interpretation of history however disputes this narrative and claims otherwise. Through the course of the book he shows that instead of being repressed the discourse on sexuality has been “subjected to a mechanism of increased incitement” (pg 12). Moreover‚ Foucault’s main concern in this book is to understand that how did sexuality come to be a discourse‚ and object of discussion‚ a kind of knowledge and the power we find in that knowledge. Methodology Foucault is influenced by Nietzsche’s understanding
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eunuch‚ which is described as feminine.” - Simone de Beauvoir‚ The Second Sex (1952)‚ p. 249. Feminine Subjectivity: From Possibility to Reality During the past forty years‚ theories of subjectivity were common in art and social science discourses. All of these different theories‚ as opposed to the past Cartesian model of subjectivity‚ were almost agree on this hypothesis that the subject is not a complete self-contained being who flourishes in the world as an expression of its own unique
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cultural and economic subject for communication studies. American food narratives communicate far past the nutritional value of what you see on a plate. There are deep connections to food discourse as it relates to the political‚ social and economic impacts of the America’s food history. Analyzing the discourse of food is important because it helps us look at the societal level communication of a system integral to everyday life. The longtime commercialization of the American food system has created
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necessary for the political‚ economic and social formation of the West‚ it was also essential to the West’s formation of both its own sense of itself – a ‘western’ identity – and of western forms of knowledge’ (Stuart Hall‚ ‘The West and the Rest: discourse and power’‚ in Formations of modernity‚ Stuart Hall and Bram Gieben (eds)‚ 1992‚ p. 138). Discuss with reference to the history of anthropology. The idea of ‘the west’ or ‘western’ culture is vague and has been for centuries. ‘The west’ is a
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Stuart Hall walks a very fine line between ideology and discourse in his work‚ The West and the Rest. Hall expresses his opinions in the example between the West and the New World. He explains that since the encounter could not be defined as innocent‚ therefore the discourse that develops could not be innocent either. First‚ he discusses how Europe brought along its own cultural means to describe the New World including
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This approach adopts a bipartite representation taken from narrative theory‚ in which narrative is poised of story and discourse. In this loom‚ story basics – plot and character – are defined in requisites of plans that take the dynamics of a virtual situation. Discourse basics – the narrative’s communicative actions are stated in terms of discourse tactics whose talkative goals include passing on the narrative world plan’s structure. In this approach‚ models of narrative from narrative
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Earth The discourse of Limits and Survival conceives nature as an inherent limit on human activity‚ and the discourse of Prometheanism conceives nature as a malleable resource for human activity. Focusing on these different conceptions of nature‚ which discourse do you consider more persuasive? Describe the basic features of each discourse (including different versions of each)‚ assess each discourse’s strengths and weaknesses‚ and present an overall argument about which discourse you consider
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psychoanalysis‚ discursive psychology and the nature of represssion’‚ British Journal of Social Psychology‚ vol.36‚pp‚ 139-59. Lorenz‚ K (1974) Civilized Man’s Eight Deadly Sins‚ London‚ Methuen Lorenz‚ K Potter‚ J and Wetherell‚ M. (1987) Psychology Discourse and Social‚ London‚ Sage Sherif‚ M and Sherif‚ C.W.V Tajfel‚ H (1969) ‘ Cognitive aspects of prejudice’‚ Journal of Biosocial sciences‚ Supplement no. 1‚ pp. 173-91 Tajfel‚ H (1969) ‘ Cognitive aspects of prejudice’‚ Journal of Biosocial sciences
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competence is more than acquiring mastery of structure and form. It also involves acquiring the ability to interpret discourse in all its social and cultural contexts. For this reason‚ the use of literature in the EFL classroom can provide a powerful pedagogic tool in learners’ linguistic development. Focusing on Literature Language‚ both spoken and written‚ comes in a variety of discourse types and‚ as teachers of language‚ we attempt to introduce our learners to as many of these as possible.The
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After an analysis of the sport of fishing‚ I have learned a lot about its discourse community and how people are involved in the sport today‚ and how the sport has effected the world today. My research started with the interpretation of several books related to the discourse community‚ which brought the attention of new information about professional fishing to the forefront of my research of the everyday life of the discourse community members. The sport of fishing has a wide variety of the type of
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