Analysis Of a Strip Tease

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Semiotics Of Striptease - Presentation Transcript 1. WARNING Only for individuals above the mental age of 18 2. Video Strip tease 3. Overview Analyzing the depiction of “striptease” in the songs of Indian Hindi commercial cinema using the theory of Roland Barthes using following steps Identification of a typical striptease Analyzing women striptease depiction in Indian Bollywood over a span of 4 decades Comparison of female strip teaser with a male in present Bollywood The parameters used for analysis are: Dancing Props Clothes Décor Sample taken for analysis is set of Bollywood songs depicting striptease from each decade Striptease code has been analyzed using a set of Indian and western songs 4. Striptease = Strip + Tease “Strip”-Through the shedding of an incongruous and artificial clothing striping signifies Nakedness as a natural vestige of woman resulting in the end to regaining a perfectly chaste state of the flesh “Tease" - slowness of undressing using various tactics Delay tactics include Additional clothes being removed Putting clothes or hands in front of just undressed body parts, such as breasts or between the legs Emphasizing act of undressing with sexually suggestive movement Fantasy themes- schoolgirl uniform, maid's dress, policewoman's outfit, cowboy hats etc. Continued dancing by nude dancers after undressing Similar to any mystifying spectacle, the decor, the props and the stereotypes intervene to contradict the initially provocative intention revealed during undressing and eventually bury it in insignificance 5. Parameters used for analysis by Roland Barthes Props Adornments The furs, The gloves The feathers The fishnet stockings, g-strings with diamonds or sequins Precious stones. Analysis Feathers, furs and gloves go on pervading the woman with their magical virtue even once removed, and give her

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