I laughed when I first saw Devon's I thought it was funny. It's like a homage to the 1950's culture and sterotypes. Good looking white man puts a ring on a attractive house wife in an apron. She got her ring, she got what all the girls dremaed off to happen in those days to meet a nice man who has money and can give them a good life. While they stay in the kitchen, cook and clean and do work around the house. It has the little bubble floating above her head about her dream man that is also somthing I liked alot. Its an African American woman, and a white man that part doesn't add up for the times, but it could be convergence culture combing two different time periods.
It's quite funny how Devon made the image of what used to be the ideal woman. A woman is someone who was expected to be a housewife, perfect in cooking, cleaning, doing the laundry, raising the children, and making her husband feel good when he came home from work. In high school girls are taught how to be good wife. In the link below is the text high school girls used to study how to be a good wife. http://iws.ccccd.edu/grooms/goodwife.htm And Jim actually said it doesn't balance out of how Beyonce's a black woman and the ideal husband in her bubble is white... but I think her skin color seems lighter than her regular complexion with beautiful wavy her. I don't think she gives off a strong characteristic of being a black woman but rather is closer to being white.
Devon, this remix is really funny. I like how you played off of the Beyonce video we watched in class. You can interpret a lot from the image selections you used in your remix. I think the fact that you used a doll also says a lot about the topic of women being objectified and that your remix does a great job of supporting the message of the song. The remixed photo can also serve several different meanings to different people interpreting it. Another interesting aspect of the remix is the photo of the man in the thought bubble. I think that this aspect as well as the zoomed in picture of the ring really ties the whole concept together nicely.
I’m not gonna lie, for a good two seconds my first thoughts were: "Is that really Beyonce, and does she really have a flat-top?” Devon, this is good stuff, all of your editing gives new meaning to both cultures. As Jim noted, that charming man in the little bubble fits in perfectly with the 1950’s Betty Crocker kitchen; but as for Beyonce’s luring sex appeal, not so much. Historically, in a race-conscious culture, an African-American woman would most likely not embody this image, but the diamond ring would certainly embody the woman. The idea of marriage and flaunting of possessions has retained its value across cultures, but I do believe America has moved past this female stereotype of a woman wearing an apron, baking in the kitchen while the man of her dreams does the real world work. Either way, I think this remix is a good example of communicating cultural integration and the exploitation of differing stereotypes.
I laughed when I first saw Devon's I thought it was funny. It's like a homage to the 1950's culture and sterotypes. Good looking white man puts a ring on a attractive house wife in an apron. She got her ring, she got what all the girls dremaed off to happen in those days to meet a nice man who has money and can give them a good life. While they stay in the kitchen, cook and clean and do work around the house. It has the little bubble floating above her head about her dream man that is also somthing I liked alot. Its an African American woman, and a white man that part doesn't add up for the times, but it could be convergence culture combing two different time periods.
ReplyDeleteIt's quite funny how Devon made the image of what used to be the ideal woman. A woman is someone who was expected to be a housewife, perfect in cooking, cleaning, doing the laundry, raising the children, and making her husband feel good when he came home from work. In high school girls are taught how to be good wife. In the link below is the text high school girls used to study how to be a good wife.
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And Jim actually said it doesn't balance out of how Beyonce's a black woman and the ideal husband in her bubble is white... but I think her skin color seems lighter than her regular complexion with beautiful wavy her. I don't think she gives off a strong characteristic of being a black woman but rather is closer to being white.
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ReplyDeleteDevon, this remix is really funny. I like how you played off of the Beyonce video we watched in class. You can interpret a lot from the image selections you used in your remix. I think the fact that you used a doll also says a lot about the topic of women being objectified and that your remix does a great job of supporting the message of the song. The remixed photo can also serve several different meanings to different people interpreting it. Another interesting aspect of the remix is the photo of the man in the thought bubble. I think that this aspect as well as the zoomed in picture of the ring really ties the whole concept together nicely.
ReplyDeleteI’m not gonna lie, for a good two seconds my first thoughts were: "Is that really Beyonce, and does she really have a flat-top?” Devon, this is good stuff, all of your editing gives new meaning to both cultures. As Jim noted, that charming man in the little bubble fits in perfectly with the 1950’s Betty Crocker kitchen; but as for Beyonce’s luring sex appeal, not so much. Historically, in a race-conscious culture, an African-American woman would most likely not embody this image, but the diamond ring would certainly embody the woman. The idea of marriage and flaunting of possessions has retained its value across cultures, but I do believe America has moved past this female stereotype of a woman wearing an apron, baking in the kitchen while the man of her dreams does the real world work. Either way, I think this remix is a good example of communicating cultural integration and the exploitation of differing stereotypes.
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