Feminist Criticism II (Discussion)

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All groups

  1. According to Kaplan, feminists have taken two approaches in their analyses of the "Madonna phenomenon" (MP):
    1. Groups 1 & 2: "A feminist identity politics"
    2. Groups 3 & 4: "A feminist politics of the signifier"
  2. In your own words, what characterizes these two approaches?

Group 1

  1. Do these two approaches to the MP qualify as liberal/bourgeois feminism?
  2. 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?
  3. Do you believe that Mad Men and the Madonna videos viewed in class are pro-feminist or anti-feminist? Why?
  4. 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

  1. Do these two approaches to the MP qualify as Marxist feminism?
  2. 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?
  3. Do you believe that Mad Men and the Madonna videos viewed in class are pro-feminist or anti-feminist? Why?
  4. 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

  1. Do these two approaches to the MP qualify as radical feminism?
  2. 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?
  3. Do you believe that Mad Men and the Madonna videos viewed in class are pro-feminist or anti-feminist? Why?
  4. 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

  1. Do these two approaches to the MP qualify as post-structural feminism?
  2. 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?
  3. Do you believe that Mad Men and the Madonna videos viewed in class are pro-feminist or anti-feminist? Why?
  4. 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

  1. 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

  1. Butler, Jeremy G. Television: Critical Methods and Applications. Mahweh, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2007.
  2. Robert C. Allen, Channels of Discourse, Reassembled, second edition (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1992).

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