I’m going to be researching on how men and women are
represented in music magazines particularly the rock genre. This
will help me to understand how to represent the anchor model of my magazine
based previous magazine covers of rock genre and apply its conventions to my
works
Representaion of females in rock magazine
.
Based on
those two magazine covers I think women are sexualised in rock magazines .The
first left picture shows Lizzy hale with hands on her hip and her face is still
looking up ,making her look strong and rebellious. However she is still being
sexualised as she’s wearing really exposed cloths and tights clothes. Her open
shirt and v neck accessorised with long necklace draws attention into her chest
and breasts. The magazine cover on the right shows Lily Allen half naked with
one hand on her hand hip and the other gently placed on her lip which is
cunning and sexual but it also looks quite innocent as the facts that she’s half-naked means she’s
vulnerable. .However the bottom of her is dark and daring with her
leather pants and two panthers as her side this combined creates connotations of aggression and beast’s
.Maybe it’s truing to say she’s not as innocent as she seems to be. Both
of them are shown as daring and are sexualised the reason for this is because sex sells and we associate
rock music with black daring cloths and people that break the rules i.e. rebels
as well women are stereotyped as very sexually active and promiscuous.
Representation of males in rock magazines
On the
other hand men in the rock genre are often shown as rebellious and cool.
The left hand side magazine shows a man with leather jacket with animal patterns,
his wearing a bandana with aviators, a silk shirt with a black jacket and black
trousers. His outfit is very typical rock as he looks rebellious .His head is
put to the side with hands in his pocket which shows us that he confident and
careless emphasized by his
stern face. The magazine on the right shows us a man looking up standing
up straight hand son his hips. He is wearing really dark cloths and has a lot
of tattoos showing . Both of them are
shown as rebellious and careless.
Representaion of females in rock magazine
.
Based on
those two magazine covers I think women are sexualised in rock magazines .The
first left picture shows Lizzy hale with hands on her hip and her face is still
looking up ,making her look strong and rebellious. However she is still being
sexualised as she’s wearing really exposed cloths and tights clothes. Her open
shirt and v neck accessorised with long necklace draws attention into her chest
and breasts. The magazine cover on the right shows Lily Allen half naked with
one hand on her hand hip and the other gently placed on her lip which is
cunning and sexual but it also looks quite innocent as the facts that she’s half-naked means she’s
vulnerable. .However the bottom of her is dark and daring with her
leather pants and two panthers as her side this combined creates connotations of aggression and beast’s
.Maybe it’s truing to say she’s not as innocent as she seems to be. Both
of them are shown as daring and are sexualised the reason for this is because sex sells and we associate
rock music with black daring cloths and people that break the rules i.e. rebels
as well women are stereotyped as very sexually active and promiscuous.
Representation of males in rock magazines
On the
other hand men in the rock genre are often shown as rebellious and cool.
The left hand side magazine shows a man with leather jacket with animal patterns,
his wearing a bandana with aviators, a silk shirt with a black jacket and black
trousers. His outfit is very typical rock as he looks rebellious .His head is
put to the side with hands in his pocket which shows us that he confident and
careless emphasized by his
stern face. The magazine on the right shows us a man looking up standing
up straight hand son his hips. He is wearing really dark cloths and has a lot
of tattoos showing . Both of them are
shown as rebellious and careless.
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