Victorian England Notes: * Many people born in the Victorian age were both factually uninformed and emotionally frigid about sexual matters. * French scholar Michel Foucault who argued that sex was not censored but subject to obsessive discussion as a central discourse of power‚ bent on regulation rather than suppression. This helps explain why sexuality looms so large in art and medicine‚ for example‚ as well as in studies of the Victorian age. * The public discussion of sexual matters
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Celeste Ng (1980- )‚ born in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania‚ is regarded as one of the most potential Chinese American writers in contemporary America. Her debut novel Everything I Never Told You‚ published on June 26‚ 2014‚ has gained extensive attention from all over the world. Set in 1970s in a small town named Middlewood‚ the novel tells a tragic story of an interracial family. Focusing on the issues of race‚ gender and parent-child relationship‚ the novel reflects the writer’s concern about the social
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and the Others‚ Longman‚ Harlow. Farrell‚ M (1976) Northern Ireland: The Orange State‚ Pluto Press‚ London. Foucault‚ M (1991) Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison‚ Penguin‚ Harmondsworth. Hewitt‚ C. (1985) ’Catholic grievances and violence in Northern Ireland ’‚ British Journal of Sociology‚ Vol.36‚ No.1‚ pp.102-5‚ 1985. Hindess‚ B (1996) Discourses of Power: From Hobbes to Foucault‚ Blackwell‚ Oxford. Morgan et al (1996) Family Connections: An Introduction to Family Studies‚ Polity Press
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Until the mid-1970s‚ rehabilitation was a key part of U.S. prison policy. Individuals convicted of criminal behavior were encouraged to develop occupational skills and to resolve psychological problems that might interfere with their reintegration into society. Subsequently‚ many inmates received court sentences that mandated treatment for such problems. However‚ rehabilitation has taken a back seat to the retributive approach‚ which sees punishment as a prison’s main function. This approach has
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Foucault’s concept aims to reveal the phenomena of knowledge itself (Foucault 1976‚ 83). Foucault argues that knowledge is generated or constructed within regimes of power and is distributed as a tool of power (O’Farrell 2005‚ 105). In other words‚ all knowledge is dependent upon networks of power where the exercise of such power produces
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Kim Mason X2616377 K218 TMA01 How is social constructionism useful to both understanding the lives of children and young people and to working with children and young people? What is social constructionism and how is useful in understanding how the lives of children‚ young people and families are constructed? Social Constructionism is viewed as a study of social problems. Knowledge is produced through discourse‚ and allows practitioners to scrutinize and deconstruct ideas that are taken for granted
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The following work represents the importance of leadership in the Rwanda Genocide of 1994 and the many factors that lead to the tragedy. This literature demonstrates the history and tribal relationship of Hutus and Tutsis leading to the Genocide in 1994 and most importantly why international intervention could not prevent the mass murder of 800‚000 people. Prior to the genocide‚ Rwanda was under extended period of colonial dominance by the Belgium. During that time a powerful group of Roman Catholic
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Monderman‚ who in the 1980s devised the principle of the naked street‚ which has become influential in urban planning in the early twenty-first century. (Silva‚ 2009‚ P. 325). Foucault and Goffman are relevant to both Buchanan and Monderman through their identities as traffic engineers. They share an area of knowledge with Foucault‚ who influenced the study of social order since the 1970’s (Silva‚ 2009‚ P.
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Judith Butler in Media Studies When reading a biography of Judith Butler‚ a person would typically see a discussion of a highly intelligent philosopher of feminism‚ political theory‚ ethical and moral responsibility or gender studies. Her bibliographies are commonly describes as have a career focused on “research ranging from literary theory‚ modern philosophical fiction‚ feminist‚ gender and sexuality studies‚ to 19th- and 20th-century European literature and philosophy‚ Kafka and loss‚ mourning
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Culture of European Organisation Essay‚ 13/10/04 3600 words "People recognise themselves in their commodities; they find their soul in their automobiles‚ hi-fi sets‚ split level homes social control is anchored in the new needs which the consumer society has produced." (Marcuse‚1968:24) To what extent are we controlled by the consumer society we live in? Marita Juenamnn "People recognise themselves in their commodities; they find their soul in their automobiles‚ hi-fi
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