Christopher Bell: Bring on the female superheroes!
Кристофер Белл: Дорогу супергероиням!
Dr. Christopher Bell specializes in the study of popular culture, focusing on the ways in which race, class and gender intersect in different forms of media. Full bio
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for a grown man in our society to say.
мужчины в нашем обществе.
я думаю о маленьких девочках,
thinking about little girls,
что у меня есть такая.
because I have one.
you would really like her.
the word I find myself saying most
то чаще всего употребляю слово
и умением контролировать тело.
and good body control.
чемпионкой штата
back-to-back-to-back state champion
на полпути к чёрному поясу.
halfway to a black belt.
под 2 метра ростом и весом в 120 кг
and 265 pounds stands in front of you
that's a reflection of him.
дважды в чемпионате штата по футболу
was a two-time all-state soccer player
volleyball player,
in a cloak of flames
seen "Game of Thrones,"
не самые ужасные родители на свете.
the worst parents who ever lived.
что там есть некая Мать драконов,
called the Mother of Dragons,
and she loves it.
character is Groot.
that I have to ask.
my daughter dresses up,
мужского пола?
she dresses up as a boy?
of female superheroes.
where is all the female superhero stuff?
Where are the toys?
plays when she dresses up,
изображает кого-то,
in my own line of work,
который в моей рабочей области
are taught ideologies.
to be a man or a woman,
быть мужчиной или женщиной,
yourself in public,
и иметь хорошие манеры.
and have good manners.
отношений, делающие нас народом.
that make us up as a people.
учимся познавать других людей
what we know about other people
насквозь пронизанном СМИ.
media-saturated society.
существования,
aspect of your human existence
до ваших предпочтений в еде,
to the food that you eat
your relationships
you use to formulate thought --
определяется СМИ.
и с окружающим миром
about other people and about the world
и приборы распространения информации.
distribution technologies and devices.
связано с финансовой выгодой,
is tied to financial gain,
принадлежали 50 компаниям.
were owned by 50 companies.
это довольно много.
doing something is a lot of companies.
AOL Time Warner,
Viacom и CBS Corporation.
Viacom and the CBS Corporation.
9 из 10 фильмов, которые вы смотрите,
nine out of every 10 movies you watch,
nine out of every 10 songs,
90% американского рынка вещания,
90 percent of American media,
что вам позволено смотреть каждый день?
over what you're allowed to see every day?
не могут указывать нам, как думать.
that media can't tell us what to think,
to think what they want you to think.
думать так, как им хочется.
the things they want you to think about,
о чём они хотят,
the things they don't you to think about.
о чём они не хотят.
Company for a second.
the Walt Disney Company is this.
who has never seen a Disney movie?
ни разу не видевший фильма от Disney?
what we call 100 percent penetration
так называемое стопроцентное проникновение
has been exposed to Disney,
of its money selling princesses to girls.
зарабатывает, продавая девочкам принцесс.
your daughter is interested in,
интересная вашей дочери так же,
for the sum of four billion dollars,
за 4 миллиарда долларов
the Disney stores with Han Solo
атрибутикой Хана Соло,
and Luke Skywalker and Yoda
Люка Скайуокера и Йоды —
messes up the public pedagogy
нарушает правила общественной педагогики,
merchandise in the store,
атрибутику принцессы Леи,
the Princess Leia stuff?"
merchandise in the store."
атрибутику принцессы Леи.
and they took to Twitter
запустили в «Твиттере»
"Wait, that's not what we meant.
«Погодите, мы не это имели в виду.
merchandise yet, but we will."
но позже будет».
as I recently have,
как я недавно,
items there are in the Disney Store?
таких товаров?
of putting Princess Leia in the store.
размещать в магазинах атрибутику Леи.
because we found out that was their policy
потому что их политика стала ясна
selling princesses to girls,
продавая девочкам принцесс,
to make money from boys.
и на мальчиках.
чем продавать им супергероев?
than superheroes?
to Captain America and to Thor,
Капитана Америку, Тора,
no one had ever even heard of.
at selling superheroes.
called "Guardians of the Galaxy."
«Стражи Галактики».
should not work.
быть успешным.
except for comic book nerds like me.
кроме таких фанатов комиксов, как я.
is an anthropomorphic raccoon.
off of "Guardians of the Galaxy."
her name is Gamora.
and fights like a ninja,
дерётся как ниндзя,
by a beautiful black woman,
I went to buy my daughter Gamora stuff,
в магазин за вещами с Гаморой для дочери,
I learned a very interesting thing.
рюкзак с Гаморой,
as "some" of the Guardians of the Galaxy.
