Lisbet Van Zoonen- Feminist theory and Afred Hitchock.
- Gender is constructed through codes and conventions of media products, and the idea of what is male and what is female changes over time.
- Women's bodies are used in media products as a spectacle for heterosexual male audiences, which reinforces patriarchal hegemony.
- Women in Women magazine are used as a figure/representation of what women should be like to impress men.
Alfred Hitchock article.
- Women are 'Snow-capped volcanoes', so pretty on the outside but explosive on the inside.
- Stereotype of British women.
- He manipulates women 'grooming'.
- Alfred believes that Grace Kelly is sexually available.
- He compares Latin women and British women.
- Alfred is fetishising women, worshiping them.
- He uses 'i' a lot which means his very self obsessed about his views.
- She has a bold glossy lip which has a focal point on her lips which is seductive.
- Her mouth is slightly open which is a proiretic code that she is about to kiss the audience.
- Her hair is slightly over her face which connotes secrecy which may indicate she's the type of girl to 'sneak a guy in through her bedroom window'.
Tippi Hedren.
- Alfred would throw himself at her and try to kiss her.
- He got jealous when Tippi was seen talking to other males on set.
- He wanted her to participate in his sexual fantasies.
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