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| "Culture is where people define their identity and it changes in accord with need of individuals and communities to express that identity," Stuart Hall in Mirzoeff, An Introduction to Visual Culture, p.24
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Questions: What are aspects of identity building? Clothing? Make up? Body changes? Education? What are gender influences and assumptions from the environment? |
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| Jonathan Weinberg's work on the Radio City Music Hall murals from the Work Progress Administration era could be considered., Ambition and Love in Modern American Art, Yale University Press. 2001 |
Look at spaces and what they tell us about the identity expectations for the people that use them. Example: Have students look at various environments and describe them. Are some environments more for males and some for females? Are the environments made to influence the gender or to respond to the natural differences in gender? Are the environments promoting gender stereotypes? Bathrooms, personal bedrooms, little boy and little girl decorations of bedrooms, club rooms, forts and various public spaces used primarily by one gender group could be considered and evaluated using Barrett's guidelines for art criticism.(description followed by discussion of historical,social and formal artistic structure implications of the description) |
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| More useful books:
Manhood in the Making, Cultural Concepts of Masculinity, David Gilmore, Yale University Press, 1991 |
Look at stereotyping and type casting in Disney Movies for elementary. Lion King, Beauty and the beast, Snow White. Who does which roles in your household? Who do you think should? |