Media Studies A-Level
Performativity through repetition
What Performativity through repetition means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Gender is produced through repeated stylised acts and representations rather than expressing a fixed inner essence, so media texts participate in 'doing' gender.
Topics that use Performativity through repetition
- Theories of gender performativity (AQA A-Level)
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