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The second half of our unit was also run through, We were previously set a reading over "MYCOURSE" to study the pictorial essay chapter of J.Berger's 'Ways Of Seeing,' 1972. I couldnt find the text anywhere on the Uni site, nor the prompt questions, so I downloaded a PDF file of the entire book on THISSITE.
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I then began gaining a basic understanding of his views of feminism. A discussion was held that afternoon, and the idea of how text can influence our opinions and manipulate our views on a certain subject. Can pictures do this as well? Is the this allowing us to make our own judgement and our own view? Are the illustrations directing us? Looking at the material, you get a definite sense of female status and roles placed and applied in early centuries. Women seem to be treated as a minor race, and lowly placed in a social hierarchy shoved underneath men and just above slaves.. how flattering.. These images suggest women as weak and vulnerable as they each depict a scene were they play a variety of roles. Such as cleaner, wife, mother, cook, worker etc. Whats most insulting, is how the wealthier side of society has taken time out of their luxurious lifestyle to buy have hand-painted portraits of their animals/pets but not their women! The point I think Berger's trying to make here is, how generations and culture have come so far and their new modern experiences of the world has influenced the way women are seen. What's even more interesting, is how the 70s has seen this pictures and applied their knowledge and understanding, and now how we as a group have taken another step, applied 40years worth of new knowledge, experience and understanding creating a snowball which can only become more critical and deeply analysed.
For next week our task is to read chapter 2 of
Charlotte Cotton's 'The Photography as Contemporary Art'
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