GENDER MASCULINITY AND MUSIC VIDEOS Introduction The essay

GENDER, MASCULINITY AND MUSIC VIDEOS

Introduction � The essay will analyse the video of 50 cent ft. Snoop dog P. I. M. P. We will base our knowledge on the article Skeggs, B. 1993. Two Minute Brother: Contestation Through gender, "race" and sexuality. Innovation: The European Journal of Social Sciences. 6(3), 299. And we will use quotations from there for the second part of our essay.

Part I � � � Gender representations: black masculine males and oversexualised black females Hegemonic/subordinate forms: black powerful men/subordinated obedient black women Symbols of power and their effects: expensive cars, mansions, jewellery, “magic stick”, attitude of women towards men.

Part II � Other representations: objectified women (According to the article: “The majority of rap videos that reference women often produce fantasy images of numerous beautiful women draping themselves around, and unconditionally desiring, the male rappers”); � Intersection of masculinity with class, sexuality, “race” and ethnicity: with class: (“Alongside economic castration. . . which meant that Black masculinities could never compete on the same territory as white masculinities”, “they were able to develop coping strategies to create dignity out of oppression. ” (Genovese 1972)) with sexuality: (“Through pseudo-scientific mythology, Black people were labelled as more animalistic, more primitive and, accordingly, more sexual. ”) with “race” and ethnicity: (“as popular music has shown, through the fear and fascination of the white audience/consumers, racist myths could very easily be converted into displays of Black male power and control. ”)

Part III � � � The text does not challenge hegemonic masculinity, and instead magnify it. Alternatives to the dominant modes of representations in the text: there are no alternatives Can we challenge these representations?