“Answering the Question: What Is Postmodernism?” By Jean-François Lyotard‚ trans. Régis Durand. NOTE: Written in 1982‚ as postscript to The Postmodern Condition (1979) A Demand This is a “period of slackening” in the “color of the times”. “From every direction we are being urged to put an end to experimentation‚ in the arts and elsewhere”. Bauhaus (1919-1933 Germany: Walter Gropius founded this movement of artists‚ writers‚ architects. Shut down by Hitler for being very radical‚ left-wing)
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cause low self-esteem and things like obesity and anorexia. Men also compare everyday women to these models‚ and expect to fall in love with a “perfect” women. Thankfully not everyone supports these types of ads‚ including myself. In the documentary Jean Kilbourne points out many things advertisements do‚ we as the public accept these messages simply because we have become use to seeing it and it seems like the norm. Kilbourne mentions how people believe they aren’t being influenced by these ads but
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LIFE AND TIMES OF ARTIST Jean Michel Basquiat was born on December 22‚ 1960 in Brooklyn‚ New York. His father‚ Gerard Basquiat was born in Port-au-Prince‚ Haiti and his mother‚ Matilde Andradas was born in Brooklyn of Puerto Rican parents. At an early age‚ Basquiat displayed an aptitude for art and was encouraged by his mother to draw‚ paint‚ and to participate in other art-related activities. In 1977‚ when he was 17‚ Basquiat and his friend Al Diaz started spray-painting graffiti art on slum
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Jean Bottero in Mesopotamia: Writing‚ Reasoning‚ and the Gods outlines his thesis on why the ancient Mesopotamians appear to have used a “substitute king” in order to save the life of their own ruler. The text makes it clear that the ancient peoples of this area did‚ in fact‚ substitute other lives for their own or for that of their king‚ and Bottero makes an interesting argument as to why that is. However‚ I believe there may be more to the story‚ perhaps the purpose of a “substitute king” evolved
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In Gloria Anzaldua’s poem‚ “El Sonavabitche”‚ the narrator who is said to be a woman‚ witnesses a group of migrant workers who are fleeing from immigration. To her frustration‚ she stands up against “El Sonavabitche”. Knowing that she cannot be deported‚ she threatens “El Sonabitche”‚ and demands for money in return. It is not uncommon in America to see migrants working in farms. It is also not uncommon to see them constantly getting deported because of bosses who turn them in. Migrants work for
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In response to “How to Tame a Wild Tongue‚” by Gloria Anzaldua‚ she describes her childhood along with the struggles of adjusting to the many different types of languages that her culture provides. She begins her experiences with a dentist appointment she had as a child and how the doctor was struggling to control her tongue while he cleaned her roots. That experience made her curious as to how one actually tames a wild tongue. Growing up in the American public school system‚ she would often be
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Registration Number:- 14B183 Submitted To :-Pratima Bibliographic Information Author: Gloria Allred Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 9780061743573 Publication Date: 2009-10-13 Introduction “Women who seek to be equal to men lack AMBITION” About the author Gloria Rachel Bloom was born in southwest Philadelphia on July 3‚ 1941. Born and raised up a single child‚ her
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In the reading‚ “If Men Could Menstruate‚” the author‚ Gloria Steinem‚ argues that no matter what the characteristic may be‚ men would still find a way to justify how and why this particular characteristic—in this case‚ menstruation—would still be a characteristic that only the powerful can hold. Although at first I was a bit confused as to what exactly Steinem was arguing and why‚ after having read the article multiple times‚ I was finally able to make sense of where she was coming from through
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story flow. I believe How to Tame a Wild Tongue showcases a rich blend between tone‚ symbolism and metaphors. Gloria Anzaldua is able to raise awareness to the issues at hand while keeping her emotions at bay. Anzaldua begins her story with an anecdote. She describes a dentist appointment‚ in which a cleansing is taking place. The dentist was getting extremely frustrated because Gloria could not control her tongue. Whenever the dentist would try to touch something‚ her tongue would block his way
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Gloria Steinem‚ who is said to be the great american feminist‚ wrote the article “If Men Could Menstruate” in a 1978 issue of Ms. Magazine. The article raises the question of what would the world be like‚ and how would it be different from the present if women no longer menstruated and men did. This is a rather engaging question and an amusing scenario to consider. Steinem paints a mental representation of what our society might be by giving examples that are entirely valid. Shes aiming to show how
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