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    role of gender does in society are countless in number‚ but Judith Butlers is widely known for the aspect of how gender and performativity coincide with one another. In her theory she talks about how the role of gender is defined by what society wants it to be and not what a person is actually. Butler also talks about how these roles are recurring in society because of the performativity aspect of gender. These roles are what Butler wants to break away from and she goes as far as to connect her theory

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    Jon Butler is a well-accomplished historian‚ has written several successful novels‚ and is the professor of American Studies‚ History‚ and Religious Studies at Yale University. Written in 2001‚ his historical novel Becoming America: The Revolution before 1776‚ was Published by Harvard University Press in Massachusetts. Butler argues that the British mainland colonies became distinctively modern and uniquely American between 168- and 1770. In Peoples‚ the first chapter of his book‚ Butler explains

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    Chef Dan Butler : An Italian restaurant where I worked in Washington‚ D.C.‚ sold a fantastic thick veal chop that we topped with fresh chanterelles and lemon and sage. Nearly every ticket that came into the kitchen had at least one veal chop sold on it. But one particular waiter suggested customers order single veal chops grilled with garlic and rosemary. The garlic and rosemary was a fine preparation but it wasn’t the one that the chef had written nor was it the one that we prepped for. Fortunately

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    http://writing.colostate.edu/gallery/phantasmagoria/bell.htm 27.10.2010 Yeats‚ Nationalism‚ and Myth by Matthew Bell   The poetry and plays of W.B. Yeats often take subject matter from traditional Celtic folklore and myth. By incorporating into his work the stories and characters of Celtic origin‚ Yeats endeavored to encapsulate something of the national character of his beloved Ireland. The reasons and motivations for Yeats ’ use of Celtic themes can be understood in terms of the authors

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    William Butler Yeats was born in Dublin in 1865. He was born into a highly artistic family with his father being a talented painter and his sisters involved in the arts and craft movement. Yeats grew up under the nationalist revival of the late 19th century which disadvantaged his heritage and influenced his attitude and outlook for the rest of his life. In 1876 the Yeats family moved to England to benefit William’s fathers painting career. William was home schooled for while‚ then transferred to

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    flavor of the content; they play an extremely crucial role in preventing the piece from turning bland. Judith Butler’s Gender Trouble is no less of a performance art; her language and use of quotations acting as props to the stage. In her book‚ Butler reinforces the belief

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    | Corporate Finance Case Study Report Ⅰ | Butler Lumber Company | | | 2010-3-17 | | 陈怡 1091209054 严伟洁 1091209036 姜帆 1091209052 敖翔 1091209024 Abstract In this report‚ we study the case of Butler Lumber Company and analyze the financing problem it was facing. First‚ we give a brief review of the background information of the company. Then we diagnose the business by examining its financial statistics and discover that company was seriously lacking of cash

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    The response paper Youngil Hong The Psychic Life of Power- Judith Butler Butler surveys the ideas of Hegel‚ Althusser‚ and Foucault around subject formation‚ interrogating how power produces its subject and how that subject comes to perceive itself as one. Butler understands power as forming the subject and as providing the very condition of its existence. I believe that her basic idea is that the subjects become attached to the conditions of their own subjectivity even if these conditions

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    Butler’s "Gender Trouble‚" addresses the problems of gender distinction and the inherent flaws related to current modes of thought. Butler begins by explaining how she will question the gender hierarchy. She notes that current feminism seeks to define gender. However‚ this is problematic. The focus on defining gender and the perceived risks of failing to do so ignore the political issue that requires a distinction (2540). Gender itself is a performance - an artificial attempt that is accepted as

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    celebrating? In “Imitation and Gender Insubordination”‚ Judith Butler explores what it really means to come out and claim an identity. Although Butler acknowledges the importance of coming out for purposes of personal affirmation and community organization‚ she is ultimately skeptical in the coming out process because it means conforming to the discourses of oppressive powers and because the meaning of the identities themselves are ambiguous. Butler recognizes that coming out can be advantageous for many

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