“Grater Divide (2002)” is a sculpture created by Mona Hatoum that is currently exhibited in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. The sculpture is made of mild steel and is 203.8cm x 304.8cm and is in the shape of a room divider. However when one takes a closer look it is obvious that the separate panels are meant to represent an oversized cheese grater. The physical familiarity of the sculpture is not comforting to the viewer but instead unsettling. (Hatoum 1998) This sense of alienation that the viewer
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depriving them of what would be considered basic human rights. It’s amazing how she had escape Iran and the danger she went through was precarious. Furthermore‚ we can view this film from a small number of perspectives. If we scrutinize the film in feministic perspective‚ the right not to acknowledge Islamic dress code and religion was really in Betty Mahmoody’s hands. But it looks like as if we are giving emphasis and importance to the rights of an individual. Moreover‚ if we glance through cultural
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In a poem of reminiscent adolescence‚ Sharon Olds defines a young girl who has the capacity to judge adolescent emotion with the benefit of time‚ for she is now a mother herself. This definitive view of adolescent values and thought is mingled with the mystery of symbolic mathematics‚ which represents a maturity of this thought and a colorful insight into the development of a young girl as she becomes a woman. This poem also accentuates the mystery associated with the minds of the female gender‚
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patriarchal femininity emerges in trying to universalize ethnocentric terms. The idea is that women require attention‚ approval and authority to the degree in which they will act childlike. Ward continues in her argument that this is not only a feministic strategy but one of business and culture. The music industry is one of strategy in using women as innocent sexuality figurines in order to produce images that all girls are youthful and fun. Even overseas in Japan‚ female rock bands such as Shonen
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although there are many examples and issues of this throughout the years. Otherwise I do think it will be a great topic to use for the HA and advocacy essays. 4. I intend to use multiple online databases researching for journal entries or feministic-militarism centered articles. 5. Lorraine Dowler: The Hidden War: The ‘Risk’ to Female Soldiers in the US Military Dowler‚ Lorraine. "The Hidden War: The "Risk" to Female Soldiers in the US Military."Reconstructing Conflict: Integrating
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Ryan Ferguson Deliverable #1 Metaphor on Transactional Model 8-24-2010 The Transactional Model of Communication: An Equation The transactional model of communication is an infinitely long‚ incredibly complex ‘web’ of perceptions‚ actions‚ predictions‚ and reactions that perpetuate/transfer among people. The transactional model of communication can be compared to a simple but extensive equation. To avoid the subjectivity about numbers and their representation of quantities and physical properties
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Throughout centuries‚ gender inequality has always been one of the main issues in our society. Just recently‚ King Abdullah‚ revolutionized Saudi Arabia by giving women the right to vote and hold position for the first time. In Italy‚ Ma-Vib‚ an Engineering firm‚ was placed on the hot seat when it chose to fire only female employees during a series of lay-offs. Through the Gender-conflict approach‚ we view gender inequality as a form of social stratification – that gender inequality is long-standing
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states that India is a democratic country that secures its citizens social‚ economic and political justice. Well‚ I am pained to say that despite being independent for so many years‚ we still have demons of social injustice looming large around us. Dalits are still being denied to function despite being appointed as Sarpanch in panchayats of many villages. Untouchability and killing of girl children are some evils still very prevalent. There is no economic or political justice either. The gap between
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Maharashtra Maharashtra‚ is a state in the western region of India. It is the second most populous state after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India. Maharashtra is the wealthiest state in India‚ contributing 15% of the country’s industrial output and 13.3% of its GDP (2006–2007 figures). Maharashtra is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west‚ Gujarat and the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli to the northwest‚ Madhya Pradesh to the north and northeast‚Chhattisgarh to
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REVIEW OF WOMEN’S STUDIES The Troubled Relationship of Feminism and History Janaki Nair Why has history remained somewhat impervious to the questions raised by feminist interventions‚ while other disciplines have felt the imperative of a turn to history in general and feminist historiography in particular? This paper reviews both older and more recent contributions to the field of history to trace the dominant frames within which the methods and critiques of feminism have been accommodated
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