The construction of gender identities in audio-visual fiction and its educational implications

Abstract

We examine the processes of building gender identities, sexist socialisation and media violence in audiovisual media. We consider the change in perspective resulting from the dialogue between feminism and cinema and briefly approach the representation of women in audio-visual media. Finally, as a starting point for the preparation of teaching proposals, we reflect on the educational implications —in regard to the formation of the textual canon, media literacy, and reader training— of the formation of audiovisual gender identities. These teaching proposals contribute to reflective constructions by adolescent students —who are the recipients of these audiovisual fictions during a stage of their lives in which identity construction processes are emphasised— in the fields of reading, literature, and media education