Media Series - TV
Bell Hooks


Representation - Page 6
EDUQUAS


Argues that feminism is a struggle to end patriarchal oppression and the ideology of domination, and that the position of the underrepresented is by class and race as well as gender.
"Women in lower class and poor groups, particularly those who are non-white, would not have defined women's liberation as women gaining social equality with men since they are continually reminded in their everyday lives that all women do not share a common social status.”
How is “patriarchal oppression and the ideology of domination” evident in “The Jinx”?

Write 3 paragraphs which express your ideas.

  • Women as victims of patriarchal society:
  • Durst’s mother – constructed as unstable, victim
  • Kathie – less wealthy, victim
  • Susan Berman – defined as gangster’s daughter, victim
  • BUT
  • Debrah Lee Charatan – independent, feisty
  • Jeanine Pirro – DA and Judge. Constructed through costuming and mise-en-scene – make-up, power suits in e.g. pink, leather library chairs, opulent mise-en-scene. Note that she is a TV presenter for Fox News Channel (Justice with Judge Jeanine) and makes additional media appearances. Does this affect the way we see her as “constructed”?

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