Wednesday, 11 May 2011

Hotel texts for MEST 3 section A

We've been using extracts from Hotel Babylon (BBC) and the Hotel Inspector (C5) to practise Section A.
You came up with excellent observations about gender representations, the power of editing to convey a message and wider aspects such as mass audiences, hegemony, patriarchy and post-feminism. Look at the archetype of the germ-busting evil-fighting heroine.

You can practise this section yourself using similar or contrasting texts from Youtube.
Make notes on: institution, 2 RAILING aspects and then wider issues with reference to other texts.

Remember: " TV makes the ordinary extraordinary". Discuss