Representation
of women with R&B
Laura Mulvey’s male gaze theory: women are objectified
through the eyes of a heterosexual male.
Janice Winship’s notion of complicity: the female tries to
make a version of herself to be enjoyed by men.
David Gauntlette’s empowered female: that women are in charge
of themselves and do not use their sexuality or promisciousicity for men.
Women within the R&B genre are usually presented for men,
proving Mulvey’s theory but occasionally as in my textual analysis Winship’s
theory is shown or even more rarely as an empowered female which I would like
to enforce more in my magazine. It will still fit for the R&B genre because
women’s power is ever-growing. Men are represented aggressively and
stronger/more powerful than women within R&B magazines, there are many
images such as these that follow that show women promiscuously with a man in
charge of them.
These are general images from R&B but many like this are used
in their magazines.
I will demonstrate my knowledge of
this in my magazine by showing clearly the empowered woman theory with tweaks
of the male gaze theory to fit into the genre just a little more.
R&B stands for Rhythm and Blues. It is a music genre originated from African-Americans in the 1940's. The term Rhythm and Blues can relate to some forms of rap music, because nowadays the term R&B doesn't relate back to blues, soul and funk. 'Contemporary R&B' is the explanation for the evolution of the genre.
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