Media Studies A-Level
Parody and hyperbolic repetition
What Parody and hyperbolic repetition means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Parody and hyperbolic repetition
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Ways in which subversion can operate by exposing the imitative structure of gender norms.
Topics that use Parody and hyperbolic repetition
- Theories of gender performativity - Butler's ideas and theories on gender performativity (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Gender performativity
- Historical and cultural contingency of gender
- Naturalisation in media representation
- Stylisation and cultural convention
- Constructed versus naturalised gender
- Gender as constructed rather than essential
- Repetition and citation of norms
- Repetition and the production of identity
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