disidentification. In this essay‚ I will be examining Jose Munoz’s article and the art of Vaginal Davis’ and how she approached this approached disidentfication through her performance art. Vaginal Davis used disidenctifaction to alter the effect Drag or gay/queer art places upon cultural politics. Similar to the discussions in class‚ a vast majority of drag performances were done solely as a form of entertainment. Comparing its wild exaggeration performed by Raul Paul and
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Blackwood laces together a narrative that undermines the homogenization of Indonesian sexualities‚ strengthens the readers understanding of Minangkabau kinship‚ and details a case for the importance of docile agents and invisibility politics in minority queer groups. Like many others‚ Blackwood’s opening chapter functions mainly as an introduction to the rest of the ethnography—establishing the context‚ theoretical background and research methodology as well as overviewing the
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can start analytically either with the visual marking of gender "difference" or with its gender "agreement." Either way‚ eventually we must come to terms with the fact that a system of differences is organized in classes of agreements. In so-called queer formations
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protect her from the outside world. He is at conflict with himself as he feels responsible for Catherine but also knows that he needs to let her go. He is also jealous and disgusted by Rodolfo. When Eddie kisses Rodolfo‚ he implied that Rodolfo was “queer”. This was a desperate act to get rid of Rodolfo and therefore keep Catherine close to home. Eddie has mixed feelings about this because he wants Catherine to stay at home but also he wants to keep his name in the community. Eddie also has very
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Critical Theory Notes 8/27/2014 Practical Criticism → close reading I.A. Richards introduces Practical Criticism and centers on close analysis of the words that comprise each page of text William Empson was a pupil of Richard’s. He applies an assiduously strict‚ almost mathematical formula to textual analysis‚ the drawback of which is that the flexibility of language is largely discounted. F.R. Leavis‚ along with Q. D. Roth (whom he eventually marries)‚ takes the process of close reading to
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Dream Analysis of Alice in Wonderland Who’s who and what’s real; are we who we claim we are‚ and is reality really real or is everything just a fragment of what we think is the universe? A dream sequence is a technical term used mostly in film and television to set apart a brief interlude from the main story. (Wikipedia) The deeper lying theme that Carroll wanted to incorporate into his story of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass‚ in my opinion‚ was not his psychological
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Critical Reading on Gender’s Nature: Intersexuality‚ Transsexualism and the Sex/Gender Binary In this article‚ Hird’s uses feminist theory to support her studies‚ involving postmodernist concepts to the morphological notion of ‘sex’. She advanced on by unifying her study with evidence from two bodily forms: intersexuality and transsexualism that are currently challenging the modern ‘sex/gender’ binary. The purpose for Hird to take intersexuality and transsexualism into her argument
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that’s what people expect you to be. Every day you have to put on this act‚ play a role‚ and the only time you can ever be freeis when you’re alone‚ when nobody’s watching and you can let yourself go”” (pg. 191-192)). It truly shows the evolution of queer literature over time because of relatable content yet outdated language. In the LGBT
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1. Do you think you would enjoy a vacation in the land of the Nacirema? Why or why not? Where do the Nacirema live? Nacirema have different beliefs than I do. They believe you body is ugly and it is a vessel for disease and debility. This belief is not something I chose to believe. I believe we should all love our bodies. There are ways to prevent sickness and weakness outside conditions does these things to the body. The body does not function just for weakness and disease. I would not want to
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"trash as trash can" is the film’s credo‚ these concepts have lost most of their impact today; their milder forms have been appropriated by mainstream entertainers‚ and what’s left of the real thing is usually no further than a Web hit away. Even queer culture‚ though still a political and social issue‚ is well on the way to leaving the margins in many countries‚ thanks in part to performers‚ media exposure and films such as this one. So there is not much in Dyke Hard that shocks or transgresses
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