Introduction As being developed by poststructuralism‚ feminism‚ lesbian & gay studies and even American pragmatist theory (Parker‚2001; Seidman‚1997)‚ queer theory has become one of the most important theories‚ which contributes to the research of sociology‚ arts and organizations. On the one hand‚ queer theory has been used to study the relations between the sexuality‚ gender and workplace. On the other hand‚ by utilizing denaturalized‚ deconstructive and performative methods to queer the
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Question 2B – Essay Plan. Foucault‚ Rubin and Butler. Foucault and discourse. • Michael Foucault (926-84)‚ philosopher‚ historian and activist was one of the most influential of thinkers whose work is generally categorised as poststructuralist. • Foucault was a gay man who died of AIDS in 198‚ after his death his life and work were subject to a series of attacks which claiming to seek the ‘truth’ of Foucault work. • His work and life‚ achievements and demonization’s‚ have made him a powerful
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Bibliography: Butler‚ J. (1990) Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of identity. Routledge Caplan‚ P.‚ (1987) The Cultural Construction of Sexuality Choi‚ P and Nicolson‚ P. (1994) Female Sexuality: Psychology‚ Biology and Social Context. Harvester Wheatsheaf Foster‚ M.‚ (1992) Daphne du Maurier‚ London: Chatto and Windus Foucault‚ M. (1979) The history of sexuality‚ vol 1: An introduction. Penguin Foucault‚ M (1985) The uses of pleasure: The history of sexuality
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binaries can prevent them from identifying as transgender to counsellors leading to further shame (Kirk & Belovics‚ 2008). Queer theory resists binary categories and recognises their oppressive nature by subversion‚ whereby the abnormal becomes normal (Butler & Byrne‚ 2008‚ p.
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Improper Relations with Pauline Letters‚” In Studying Paul’s Letters: Contemporary Perspectives and Methods‚ edited by Joseph Marchal‚ 210-224. Minneapolis: Fortress Press‚ 2012. Smith‚ James. Who’s Afraid of Postmodernism? Taking Lyotard‚ Derrida‚ Foucault to Church. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic‚ 2006. Unknown‚ Author. “Introduction to Theory and Criticism‚” Except from The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism‚ edited by Vincent Leitch‚ William Cain‚ Laurie Finke‚ Barbara Johnson‚ John McGowan
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Parihar 1 Shaily Parihar 15th June 2010 There is No Hope of Doing a Perfect Research Oxford Dictionary defines „research‟ as “the systemic investigation into and study of materials‚ sources‚ etc.‚ in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions; an endeavour to discover new or collate old facts etc. by the scientific study of a subject or by a course of critical investigation”. Written in a technical jargon‚ a research report involves great investment of time and is an outcome of rigorous
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sexual activity will differ in each society. The goal of this paper is to address sexuality as a significant gender issue from a sociological perspective‚ by drawing from the works of West and Zimmerman (1987)‚ Jeffery Weeks (1986)‚ Judith Butler (2004)‚ Michel Foucault (2012)‚ Rubin Gayle (1992) and more. The nature of the topic dictates the use of
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Bornstein‚ Kate. My Gender Workbook: how to become a real man‚ a real women‚ the real you‚ or something else entirely. New York: Routledge‚ 1998. Bornstein‚ Kate. Gender Outlaw: On Men‚ Women and the Rest of Us. New York: Vintage Books‚ 1994 Butler‚ Judith Bourdieu‚ Pierre. Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste. Trans. Richard Nice. Massachusetts: Harvard University Press‚ 1984. Calefato‚ Patrizia. The Clothed Body. Oxford: Berg‚ 2004. Clare‚ Eli. “Freaks and Queers.” Exile and
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representation of gender in Virginia Woolf’s Orlando and Jeffrey Eugenides’s Middlesex mainly in light of the theories of Judith Butler. The focus will be on how the two novels challenge the traditional concept of gender and gender categories‚ and in what ways the novels can give us new perspectives on the concept of gender. The theoretical focus will be on Judith Butler‚ more precisely her idea of gender as performance‚ and her deconstructionist approach to identity categories. I will present
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certain marked identities- male‚ female‚ muslim‚ hindu etc. In a society that consider sex as dirty‚ we must look at the way we have generated multiple discourses about the body and sex in order to maintain an order. Gender being performative‚ as Butler suggests‚ is an indicator of how cultural regulatory ideals reinforce their power through the performances bodies have to constantly enact and conform to allow themselves to become subjects. The effects of shame are often debilitating. Shame targets
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