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Representation

Representation. REPRESENTATION. Gender: Women. How does the cover art represent women?. Gender: Women. Very limited roles for women in the game: Love interests (5 for Niko , 1 for Roman) Prostitutes – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkw4B0ZIrR0 Mothers/Wives/Girlfriends in the BG

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Representation

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  1. Representation REPRESENTATION

  2. Gender: Women • How does the cover art represent women?

  3. Gender: Women • Very limited roles for women in the game: • Love interests (5 for Niko, 1 for Roman) • Prostitutes – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkw4B0ZIrR0 • Mothers/Wives/Girlfriends in the BG • 1 token female crime boss (Elizabeta Torres) • Watch this video of Torres: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA3HPWrb2_g • How is she represented? • How means ‘as what’ • How means ‘using which techniques’

  4. Gender: Women • ‘Fridged’ women • ‘Fridging’ refers to “killing off a central character in order to give another character someone to avenge…” What does the ‘fridging’ of Kate tell us about attitudes towards women in the game (refer to a theory…)?

  5. Gender: Men • Re-watch the scene in which we are first introduced to Vlad: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwPZdqsemhI • What different versions of masculinity are represented here? • From what else we have seen of the game, which versions would seem to be the ‘preferred’ interpretations? • Support your claim with evidence

  6. Gender: Men • GTA IV is about a clash of two types of masculinity – the brains and the brawn • Re-watch the scene in which we meet Mikhail & Dimitri for the first time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1MGFIw3Pzo&feature=BFa&list=UUavi5XBcwDb2oyoCEjxk_0g&lf=plcp What evidence is there of these two roles? What other examples of Brains vs Brawn can we find in GTA IV?

  7. Gender: Men • Watch these two videos involving Brucie Kibbutz • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0zFaE9tJcg • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFRPH8StsSY • Which aspects of masculinity are explored here? • How are the different forms of masculinity being represented?

  8. Gender: Sexuality • Bernie Crane • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRYJoAVE_oc • How is homosexuality represented here? • Compare with previous scenes with Brucie Kibbutz • What seem to be the game’s messages & values concerning homosexuality?

  9. Gender: Sexuality • The Ballad of Gay Tony • This is a piece of DLC for the main game • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFjo7DJ4waE [3.24-6.10] • How does this video complicate all representations so far within the main game?

  10. Race • There is a heavy amount of stereotyping: • Most of the Eastern Europeans that we see are/become criminals • Black Africans (Little Jacob) – Jamaican • Roman has become Americanised • What evidence can you find for the Americanisation of Roman?

  11. Eastern Europeans • Re-examine the characters of Nico, Roman, Vlad, Bernie Crane, Mikhail & Dimitri • Is there any attempt to represent the people from Eastern Europe in a balanced way? • If so: where? • If not: give examples of the imbalance • You may wish to refer to the videos again…

  12. Coming to America • How is the experience of the immigrant represented throughout the game? • What points of comparison/contrast might we find between representations of race here and in GoW3? • Comparisons of multi-cultural societies • Contrasts between insiders/outsiders

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