Levi-Strauss and Binary Opposition and how this links to my music video

Claude Levi-Strauss aruged that the stucture of different

narratives was dependent on binary opposition ( a conflict between two qualities or terms), these inturn can then form a narrative.

Gender
Gender stereotypes are organised through gender stereotypes.

The constriction of gender roles in narratoives lead to a series of binary oppositions (as seen above in the table).

Eg. Dominant vs. Subordinate

DOMINANT

• Male
  
• White
  
• Middle Class
  
• Middle aged
  
• Hetrosexual
  
• Able-bodied

SUBORDINATE

• Female
  
• Other ethnic groups


• Working Class
  
• The young, the old
  
• Homosexuel, bisexual
  
• Disabled

Example - The Western

Example - The wars in Irap and Afganistan

If anything my music video goes completely against this concept and breaks sterotypes showing a woman strong, achieving her goals and getting somewhere in life adbecoming a performer. Is doesn't really feature and binary opposites as she is the only person featured throughout of the music video.