Feminism in Gibson’s Neuromancer Regarded as the beginning of the “cyberpunk” movement‚ William Gibson’s classic novel Neuromancer‚ confronts the pronounced societal issues of feminism of the time. By distorting the female traits of his characters‚ Gibson illustrates that gender equality is only achieved when the female persona is able to transform away from both the desired and rejected feminist attributes imposed by societies fixed gender roles. Although the Cyberpunks are almost
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Task Structured Essay Examine selected artworks by: Yasumasa Morimura‚ Julie Rrap and Anne Zahalka. How do the works of Yasumasa Morimura‚ Julie Rrap and Anne Zahalka challenge conventional ways in which gender has been depicted historically in the visual arts? In your response select at least two different artists and discuss the following: * Through the postmodern frame of reference‚ explain how artists have appropriated historical artworks. How has the artist incorporated parody
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Julie wandered through the pulsing crowd of her schoolmates‚ clutching her cup of punch close to her chest. Tonight was the much-anticipated Semi-Formal which her mother had willingly paid all the expenses for her pale-pink ruffled dress and silver high-heeled shoes. As she stepped through the crowd‚ she couldn’t help but stare in wonder at her reflection in a nearby window. Her eyes sparkled‚ framed with long dark lashes that complemented the warmth of her chocolate-brown skin. And her usually tightly
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1-2). He continues: “your eyes have their silence: / in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me‚ /or which I cannot touch because they are too near” (2-4). Wow:-) the speaker is mesmerized‚ no enchanted in the peaceful‚ quiet gaze of his beloved; her gaze and delicate gestures are so powerful that he feels “enclosed” by them. The effect‚ the hold she has on him is so deep within in him- it’s at his very core- “too near him to touch.” The speaker continues in his declaration of
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Being stalked‚ being watched by unseen eyes‚ knowing there are consequences for any preceived wrong action taken. It is enough to make anybody go insane with paranoia. People do not know how to escape its gaze; the gaze of the ever watchful Elf on the Shelf. In “Let’s Bench The Elf on the Shelf: Is the Elf on The Shelf a dangerous parental crutch?” written by Dr. David Kyle Johnson‚ he makes a clear argument for why such a toy should never be exploited on children. Accordingly‚ some of the numerous
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and manipulations‚ rather than as a living manifestation of action and intention. The source of this objectified bodily existence is in the attitude of others regarding her‚ but the woman herself often actively takes up her body as a mere thing. She gazes at it in the mirror‚ worries about how it looks to others‚ prunes it‚ shapes it‚ moulds and decorates it. This objectified bodily existence accounts for the self-consciousness of the feminine relation to her body and resulting distance she takes from
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1. In Jeanine Basinger’s ”The Genre”‚ she describes 3 purposes. The third of which outlines the role of providing a temporary release from normality for the viewer. Mildred Pierce is a direct example of this purpose because it shows the choice that a female character has to make. There is a choice that Mildred makes when she decides to pursue a financially secure future‚ which breaks the mold from that love is a woman’s job and nothing else (Basinger‚ 19). Mildred challenges tradition and
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liberates Muslim women by protecting them from male gaze‚ freeing them from having to conform western femininity ideologies‚ and allowing them to be treated as worthy and not objectified. After looking at all these different aspects‚ this paper concludes that Islam can liberate women through the Quran because it provides them with rights and gender equality; honors and empowers their gender by giving them a voice in society; and protects them from male gaze‚ frees them from westernization‚ and permits them
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(University of Minnestoa Press‚ 1991) Freud‚ “The Ego and I.D.”‚ 2nd edition ( John Storey‚ 1997) Solie Ruth A.‚ “Musicology and Difference: Gender and Sexuality in Music Scholarship”‚ (The University Press Group Ltd‚ United States‚ 1995) Mulvey‚ “Male Gaze”‚ (Routledge‚1998) Citron‚ Marcia J‚ “Gender and the Musical Canon”‚ (Cambridge University Press‚ 2000) ----------------------- [1] McClary‚ Susan‚ “Feminine Endings: Music‚ Gender and Sexuality”‚ (University of Minnestoa Press‚ 1991) page 126 [2]
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Several lands to the north of the Callaghan’s Kingdom‚ stood a massive ironstone castle‚ embedded in a mountain‚ encased by a vast forest of twisted cherry oak trees with leaves the color of charcoal. The people of this land-name after their beloved Queen‚ Rosemore‚ hold the castle as a beacon of hope that represents the paragon of their late King‚ and the sacrifice he made to protect them. KING CAXTON WYLIE sat at his late father’s desk‚ staring intently at a deed for an abandoned land in a dismal
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