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An Intersectional Analysis of Visual Media: A Case of Diesel Advertisements
Ist Teil von
Social thought & research, 2008-01, Vol.29, p.105-128
Ort / Verlag
Lawrence: Department of Sociology, University of Kansas
Erscheinungsjahr
2008
Quelle
Alma/SFX Local Collection
Beschreibungen/Notizen
This study is intended to advance the application of an intersectional approach that focuses on the simultaneous operation of gender, race/ethnicity, and sexuality to the analysis of visual media, such as advertisements. Despite the growing advocacy to systematically include intersectionality in our analyses of people's experiences and identities, on the one hand, and their images/representations, on the other, sociologists still tend to analyze only one of these identities at a time. In this article, we argue that the application of the intersectional approach leads to more complex and adequate understandings of how identities and power relations are constructed in visual media. Towards this end, we conduct an intersectional analysis of Diesel advertisements using the concepts of racialized gender and gendered race, and demonstrate the advantages of an intersectional analysis. In doing so, we hope to provide an illustration of an intersectional analysis of visual media, such as advertisements, which could inform the work of others interested in conducting similar analyses.