Judith Butler and Performativity for Beginners (mostly in her own words) Film 165A 1. A central concept of the theory is that your gender is constructed through your own repetitive performance of gender. This is related to the idea that discourse creates subject positions for your self to occupy—linguistic structures construct the self. The structure or discourse of gender for Butler‚ however‚ is bodily and nonverbal. Butler’s theory does not accept stable and coherent gender identity. Gender
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Account of the Destruction of the Indies‚ Bartolomé de Las Casas vividly describes the brutality wrought on the natives in the Americas by the Europeans primarily for the purpose of proclaiming and spreading the Christian faith. Las Casas originally intended this account to reach the royal administration of Spain; however‚ it soon found its way into the hands of many international readers‚ especially after translation. Bartolomé de Las Casas illustrates an extremely graphic and grim reality to his
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Integrative Case 7‚ Casa de Diseno‚ involves evaluating working capital management of a furniture manufacturer. Operating cycle‚ cash conversion cycle‚ and negotiated financing needed are determined and compared with industry practices. The student then analyzes the impact of changing the firm’s credit terms to evaluate its management of accounts receivable before making a recommendation. a. Operating cycle (OC) average age of inventory average collection period 110 days 75 days
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Antigone through the lens of Judith Butler’s “Survivability‚ Vulnerability‚ and Affect” Introduction Antigone is tied by two key sentances to the message in Judith Bulter’s “Survivability‚ Vulnerability‚ and Affect”‚ “It has been since at least the time of Antigone‚ when she chose openly to mourn the death of one of her brothers even though it went against the sovereign law to do so. Why is it that governments so often seek to regulate and control who will be publicly grieved and two will not
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The “Sense of Place” of Casa Loma In 1879 a 20-year-old man named Sir Henry Mill Pellatt became locally known for beating the amateur world record for running of the mile. This fueled the ambition and aspiration for success that he seemed to have been born with. Little did he know that in just over 20 years he would own the largest private home in North America. By the time he was thirty Sir Henry owned 21 companies. His newfound money and love of
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article‚ de Las Casas makes another interesting comment about Christians’ another terrific action towards Indians. After taking the exiled king of India‚ Christians send him in a vessel to another place. But many Christians are drowned along with the king. The significant point is that there were very huge amount of gold in the shipwreck and the comment made by de Las Casas points out the real condition: "Such was God’s vengeance for so many terrible injustices." Bartolome de Las Casas gives another
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lessons taught to you and you use them in your everyday life? Well‚ Rudolfo Anaya and Judith Ortiz Cofer’s stories do just that. In Anaya’s story‚ he writes about how he grew up with his grandfather‚ working on land and learning about his ancianos. Anaya’s grandfather was a man with great wisdom and taught a lot about his background‚ he only said a few words‚ and was remembered mostly for his silence. In Ortiz Cofer’s story‚ it started off as a selfish young girl named Constancia giving zero respect
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"Women have long been associated with nature." In the following essay Judith Plant sets out the main principles (in regards to ecofeminism): the closeness of women to nature; the belief that the domination of women and the destruction of nature have the same root cause; patriarchy; and the need to re-establish for nature the organic metaphor over the machine metaphor. Judith Plant believes that women have long been associated with nature and that historically‚ women have had no real power in
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St. Judith/Jutta St. Judith of Kulmsee‚ also known as St. Judith of Prussia‚ was born circa 1200 in Thuringia (central Germany). She died on May 12‚ 1260 at Kulmsee in the Monastic State of the Teutonic Order. Judith imitated the life of St. Elizabeth of Hungary‚ who was the Duchess of Thuringia during her youth. Not much is known about her youth‚ but it is known that Judith was married at the age of 15 to a nobleman and bore his children. She raised her children in a contemplative and mystical
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Judith beheading Holofernes 1. Painted by the Italian artist Caravaggio‚ in 1598 around the 16th century. During the art movement of Baroque period. 2. It is a history painting 3. The media: Oil on canvas / The method: The lighting in this painting is dramatic‚ as though a single flame is illuminating the entire scene‚ causing the shadows to recede far into the background and the highlights to protrude outwards. This is most evident in the red curtain behind Holofernes. The techniques:
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