Women and Media Representation
- Read: *Catherine A. Luther, Carolyn Lepre and Naeemah Clark, “Representations of Gender in Print Media,” Diversity in U.S. Mass Media (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011).
In class: Screening of Miss Representation (via Netflix). UPDATE: Due to the Netflix server being down, we were unable to watch the film, Miss Representation, in class today (*sigh*). We will watch it next week in class.- Group #1 ‘Show & Tell’
For further reading & research:
- Michelle Law, “Sisters Doin’ it for Themselves: Frozen and the Evolution of the Disney Heroine,” Screen Education, 74 (2014): 16-25.
- Laura Stampler, “American Apparel’s ‘Unisex’ Ads Portray Men And Women Very Differently,” Business Insider, May 16, 2013 (follow the link at the bottom of the story to see the photo gallery).
- The Gender Ads Project (scroll up for the Menu, which is at the top, on the right)