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    Feminist Theory‚ Embodiment‚ and the Docile Agent: Some Reflections on the Egyptian Islamic Revival Saba Mahmood University of Chicago In the last two decades one of the key questions that has occupied many feminist theorists is how should issues of historical and cultural specificity inform both the analytics and politics of any feminist project. Although this questioning has resulted in serious attempts at integrating issues of sexual‚ racial‚ class‚ and national difference within feminist

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    Black Women Stereotypes

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    Introduction Stereotypes of black women have been around since the early 20th century; when movies and television shows would portray black women as "Mammies" and "Jezebels." Now in the present day‚ these representations are still shown in the media. Mainstream media often portrays Black women as angry‚ overly sexualized‚ and uneducated. "Negative imagery of Black Women is seen twice as often as positive imagery" (Walton‚ D. 2013). Although Black women have contributed to society in positive ways

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    The section I chose to reflect on is “Heterosexuality and Feminist Theory” by Christine Overall. This certain reading refers to the class discussion of Sept. 15‚ 2011 and also in the class of Sept. 20‚ 2011. The main idea of this very serious‚ but contemporary reading was heterosexuality; it built off the subject into why‚ who‚ and how into great detail. To summarize the whole reading in to one statement of my own is going to be hard since Ms. Overall did it so well. Heterosexually is the norm as

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    stereotypical misrepresentations of African-American women and men in popular culture have influenced societal views of Blacks for centuries. The typical stereotypes about Black women range from the smiling‚ asexual and often obese Mammy to the promiscuous Jezebel who lures men with her sexual charms. However‚ the loud‚ smart mouthed‚ neck-rolling Black welfare mother is the popular image on reality television. The typical stereotype about Black men is the violent‚ misogynistic thug‚ and the ever-enduring

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    liberation movements‚ the ideas and standpoint for the rights of women and later found development of the gender movements‚ gender mainstreaming into development.  Equality has been received many scholars‚ researchers‚ and politicians concern which is clearly shown in the system of feminist theories. As a result‚ there is variety of theories to explain for oppressions‚ justice and equality for women all over the world called feminist theories. Each of idea forward feminism tries to comprehend those things

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    and understand a theory‚ one must approach it in a scientific manner by utilizing the five-step scientific method to outline the theory and all essential elements. The five-step scientific method is as follows: (1) ask a question‚ (2) conduct research‚ (3) form a hypothesis‚ (4) test the hypothesis using experiments‚ and (5) draw a conclusion. Like many other theories‚ the feminist theory‚ or gender-based theory asks who is committing the crime? Although the title of the theory is all-inclusive

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    frequently used to justify male superiority and domination over women. Dennis T. Olson‚ Phyllis Trible‚ Anne Clifford and many other biblical scholars have provided alternative interpretations of Genesis that work against the conventional androcentric reading. Phyllis Trible’s take on the first two chapters of Genesis uses feminist hermeneutics to represent the creation of Eve as independent from Adam and how the story does not advocate women as subordinate to men. Humanity is established right away

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    Feminist Criminology It is obvious to most people that when it comes to committing crimes of pretty much every different kind‚ it is much more likely that you will find that a man was responsible than a woman. Because of this‚ the field of feminist criminology has developed to help improve outr understanding of why people commit crimes so that policy may be enacted in orderempowered to reduce the prevalence of those crimes. In the United States today‚ not only do women commit fewer crimes‚ but

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    of Theory Based Criminal Justice Responses Two possible theories explaining child maltreatment are the feminist theory and the choice theory of crime. First‚ a brief review provides each theory an avenue to explaining how it relates to the crime. Next‚ a discussion of both theories includes forming potential criminal justice responses. Finally‚ actual criminal justice system responses are examined providing insight into how the implantations relate to the theories given. Feminist theory responses

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    Feminist Theory‚ Embodiment‚ and the Docile Agent: Some Reflections on the Egyptian Islamic Revival Saba Mahmood Close Reading Analysis Lit 090 Mahmood looks to tackle the issue of not the cultures behind feminism but to understand the underpinnings behind feminism. She suggests that quite often the narrative is focused on feminism as a response to some sort of societal construct which allows the subordination of women. Her assertion is that we have to look at how feminism is defined in society

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