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Exotics—Women of Color
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As Kimberly Williams Crenshaw has emphasized (1993), the problems
faced by white women in the media are even more prevalent and at more
troubling levels when compared to women of color in the media. The theory
of intersectionality looks at the multiple ways in which race, class,
gender, sexuality and ability impact the agency of women in society.
Crenshaw offers a stimulating analysis of a number of older films, such as
Wild at Heart, and how women of color are portrayed as
voodoo priestesses, monsters and the like. Patricia Hill Collins considers
a similar subject of how women of color are portrayed in the media—African
American women may be stereotyped as docile, domineering, irresponsible,
and promiscuous, Latinas as lazy or flirty, and Native American women as
inferior “squaws” or seductive princesses (1990). The
Ads:
All of the following ads present women of color in a disturbing light. In
some we find women of color being sexualized (#s 29, 44) as a result of
their ethnicity. Others portray women of color in stereotypical contexts,
such as #s 9 and 10; while a number of ads connect African American women
to nature (#s 19, 20). Image 26, a South African ad, is one of the most
offensive ads I have seen. Image 53, a recent find, is quite interesting.
It is one of the first images that I have located that depicts a male
associated with animality and nature. Questions:
(1) What cultural, political and gendered reasons can be attributed to the
different portrayals of women of color in advertising? (2) Are there
similar portrayals of men of color in advertising (as compared to European
American men)? >
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<presented by Scott A.
Lukas, Ph.D.>
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