Representation

• Stereotype

  Who:Hall

  Simplified representations

  Reflects unequal social power

  Less powerful as other
• Identification

  Who:Gauntlett

  Representations offer tools for identification

  Past singular and straightforward

  Present pick and mix
• Gender

  Who:Van Zoonen

  Males and females represented differently

  Females are domestic and caring

  Males are social and rational

  Females objectified
• Ethnicity

  Who:Gilroy

  Post colonial attitudes

  Civilisationism

  Racial heirachy
• Performativity

  Who:Butler

  Gender is a performance

  Rituals

  Heteronormative culture
• Intersectionality

  Who:Hooks

  Gender, race and class intersect

  These determine oppression

  Feminism is a political act