Gender Performativity
* the idea that identity is performatively constructed by the very ‘expressions’ that are said
to be its results (it is manufactured through a set of acts)

Question 6

What is Paul Gilroy’s theory of

Answer 6

ethnicity and post colonialism
* the idea that civilisationism constructs racial hierarchies and sets up binary oppositions
based on notions of otherness.