Bell hooks
Gender have a strong message.
Patriarchal oppression.
feminism is a lifestyle choice or political commitment.
Jean Baudrillard
simulacra images no relation to reality.
challenges this with the images via being ‘real’ or promotion tool.
Paul Gilroy
Race and ethnicity…
Racial Hierarchies.
binary opposition.
Roland Barthes
signs and signifiers.
signifiers of what beyonce wears… Antebellum era dress to signify slavery.
Genre
Trap/bounce music
originated in New Orleans.
Intertextuality
messages for awareness of issues….
racial tensions,New Orleans floods, police brutality.
reference to That B.E.A.T documentary.