The Gentlewoman: Language and Representation blog tasks

 Gentlewoman front cover 


1) What do the typefaces used on the front cover suggest to an audience?
subverts typical lifestyle and fashion magazines

2) How does the cover subvert conventional magazine cover design?
lower case, sans serif typography


3) Write an analysis of the central image.

IMAGE FEELS LIKE A FRAMED PROTRAIT WITH AN ARTISTIC DESGIN. TIGHLY FRAMED. LOW ANGLE
CLOSE UPS OF SCARLET JOHNSON.

4) What representations of gender and celebrity can be found on this front cover?
THE LOW ANGLE SHOWS THAT SJ IS LOOKING DOWN AT THE CAMERA CREATING A EMPOWERMENT REPRESENTATION.

5) What gender and representation theories can we apply to this cover of the Gentlewoman? 



Feature: Modern Punches

1) How does the feature on Ramla Ali use narrative to engage the audience? Apply narrative theories here.
THROUHG CHARACTER PROPS( HERO AND VILLAN)
HERO: RAMLA ALI
VILLAN: BULLY

2) What representations can you find in this feature - both interview and image?
FEMALES CAN DO ANYTHING SUBVERTING STEROTYPES THAT BOXING IS JUST FOR MALES. 

3) What representation theories can we apply to the Modern Punches feature? 
REJECTS BUTLERS THEORYS OF GENDER IS SOCIALLY CONSTRUCTED.

Feature: Isabella Tree interview

1) Why is this feature unconventional for a women's lifestyle and fashion magazine? Comment on the use media language in these pages. 
EMPAHISES ON NATURE RATHER THAN INDIVIDUAL.

2) How does the Isabella Tree feature reflect the social and cultural contexts of contemporary Britain? Think about AQA's discussion of lifestyle, environmental issues and ethical movements.
SHE IS A BRITISH AUTHOUR MARRIED TO A SIR CHARLES BURRELL

3) What representations of nature can be found in this feature?
NATURE IS GOING TO DIE OUT AS IN THIS PHOTO NATURE IS DULL


Feature: Stella McCartney and vegan fashion

1) How does this feature reflect contemporary social and cultural contexts?

CHANGE IN  FASHION ADN ETHICAL.
2) Comment on the typography and page design in this feature.

THE CONSTANT CHANGE FROM SANS SERIF TO SEFIF TITLE IS MAKING THIS FEATURE LOOK QUITE MESSY, HOWEVER THE GENTLEWOMAN IS AIMING FOR A MORE AUNTENTIC FEEL.
3) What representations can be found in the image accompanying this feature? 
 UNCONVENTIIONAL FOR  A WOMENS MAGAZINE AND THERE IS A CHANGE IN SOCIETY WITH THIS MOVEMENT OF FAKE LEATHER AND VEGAN HANDBAGS.


Representations

Read this Business of Fashion interview with The Gentlewoman editor Penny Martin. If you don't want to sign up to the website (free) then you can access the text of the article on Google Drive here (you'll need your Greenford Google login). Answer the following questions: 

1) What type of magazine did Penny Martin, Gert Jonkers and Jop van Bennekom want to create? 
 THEY WANTED TO CREATE A MAGAZINE WITH FEMALE EMPOWERMENT AND AUTHENCITY. 

2) What representations of modern women did they try to construct for the magazine?

FEMALES THAT SUBVERT THE TRADITIONAL STEROTYPES.
BOXER
ECO-FRIENDLY
VEGAN HANDBAGS AND FAKE LEATHER
3) What examples of cover stars reflect the diversity in the magazine's content? 
THERE WAS A SOMALI BOXER CALLED RAMLA ALI 

4) What is Penny Martin's view on feminism and whether the magazine is feminist?
SHE CREATED THIS MAGAZINE IN ORDER TO EMPOWER WOMEN SO SHE LIKES THE IDEA OF FEMINSIM.

5) Look at the end of the article. How does the Gentlewoman help readers construct or reflect their identity by engaging with events and spaces beyond the magazine? 


Gentlewoman Club which extends
the magazine's brand into physical events where readers can interact and chat
with editors.



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