and distinctiveness of each director‚ however‚ both directors chose male protagonists and weak female supporting characters. Patriarchal society transcends into the subconscious of male writers and affects the characters interaction in each film. (Mulvey 1) According to Lauzen‚ in 2014 “38% of films employed 0 or 1 woman in [all] the roles considered” (“The Celluloid Ceiling” 2). The lack of women behind the scenes is directly affecting the women represented on the screen. The male gaze cannot be
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Contemporary female artists: Cindy Sherman and Lorna Simpson Living in contemporary world‚ there are some issues that we have in the daily life such as postmodernism‚ post structuralism‚ feminism or post colonialism. Today‚ there are various contemporary artists who expose these contemporary issues. What is mostly concerned in contemporary artist is "postmodernity". The term “post-modernity” can be identified in many different ways that refers to the cultural style of movement in art‚ architecture
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Ultimately‚ Atwood and Carter intriguingly critique on the place of women in society at the time through their feminist texts (1980s) where the second wave of feminism looks beyond the right to vote due to complications arising on managing the domestic sphere and the workplace but also allow women to take control of their bodies and sexuality through for example the oral contraceptive. A contemporary feminist concern would also hold female sexuality as a prominent aspect of feminism to challenge
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USA: Routledge. Lunden‚ W.A. (1969). Is There Any Penalty in the Death Penalty? Ames‚ IA‚ USA: The Art Press. McAdams‚ John C. (1998‚ Autumn). Racial Disparity and the Death Penalty. [Electronic version]. Law and Contemporary Problems‚61‚ 153-170. Mulvey-Roberts‚ Marie (Ed.). (2007). Writing for Their Lives: Death Row USA. Chicago‚ IL‚ USA: University of Illinois Press.
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1 Running Head: POST-STRUCTURALISM IN ANOTHER EARTH " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " 2 POST-STRUCTURALISM IN ANOTHER EARTH Post-structuralism in Another Earth: A critical film analysis of a “writerly text” that challenges dominant ideologies Another Earth‚ a unique and original story with stylistic traits that portray the classic drama genre‚ but embeds itself into a larger science-fiction concept which seems purely intentional as an element
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mental models are well developed and reasonably supported by evidence)‚ the film achieves a high degree of “reality...” (Branigan‚ 2013) People watch; it’s what they do naturally and they enjoy doing it‚ and according to theorists Linda Williams and Laura Mulvey‚ it is that visual appetite and the pleasure found in its fulfilment that leads to a natural viewer engagement with the camera‚ and its ability to observe‚ in film. This viewer engagement and its companion
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Margaret Atwood ’s The Handmaid ’s Tale would seem‚ on the surface‚ a straightforward feminist text. The narrative is set in a speculative future‚ exploring gender inequalities in an absolute patriarchy in which women are breeders‚ housekeepers‚ mistresses‚ or housewives—or otherwise exiled to the Colonies. In Atwood ’s fictional Gilead‚ all of the work of twentieth-century feminism has been utterly undone‚ and the text explores the effects of this from a first-person point of view that elicits the
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There are multiple gaps in the Juvenile Justice System due to organizational issues‚ in which the decisions are made. One of the major concerns in the juvenile justice system is the over representation of minorities. This is due to prejudice and bias people in higher power that make the decisions regarding juvenile sentencing. In the first empirical article “Contexts of Decision Making…” the authors briefly discuss how earlier people often used Conflict Theory to explain why minorities are over represented
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Leah Zach Concordia College HRM 353 ABSTRACT Since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was enacted in March 2010‚ HR departments have been working to make necessary changes to their health care benefit programs. The most significant changes must be made by 2014. The effects on health plan administration will be dramatic‚ as employers begin to deal with new players in the health insurance arena; state insurance exchanges. Introduction PPACA was passed to ensure that no U
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Eckleburg F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ he’s watching you Luhrmann… Does Baz Luhrmann’s interpretation of The Great Gatsby adequately represent the themes and era that F. Scott Fitzgerald put forth in his novel? Jack Mizzi delves deep in to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s world of excess to find out. Worthy of the label ‘The Great American Novel’ is F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ coming in at number two on the Modern Library’s list of the ‘100 best novels of the Twentieth Century’ the film is evidently highly
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