«Некоторые из Стражей Галактики».
she wasn't on it,
Гаморы на ней нет,
of Gamora right here,
картинку Гаморы вот здесь,
of the actual merchandise on that shelf,
на любой из товаров на полке,
with the hashtag #WheresGamora,
под хештегом #ГдеГамора,
across the world,
по всему миру,
I wasn't even really that surprised,
when Disney had released "The Avengers."
когда Disney выпустили «Мстителей».
a new Avengers movie, the "Age of Ultron,"
«Эра Альтрона»,
but two female superheroes,
а целых две супергероини:
actresses in America, plays Black Widow,
в Америке, играет Чёрную вдову,
but five different Marvel movies,
а целых пяти фильмов Marvel,
of Black Widow merchandise available.
атрибутики с Чёрной вдовой.
and look for a Black Widow costume,
поискать костюм Чёрной вдовы,
Captain America and The Incredible Hulk.
и Невероятного Халка.
in the movie that long.
with the hashtag, as many people did,
написать об этом в «Твиттер» под хэштегом
with the Cycle Blast Quinjet play set,
«Самолёт Мстителей»,
rides a motorcycle out of a moving jet
из движущегося реактивного самолёта,
it happened in the movie,
это случилось в фильме,
with a male figure.
and a bunch of movie studios
и множество других киностудий
over 30 feature-length films
полнометражных фильмов
will have female solo leads.
будет женщина.
in the rest of these movies,
будут женские персонажи,
they will be love interests,
возлюбленными главных героев,
we learn through media,
my daughter that even if she is strong
что, даже если она сильная,
and fights like a ninja,
to your sons and daughters either.
сыновей и дочерей.
and she has a little tomboy in her,
и она немного сорванец.
a terrible thing to call a girl.
those traits that define you,
что свойственные ей черты
for a little while from boys.
she's going to take in her life
придётся перенести в жизни
because in our society,
потому что в нашем обществе
мужских черт девочкам
такого как Майк.
He's 11 years old,
Ему 11 лет,
most in the world
Friendship is Magic,"
across America.
ages five to nine,
от пяти до девяти лет,
Friendship is Magic."
могут узнать в женственном,
learning in this feminine,
and to work hard and to party hard
работать, развлекаться,
этих слюнтяйских принципов.
these wussified concepts to boys.
pick on Mike and they beat him up
from the top bunk of his bed.
на верхнем ярусе своей кровати.
than thought of as liking stuff for girls.
чем любить вещи для девочек.
That is our fault.
so that the only female superheroes
and cut for girls.
скроенных для девочек.
people said to me,
люди мне говорили:
And I said, "Oh really?"
А я отвечал: «Да ну?»
gendering their toy aisles.
по признаку пола.
одобрительно похлопывая Target по плечу.
patting Target on the back,
iconic scenes in "Star Wars: A New Hope"
«Звёздные войны: Новая надежда»,
to the Dark Lord of the Sith,
Тёмному лорду ситхов.
replaced by Luke.
on the back too much.
друг друга по плечу.
going to gender its Halloween costumes,
разделять по полу костюмы для Хэллоуина,
are of male superheroes,
супергероев-мужчин,
who you have wearing them?"
кто будет их носить?»
выпускающая Барби,
a line of DC superhero girls.
супергероинь DC.
wanted to see in dolls,
so they can do superhero stuff.
чтобы делать супергеройские трюки.
for your daughters,
play with and as female superheroes
с супергероинями и в их роли,
с супергероями и в их роли.
with and as male superheroes.
who goes to the store
this toy for a boy or a girl,
because it only has one question on it.
потому что содержит лишь один вопрос.
operated with you genitals?"
управляется вашими гениталиями?»
of the future, and in my future,
и в будущем, которое хочу увидеть я,
equally represented.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Christopher Bell - Media studies scholarDr. Christopher Bell specializes in the study of popular culture, focusing on the ways in which race, class and gender intersect in different forms of media.
Why you should listen
Dr. Christopher Bell is an Assistant Professor of Media Studies and the Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Communication at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS).
At UCCS, Bell teaches both theory and methodology courses in critical analysis of popular culture, rhetorical theory, representation theory and mass media. His academic books include American Idolatry: Celebrity, Commodity and Reality Television (McFarland 2010), Hermione Granger Saves the World! (McFarland 2012), Legilimens! Perspectives in Harry Potter Studies (Cambridge Scholars 2013), From Here to Hogwarts (McFarland 2015) and Wizards vs. Muggles (McFarland 2016).
For more than ten years, Bell has been a featured professional speaker on a variety of college campuses, both large and small, nationally touring on issues of race, class and gender in the media. In what little spare time is left over, Bell is the author of the children's books Do Not Open the Door! and Do Not Look Under the Rug!, a competitive gamer (competing on regional and international circuits), and he travels with his wife and daughter.
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