The Female identity being performed -- Gender rebellion in Cindy Sherman’s photography

Cindy Sherman is a post-modernist artist who uses photography to question and deconstruct traditional images of women. Sherman’s Untitled Film Stills female self-portrait “parody”, showing the performative characteristics “female behavior” in many places. Judith Butler pointed out that construction gender identity comes from “performativity”, which has connection work. Based on Butler’s theory, this paper analyzes artistic techniques content her works, pointing how women’s identities bodies are subtly constructed disciplined by behavioral language symbolic chains media. In addition, tries prove critique not radical but derived revision problem. Starting source, she distorts details works make audience feel dissonance realize problem independently, finally achieving purpose deconstruction. attempts use method parody distortion (by creating dissonance) illustrate discourse process “gender” features dominated lots people used performing, what wants only concept identity, also limitations under background “performance”, more “performance” culture establishes concept.