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    Genre-bending: “the negotiation of genre in the representation of women in twenty-first century Shakespeare’s” Introduction Genres can dictate and negotiate how women are represented. According to Linda Bamber‚ Shakespeare’s comedy and tragedy genres propose problems and contradict one another in relation to the representation of women. She suggests that women in comedies are ‘more brilliant than men‚ more aware of themselves and their world‚ saner‚ livelier‚ more gay’. In relation to tragedies‚

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    It is important for LGBTQ+ people that they are properly and positively represented in all forms of media‚ starting from a very young age. Proper representation would lead to less stereotypes and antagonism‚ lower death rates within the LGBTQ+ community‚ and help with identity and the mental health of the queer community. Representation can easily help LGBTQ+ persons of all ages—especially children—to form their identity. “[m]edia is a tool for interpreting our reality‚ but when our reality is absent

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    title of this documentary is Miss Representation. The title holds significance in that it’s essentially a play on words. The “Miss” part of the title can be interpreted in two ways; one of which is the female term “miss” and the other as the prefix “mis”. When analyzing the title from the view of “miss”‚ the message that women cannot be taken seriously‚ that women live in a man’s world‚ and that women are objectified compared to their male counterparts and other women‚ is portrayed. On the other hand

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    boy”. It never occurred to me that the media has a hand in this way of society’s thinking. At the end of watching Miss Representation the viewer will actually feel that the media is the primary reason for undermining the growth of women in the United States. Jennifer Siebel Newsom‚ the director of Miss Representation‚ does an excellent job to convince her audience that women need to be portrayed as more than just pretty objects in the media. She does this by sharing many disheartening statistics

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    in addition to his mother tongue. Victor got a little education in a small school. At the age of eleven‚ Hugo returned to live with his mother in Paris‚ where he got a little education in a small and where he also became infatuated with books and literature. By the time he was fifteen‚ he had already submitted one poem to a contest sponsored by the prestigious French Academy. There he learnt much from an old soldier‚ General Lahorie‚ who‚ obnoxious to Napoleon for the share he had taken in Moreau’s

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    1. Why do we need to study literature? * Literature is filled with ideas that need to be explored.      * Literature helps us to see our world in new ways. It brings us to a deeper understanding of life. * It is important to study literature since when we begin the study of literature‚we find it has always two aspects‚one of the simple enjoyment and appreciation and the other of analysis and exact description. Usually what happen when we go through literature in our classroom either by

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    Literature; so much depends upon it Literature represents a language or a people: culture and tradition. But‚ literature is more important than just a historical or cultural writing. Literature introduces us to new worlds of experience. We learn from books and literature; we enjoy the triumphs and the tragedies of poems‚ stories‚ and plays; and we may even grow through our literary journey with books. In conclusion‚ we may discover meaning in literature by looking at what the author says and how

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    Practicum on Social Representation of Homosexuality Social Psychology By- Nayana Goswami UNIVERSITY OF DELHI 2nd Semester   INTRODUCTION SOCIAL REPRESENTATION - The field of social representations is concerned with the explanations which people give for phenomena which they encounter in the social world. The objective of the approach is the systematic study of common sense thinking. The originator of the theory‚ the French social psychologist Serge Moscovici states

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    The Miss Representation video was sending a message about how media plays a big role in the sexually objectifying woman. The video provides a lot of information including statistics and interviews of women themselves and men stating facts and their opinion of the discussion. The video has a very informative and serious tone to it‚ the background music was very settling and calm then it would switch to a very fast beat making that piece a little more dramatic. There are many different forms of media

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    African American women have historically been viewed as hyper-sexual creatures‚ due to unique anatomical features not often seen in other races. This hyper-sexualized view of Black women dates back as early as the days of slavery when European imperialists traveled to Africa and were excessively intrigued by (and abashedly attracted to) the women in the tribes. Europeans were in awe of the physique of African women‚ comparable to none‚ as well as their dancing and traditional garments. Europeans

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