Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, dan Studi Amerika
Vol 27, No 2 (2021)

Self-Objectificationas Representation of Postfeminist Women Empowerment in Fifth Harmony’s Music Videos.

Bukhori Muslim (Sebelas Maret University)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Dec 2021

Abstract

This research attempts to describe the image of women empowerment in the era of postfeminism that is represented by Fifth Harmony’s self-objectification image in their four music videos; Work from Home, Boss, Worth It and That’s My Girl. This research is descriptive qualitative. The method employed consists of watching, classifying and analyzing the data that are collected by selecting the scenes, lyrics and other elements of music video representing the image of self-objectification and postfeminism.From the analysis, Fifth Harmony in their music videos use their self-objectification image to portray the values of women empowerment in post-feminism era. The music videos are portraying the issues of domesticity (femininity and sexuality) as women’s choice and source of power, confident and successful independent women as a symbol of Girl Power and sisterhood as source of women’s power in the era of postfeminism.

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Journal Info

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jbssa

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Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, dan Studi Amerika JBSSA is the editor review journal of language, literature, American Studies and translation which addresses various topics and issues on the area of language, literature, translation studies, tourism studies, and American Studies, including critical ...