“Working Women Propaganda Analysis” Throughout the era of World War II, multitudes of differing propaganda were produced to push certain types of both negative or positive agendas.The specific poster that was analyzed dealt with working women in harsh factories and its false depictions of happiness and beauty displayed from their difficult labor. In order to accurately reflect the times and era, a modified poster was made that includes women near a harsh looking factory who appeared to be working hard, some of which are crying and contain wounds as well as one of color, whilst still benefiting their community and country with their dedication. The explicit message of the original poster states “Join Us in a Victory Job!” The original poster
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All of these women are white, smiling from ear to ear, bright and captivating, average or slim in size and seemingly staring at the audience or viewer of this media. The words “Join Us” and “Victory Job” are in a nice and bold red. The words “in a” are in a dark and deep blue. The background surrounding “in a Victory Job” is a blank white, and the women and “Join Us” are in a sky blue. The most obvious symbol in this poster is the red, white and blue theme. It represents patriotism for working in these factories and jobs handled by men. The women themselves are a symbol of the femininity and women of America. It is trying convince people that the females of America could still work and be beautiful and happy as ever, and it tries to tell women it will be a grand experience for those around them and themselves. This is also an implied message. Another rather unfortunate implied message is that only beautiful, white women could join the workforce as all the …show more content…
Hateful and unproductive ways can be avoided by educating the masses using media such as those from World War II -- whether it be sexism, racism or homophobia. It is completely possible to be patriotic without pushing bigotry. This project and poster displays that, using a previously unrealistic and subtly racist and sexist piece of propaganda and shaping it to become more serious, unbiased and real. In short, taking a prejudiced slice of media and turning it around to not only be equal but realistic can benefit current and future generations and prevent negative thoughts about other races, genders and
All of these women are white, smiling from ear to ear, bright and captivating, average or slim in size and seemingly staring at the audience or viewer of this media. The words “Join Us” and “Victory Job” are in a nice and bold red. The words “in a” are in a dark and deep blue. The background surrounding “in a Victory Job” is a blank white, and the women and “Join Us” are in a sky blue. The most obvious symbol in this poster is the red, white and blue theme. It represents patriotism for working in these factories and jobs handled by men. The women themselves are a symbol of the femininity and women of America. It is trying convince people that the females of America could still work and be beautiful and happy as ever, and it tries to tell women it will be a grand experience for those around them and themselves. This is also an implied message. Another rather unfortunate implied message is that only beautiful, white women could join the workforce as all the …show more content…
Hateful and unproductive ways can be avoided by educating the masses using media such as those from World War II -- whether it be sexism, racism or homophobia. It is completely possible to be patriotic without pushing bigotry. This project and poster displays that, using a previously unrealistic and subtly racist and sexist piece of propaganda and shaping it to become more serious, unbiased and real. In short, taking a prejudiced slice of media and turning it around to not only be equal but realistic can benefit current and future generations and prevent negative thoughts about other races, genders and