sacred and profane icon-work: jane fonda and elvis presley *** bent sørensen renvall institute...
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Sacred and profane icon-work: Jane Fonda and Elvis Presley
***Bent Sørensen
Renvall Institute Guest Lecture, April 23, 2005
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Approaches
• Cultural studies
• Cultural texts
• Cultural iconology
• Cultural texts
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Icon-work
Adversarial: • negative manipulation• propaganda• iconoclasm
Collaborative: • fandom• worship• cult
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Iconicity: two modes of representation
• Stylised (simplified, reduced to essentials)
• Sacralised (holy, elaborate, full of significant details)
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Origins of the word “icon”
• Religious sphere (Catholic Orthodox images of worship)
• Semiotics/Informatics (Pictograms and ideograms)
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Marilyn Monroe
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Andy Warhol’s Marilyn
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Marilyn in Playboy
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Iconicity
• Familiarity (fame, recognition)
• Transcendence (extra-ordinary, uncommon)
• Transgression (beyond normality, taboo)
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Our position opposite icons
• Passive: we watch
• Active: we imitate, impersonate
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Bob Dylan as Angry Young Man
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Our relationship to icons
• Worshippers (voyeurs, fans - we idolize the icons) - we desire communication
• Consumers (buyers of icon products, we use them (up)) - we desire communion
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Icons and history
• Icons are almost immortal
• Icons are always historically specific
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The world’s most famous man, 1921
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Rudolph Valentino
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ELVIS
• Sacralised iconicity dominates
• Fetishistic, partially sadistic
• Body-fixated
• Fans have an oral relationship with Elvis
• Worship and collaborative icon-work dominate
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Jane Fonda
• Stylised iconicity dominates
• Body-fixated (legs, buttocks, genitals)
• Fetishised
• Sadistic
• Fans have a genital relationship with her
• Adversarial icon-work dominates
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Elvis personalities
• Elvis-the-Pelvis
• Rebel Elvis
• Army Elvis
• Hollywood Elvis
• Leather Elvis
• Vegas Elvis
• Hawaii Elvis
• Elvis of the giant Jumpsuits
• Burger Elvis
• Post Elvis
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Elvis the Rebel
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Elvis’ first album, 1956
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Elvis gets G.I. Joe haircut
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Hollywood Elvis
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Elvis’ torso
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Leather Elvis
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Vegas Elvis
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Jumpsuit Elvis
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Jumpsuit patriotism
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Hawaii Elvis “In the Ghetto”
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Dead Elvis
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Sacred Heart of Elvis
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Stations of the Cross of Elvis
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Presleyburgers, anyone?
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US Stamp design A
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US Stamp Design B
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Postal election ballot
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The Winner is...
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Christopher Rywalt’s Elvis Icon
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Elvis fiction
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The trademark grin
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Elvis Detective Fiction
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Elvis meets Nixon in the White House
Elvis’ letter to the
President
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Handshake: Let’s fight drugs together
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A match made in Heaven
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Jane Fonda’s 2nd Oscar winning performance
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“Hanoi Jane”
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Fonda personalities
• Little girl Jane• Barbarella• Hanoi Jane• Oscar Jane• Workout Jane• High Society Jane• Born Again Jane
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Innocent Jane
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Leggy Jane
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Sunday in N.Y. publicity photo
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Jane goes West
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Jane goes French
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Wonder Woman
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Is that a…?
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Barbarella Psychedella
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Cover of Life Magazine
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With Tom Hayden, 2nd husband
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Jane the activist
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Busted!
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Girl Powerr!
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Pointy things again
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Workout Jane
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Split
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Original workout video
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With Ted Turner,
3rd husband Owner of the Atlanta Braves, CNN and Turner Movies
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Patriot Jane
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Hanoi Jane hate material
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Jane the activist
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Hate material caused by Iraq War opposition
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Hate material used in art
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Jane with John Kerry - photo taken at Anti-Vietnam War-rally,
1971