@beccalamjig You don’t have even the beginning of a facility for critical thought, do you? Can you read images in a thinking mode, i.e. through a critical semiotic lens?
Let’s begin (it won’t take long, I promise; this is quite straightforward).
You identified the title and the type of person in the picture correctly, well done. This indeed looks to be a book about women, more specifically quite young women.
Now, what is unusual about the photo?
Correct; the blindfold. The young woman, who indeed looks fairly stereotypical, is blindfolded.
What are the semiotics of blindfolding, Becca?
That’s right; being deprived of one’s sight by something that can be put on - and taken off.
In pictures, still or moving, we might associate blindfolding with kidnapping or bedroom play. This sets up what’s called a juxtaposition; two contrasting meanings that together form additional possibilities for interpretation. Let’s settle for a simple one; sex AND kidnapping.
This blindfold isn’t the type used in ordinary kidnapping though, is it?
No; it is made of deep pink satin roses.
What might deep pink satin roses symbolise? What are the associations?
