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    Marxist Analysis of Film * What is it? * It is a form of critique that can be applied to any text or Film. * A Marxist Analysis can be boiled down to how economics drives the plot and is basically a critique of capitalism. * Marxism was founded by Karl Heinrich Marx * Karl Marx was a German philosopher‚ economist‚ sociologist‚ historian‚ journalist and revolutionary socialist. * His most notable work being “The Communist Manifesto” (1848)‚ these ideas played a significant

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    A Critique of Marxist Criminology Author(s): Richard F. Sparks Source: Crime and Justice‚ Vol. 2 (1980)‚ pp. 159-210 Published by: The University of Chicago Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1147414 . Accessed: 23/04/2013 06:31 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars‚ researchers‚ and students discover

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    October 14th‚2014  Eng 122  A Marxist Approach to “2BR02B”  Kurt Vonnegurt JR’s story “2BR02B” critiques how America os  at the point of being over populated and the only possible  solution to it is population control. The author implies that a  human being is just an object that can be bought by another  human being.  Patiently waiting in Chicago Lying­in Hospital‚ Mr. Edward  Wheling‚ was awaiting the arrival of his triplets. As the doctor  and the hostess of the gas chamber were having a conversation

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    one type of society to another.” (Katsiaficas & Kirkpatrick‚ 1987‚ pp. 234-235) Contest between the rich and the poor is a theme common in the films‚ ‘The talented Mr Ripley’‚ ‘Pretty Woman’ and ‘Titanic’‚ where individuals attempt to overcome the void between social classes by different means. It is through symbolism and narrative techniques that a Marxist approach

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    Lucas Wick Professor Michael Miller Argument and Persuasion in Humanities 12 March 2015 Working Girl’s Negative Outlook of Marxist Theory Working Girl‚ directed by Mike Nichol‚ recalls a rags-to-riches story in a modern society where the class divisions are precisely sharp. Set in the 1980s‚ the film provides a historical situation of inequitable distribution: this inequity sways all the characters’ behavior. Though Tess McGill and Jack Trainer spark up a romance‚ it is Tess’ acquisitiveness

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    "Metafiction is a term given to fictional writing which self-consciously and systematically draws attention to its status as an artifact in order to pose questions about the relationship between fiction and reality." --Patricia Waugh‚ Metafiction: The Theory and Practice  of Self-Conscious Fiction.New York: Methuen‚ 1984. In many respects‚ Tim O ’Brien ’s The Things They Carried concerns the relationship between fiction and the narrator. In this novel‚ O ’Brien himself is the main character--he

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    theory taken from "The Declaration of Sentiments" by Elizabeth Stanton demonstrates a theoretical conclusion of oppression. I will argue rather than that of “The Origin of the Family‚ Private Property and the State” written by Friedrich Engels‚ the Marxist theory fell short of offering a theoretical explanation because Engels’ prescribes for abolishment of property rights and inheritance but does not include ethnic factors in order to show a useful way to understanding women’s oppression from male domination

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    inequality really stems from has been even more complicated than it seems to be at first. By looking at race through the Marxist lens‚ this may show some enlightenment on the matter of the pay gap at hand. To start off‚ it is clear that Marxism does play a role in the determination of race‚ as presented in Desire for Race. However‚ it is clear that there is a divide among individual Marxists. When it comes to race and economics‚ Karl Marx was a very strong

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    Marxist Feminism is a form of feminist theory that focuses on the social institutions of private property and capitalism to explain and criticize gender inequality and oppression. Marxist feminism states that private property gives rise to economic inequality‚ dependence‚ political mess‚ and an unhealthy relationship between men and women which in turn is the root of women’s oppression. Marxist feminist allies themselves with the theories of Karl Marx. Marx and Fredrick Engels constructed the structure

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    As revealed in Rosemarie Tong’s discussion of the Marxist analysis of class in Feminist Thought‚ a group of people slowly becomes a class as they struggle together over time (97). It is not until they reach class-consciousness‚ the collective awareness of this struggle‚ that a group can be seen as constituting a class (97). Women are an interesting group to think about with these ideas in mind. Marxist and socialist feminists have frequently debated whether women constitute a class (97). In order

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