Contemporary Images of Women
What do these images do? From the producer's
point of view, and ours? Do we get interpellated as subjects
by them?
From which perspectives can we look at these images?
See Male
Voyeurism and Female Spectatorship--Berger, et al.
I. Contemporary Feminist Artists' Challenge of Traditional
(Male) Constructions of Women
(including Hollywood
images vs. feminist artists and Barbara Kruger)
II. Images of Spice Girls
III. Images of Women on
the Ads
Ref. Fashion
Models and Postmodern Consumer Society--by Julia Chan from Queens University
Contemporary Feminist Artists' Challenge of
Traditional (Male) Constructions of Women
1. Hollywood images vs. feminist artists--
Cindy Sherman and Madonna
2. Barbara
Kruger |
I. Hollywood images vs. feminist artists--
Cindy Sherman and Madonna *More
work by Cindy Sherman.
--compare the images on the right with those on the right
Lois Lane in the 1950's television program Superman
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Cindy Sherman: Untitled film still, 1978 (Staniszewski
281) |
Marilyn Monroe
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Cindy Sherman: Untitled film still (Staniszewski
282)
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Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1953
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Madonna in a video still from Material Girl, 1985
(Staniszewski 283)
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Liza Minnelli in Cabaret, 1972
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Madonna in Truth or Dare, 1991 (Staniszewski 284)
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