Metro/Rock the masculinity of the Technological Era.
Economies and civilazation has been the basis on which masculinity and . Since the turn of the millennium, men have become more redefined and more focused on education and its benefits as well as staying physically fit . Specifically for the year 2008, shortly before the recession hit hard, attention to what is worn as well as looks has escalated with the socioeconomics of men
The June edition has Shia LaBeauf (actor: Wall Street, 2001) on the cover. He wears a white shirt with a grey vest and a contemporary skinny neck tire. The composition of the smart look but lay back attitude looks like that of a casual city bloke with relatively self-consciousness about him. At the almost top right corner where usually the goal or objective of the year is posted. Starting out from the first of four magazines for this essay, the cover sheet has a posting about ways to dress and what is considered cool and appropriate for men of today. It is clear that modern men are more into their looks and body; hence the masculinity objective being metropolitan for this year of the magazine (2008). The pages that are referred from the cover page are exhibitions of rock masculinity even though metropolitan masculinity is the main objective since consistent monthly issues have men in dress and office suits in on the cover page. This June edition here seems to be the one out of four with a frivolous look about the male character on the cover page as compared to the other three. The follow up of the thirty nine pages of “the cloths you need to stay cool” has advertisements which are more related to “rocky” masculinity as Bordo explains in “Beauty, finding the male body”
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ReplyDeleteI like your thesis that educated and physically fit masculinity is being promoted by your chosen men's magazine in 2008 due to the downturn in economy. But explain both- this claim and the reason in your introduction. As your introduction appears here, it is vague and opens with a fragment? Which magazine?
ReplyDeleteThe paragraph which follows the introduction contains interesting points about the cover design of the magazine, what the men on covers wear, what their attire represents, rock/metropolitan look, Bordo...? For the most part this body paragraph reflects the correct structure- ONE main point(this needs clarification, as I'm not sure whether your are focusing on the pose or the clothes?), examples for that main point from your primary sources, here Sh.LaB. the actor( four magazines? you mean four issues of the same men's magazine from 2008?), analysis of the example(this is a bit confusing and poorly written-fragments, spelling)and support for the analysis from secondary source(you mention Bordo,which is fine,but you still need to cite 2 secondary sources you found to back up what your primary sources illustrate). But you need to work on developing your ideas and proofreading your work. Looking forward to the completed first draft in the next day?