Representation theory

    

Key theorists to learn:

1] Gauntlett

2] Van Zoonen

3] Hall

4] Butler

 5]Hooks

6] Gilroy 

Theories of representation:

• Hall will be relevant to any representation in which
power operates or to exploring how representations
may be contested.
• Gauntlett will be relevant to any representations that
offer complex and contradictory images.
• Van Zoonen, hooks, and Butler will be relevant to any
representation of gender (i.e. all representations of
people), and hooks will be even more widely relevant
to representations of race, class, sexuality and gender.
• Gilroy will be relevant to any representation of race
and ethnicity (i.e. all representations of people) and of
Western culture.



1] Gauntlett

4: Butler key quotation


Feminism reinforces a binary view of gender relations in which human beings are divided into two clear-cut groups, women and men.

'the experience of a gendered... cultural identity is considered an achievement.' 'There is no gender identity behind the expressions of gender; ... identity is performatively constituted by the very "expressions" that are said to be its results.'












6] Gilroy key quotation

“The political conflicts that characterize multicultural societies can take on a very different aspect if they are understood to exist firmly in a context supplied by imperial and colonial history”