The options for this assignment ask you to examine the ways in which contemporary media engage definitions of gender and the extent to which
This assignment asks you to look at how contemporary media defines us as a culture
and/or specific subcultures and issues specifically as regards gender. Visual and textual
mediums communicate a great deal to the public psyche about notions of who and what
we are and what we should strive to become. How we read and interpret these
messages is based on our own subject positions—our own race, ethnicity, class,
gender, sexual orientation and our cultural experiences, etc. Each of us is bombarded
daily with messages regarding American ideals from a wide variety of sources, like
family, friends, school, work, religion and the media. These messages often forward
arguments of definition that shape and define who we are and what we value. While it’s
relatively easy to reject some of these messages based on differences of opinion as
exhibited through generational, ethnic, racial, and gendered perspectives, etc., others
are more difficult to ignore because of their insidiousness.
The options for this assignment ask you to examine the ways in which contemporary
media engage definitions of gender and the extent to which they might send mixed
messages about who we are and what we should value.
If you are new to analyzing scenes, this video can provide insight into how to look
closely at the camera angle and body language as it relates to power dynamics
between characters. American Beauty Scene Analysis (Links to an external site.)
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