Identification

Cards (8)

  • What is the theory
    Representations offer tools for Identification

    Past:Singular and straightforward
    Present:Pick and mix
  • Does this poster reinforce or subvert this
    Reinforce
  • What part of the poster does this
    The brown haired girl being bitten by a Vampire and holding a male up
  • What is she wearing
    A tight low cut white dress with no shoes
  • What does her dress do
    It shows her physique which is thin and Idealised. The means that people can identify with her or want to identify with her
  • What does her face show
    The modified frontality shows her face which could be showing her as scared. This can be futher anchored by the bat biting her arm
  • What is she doing to the man
    She is holding him up as he looks unconscious. This could show she is stronger than other women and subverting the stereotype.
  • What context can back this up
    Second wave feminism as women were seeming to become stronger and have more freedom in the world