Critical Investigation

Critical investigation title

Women are often objectified in hip-hop music videos, why are artist such as Trina represented in such a sexualized manner? And how can their success be depicted without conforming to stereotypical conventions?

Linked Production and who I am working with

A music video glamorizing female success, with alternative ideologies represented in a masculine way. I will be working with Nida, Shna and Jason.

Critical investigation key words 

Ø Objectified

Ø Sexualized

Ø Stereotypes

Ø Conforming

Ø Hip-hop

As there has been an increase in females pursuing a career of rap, I think it will be interesting to explore the hip hop genre in regards to the representation of women. A variation of shots to exaggerate the female body, fast paste sound for females to dance to in order to move body in an aesthetically pleasing way. I will find out why females within the hip hop genre are represented in this way. Laura Mulvery’s theory of feminism fits into this study because women are objectified to appease to the male gaze’s, furthermore the theory of structuralism is implemented as there are narrative patterns throughout many different texts. Throughout history women have been objectified as they have been perceived as lesser then men, the title given to women meaning ‘of man’ subjects women to the creation of man meaning they are owned I do not have their own entity. This has had an effect on the construction of a woman’s representation within the hip hop genre because they are constructed in order to appease the male dominated audiences voyeuristic needs, This is relevant because historical and social events can almost alter a representation because the word is fed media via hyperemic of what the mainstream believe is news worthy and ‘real’.