Feminist Criticism II (Discussion)
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- According to Kaplan, feminists have taken two approaches in their analyses of the "Madonna phenomenon" (MP):
- Groups 1 & 2: "A feminist identity politics"
- Groups 3 & 4: "A feminist politics of the signifier"
- In your own words, what characterizes these two approaches?
Group 1
- Do these two approaches to the MP qualify as liberal/bourgeois feminism?
- What would your brand of feminism have to say about Mad Men and the Madonna videos viewed in class? Would it approve or disapprove of them?
- Do you believe that Mad Men and the Madonna videos viewed in class are pro-feminist or anti-feminist? Why?
- Another sexually potent woman featured in music videos and elsewhere on television is Britney Spears.
- If you were a researcher interested in feminist identity politics, what might you have to say about her work? How might you fashion a research project to explore identity politics and Spears?
Group 2
- Do these two approaches to the MP qualify as Marxist feminism?
- What would your brand of feminism have to say about Mad Men and the Madonna videos viewed in class? Would it approve or disapprove of them?
- Do you believe that Mad Men and the Madonna videos viewed in class are pro-feminist or anti-feminist? Why?
- Another sexually potent woman featured in music videos and elsewhere on television is Britney Spears.
- If you were a researcher interested in feminist identity politics, what might you have to say about her work? How might you fashion a research project to explore identity politics and Spears?
Group 3
- Do these two approaches to the MP qualify as radical feminism?
- What would your brand of feminism have to say about Mad Men and the Madonna videos viewed in class? Would it approve or disapprove of them?
- Do you believe that Mad Men and the Madonna videos viewed in class are pro-feminist or anti-feminist? Why?
- Another sexually potent woman featured in music videos and elsewhere on television is Britney Spears.
- If you were a researcher interested in feminist politics of the signifier, what might you have to say about her work? How might you fashion a research project to explore the politics of the signifier and Spears?
Group 4
- Do these two approaches to the MP qualify as post-structural feminism?
- What would your brand of feminism have to say about Mad Men and the Madonna videos viewed in class? Would it approve or disapprove of them?
- Do you believe that Mad Men and the Madonna videos viewed in class are pro-feminist or anti-feminist? Why?
- Another sexually potent woman featured in music videos and elsewhere on television is Britney Spears.
- If you were a researcher interested in feminist politics of the signifier, what might you have to say about her work? How might you fashion a research project to explore the politics of the signifier and Spears?
All groups -- as time permits
- What is the concept of "pastiche," as based in Fredric Jameson's theories and explained by Kaplan? Why is it significant to Kaplan's feminist understanding of MTV?
Bibliography
- Butler, Jeremy G. Television: Critical Methods and Applications. Mahweh, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2007.
- Robert C. Allen, Channels of Discourse, Reassembled, second edition (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1992).