Wednesday, 1 February 2017

Strengths

Lots of ideas for my practical
development
The Structure of my essay is quite good
Evidence is shown throughout my essay work




Weakness
Confused about the topic and the theme
lack of references or quotations from the text
Better clarification , and specific examples with evidence
grammatical errors
 conclusion is simplistic, repetitive, and lacks closing statement 


Opportunities
Better Time management 
improve essay writing 
I will try to focus on my practical

Wednesday, 14 December 2016

Wednesday, 7 December 2016


Bathroom Scene The help - Shows how black women were treated unequally in that time , and portrays black women as arrogant and not respectful however at the same time because she's conveyed as being of lower status she challenges this by going to the toilet .

Wednesday, 23 November 2016

MS3 DETAILED PLAN


INTRODUCTION


Area of Study - Films ( Colombiana 2011 , The Helper 2011 , and NASA 2017)

Research focus - Representation of black Women in Films

I've chosen this texts because they both challenge and they also convey to the stereotypical conventions  of how black women are represented in the media specifically in action and sit/com films



Key Theorists ?

Laura Mulvey

 The Male Gaze  Film represents women as passive objects of male desire.  Audiences are forced to view women from the point of view of a heterosexual male even if they are indeed; heterosexual women or homosexual men.


John Berger

 “Men look, women appear”  Women are there solely for the objectification of women within all platforms of the media. 

Bell Hooks
She research about the colour codes :
 Lighter skinned women are considered more desirable and fit better into the western ideology of beauty.  Black women are objectified and sexualised in hip-hop reflecting the colonialist view of black women (sexually disposable).  Commodified blackness, a mediated view of black culture that is considered the norm.

Stuart Hall

 The media and therefore audiences often blur race and class. Often associating particular races with a particular class.  Audience reception theory; audiences read/understand a particular text according to their cultural upbringing.  Western (white dominated) cultures. Continue to misinterpret ethnic minorities in the media due to underlying racist tendencies. Ethnic minorities are often represented as ‘the other’.



Reference:

https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=47gTeoOwJ7EC&oi=fnd&pg=PP2&dq=bell+hooks+black+women+in+media&ots=sRfWzu2nqo&sig=MdqrgeNwzqngksAalL9m5h0PIZA#v=onepage&q=bell%20hooks%20black%20women%20in%20media&f=false
(BOOK BELL HOOKS THE OUTLAW CULTURE)

http://philpapers.org/rec/HOOYRG - Bell hooks Citation

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/15/the-images-of-black-women-in-media_n_4102322.html

http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/portrayals-of-black-women-in-media/

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/02/11/black-history-black-women/23266115/

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10253860290031631 - Male gaze