The word Geisha has several different meanings. Geisha translates to art performer‚ the “gei” meaning art and the “sha” meaning people who are skilled hostesses that are trained to entertain guests through singing‚ dancing‚ conversation‚ and ceremonies. Throughout the years‚ especially during World War II‚ there has been controversy over what a Geisha does. For example‚ in the Western society some may look at a Geisha and think they are distorted into prostitutes. But in a Eastern society
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For women the word ‘femininity’ is assigned and ‘masculinity’ for men‚ it differentiates the two genders rather than referring each other as human beings. The word itself is used to portrait ideal ideas of what a woman should be like. Simone de Beauvoir states “We are told that femininity is in danger; we are exhorted to be women‚ remain women‚ become women. It would appear‚ then‚ that very female human
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Fitzgerald ’s femininity in his critically-acclaimed novel‚ The Great Gatsby. Frances Kerr ’s critical analysis also gives additional insight into the slight paranoia of Jay Gatsby about being viewed as feminine. According to Frances Kerr ’s critical analysis‚ Fitzgerald told his secretary Laura Guthrie‚ "I don ’t know what it is in me or that comes to me when I start to write. I am half feminine‚ at least my mind is." Using this‚ Frances Kerr explains how F. Scott Fitzgerald ’s femininity may have
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strips Havisham of her femininity and in her wardrobe Havisham’s dress is ‘yellowing’‚ reflecting her own decay. Havisham is afraid to look in ‘the slewed mirror’ because she fears herself and then she questions ‘who did this to [her]’‚ whether she is responsible for what she has become. Duffy uses darkly erotic and sensual images as Havisham imagines emasculating her lover‚ and a violent plosive‚ ‘bite’‚ to emphasise her desire to emasculate him‚ just as her femininity was taken from her. The
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more empathy towards the indigenous tribes; however‚ in Rowlandson’s case this narrative only reaffirmed the implications Natives were savage‚ hostile invaders ruining God’s plan of expansion for the white European settlers. In “Writing Indigenous Femininity: Mary Rowlandson’s Narrative of Captivity” by Tiffany Potter she focuses on how Rowlandson’s narrative changed the perception of indigenous women through a European’s point of view. Potter first spends time expanding on the definition of race‚
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Michael Kimmel talks a lot about how guys between the ages of 16 and 26 are living in the world called Guyland (Kimmel‚ 5). Things such as sports‚ sex‚ porn‚ and video games consume guys in Guyland. Kimmel also brings up that girls/women are in a way questionable or illegal in Guyland‚ however women/girls are still present in Guyland. Two ways females participate in Guyland are by supporting Guyland by conforming to what men want and by complying with guys by trying to be one of them. Women can
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This essay will explore how gender can be represented in Fight Club‚ it will go into depth on the comparison between femininity and masculinity and the constraints that come with it. It will also consider the specific traits that are established with each gender and how our characters mask them. Males used to have a clearly defined role as ‘hunter / provider’ but in modern society are not sure of their status or how they should behave. In Fight Club the men the narrator meets at the “Remaining Men
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Woman Warrior Throughout the collection of memoirs in Woman Warrior we are able to observe the cultural clash the protagonist faces. Kingston has to cope with cultural backlashes pertaining to her Chinese traditions and adaptation to the new American customs.Although Kingston being a young teenage girl‚ she is forced to become accustomed to old traditional values imposed on her by her mother. Ultimately‚ Kingston shows what it is like to live dealing with cultural clusters thus creating confusion
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A LOOK AT CHARLES LUDLAM AND THE RIDICULOUS THEATRICAL COMPANY Charles Ludlam was a playwright‚ a director‚ and an actor. He was the star of his own revival troupe‚ The Ridiculous Theatrical Company. During a twenty year career. (cut short as he lost his life to AIDS at age 47)‚ he was awarded six Obie Awards ‚ he wrote twenty nine plays and was reviewed by many as a brilliant actor. He studied theatre at Hofsta University and studied and perfected the techniques of the Stanislavsky
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Outline and assess feminist views of media representations of gender [50] Feminism is a theory that is united in opposing patriarchy‚ which means a system of male power and rule that implies the subordination of women; but the various strands within feminism offer different overviews on gender inequality in media representations. For example‚ liberal feminists tend to be more optimistic about the possibility of change in media representations of gender; whereas radical feminists see little change
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