Formation (Beyoncé, 2016)

• Gender~ Femininity:

  -Van Zoonen/Mulvey- objects of desire and male gaze w low cut necklines in parlour and dancing, revealing costumes but this is done to reclaim their femininity

  -bell hooks-emphasis on black femininity, beyoncé leading the women into formation the cast being predominantly black women, women being powerful and wealthy ‘Black Bill Gates in the making’
• Gender/identity: Gauntlett

  -Popular feminism- women in power e.g. women in the car park with Beyoncé leading them

  -Black masculinity- bounce culture clips from ’THAT BEAT’ documentary symbolic of New Orleans (origin)more fluidity of sexuality