From Francesca Woodman and the Mirror Stage In Douglas Crimp’s article the Photographic Activity of Postmodernism there are several terms that have been brought up over and over again. Presence is one of them‚ “presence that is only through the absence that we know to be the condition of representation.” It reminds me of one of my favorite photographers --- Francesca Woodman. She once said that “I allow you to see what you couldn’t see --- the inner force of one’s body.” She recreates
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G. Parrinder “Sex”: (OED) i) divisions between organic beings into male and female ii) biological distinction iii) physical union ⎝ sexual intercourse Sexuality: ← Innate ← Context-specific ← Preference Gender: ← Biological or role ← Complex and changeable Stets and Burke ← “Femininity and masculinity - or one’s gender identity - refers to the degree to which persons see themselves as masculine or feminine given what it means to be a man or woman
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through the facilitator and the learner parallels Sontag’s concept of framing and representation In Plato’s Cave‚ and Barthes idea of posing and theater in Camera Lucida. Sontag and Barthes’s understandings of photography’s “reality” intersect in that their notion of the object in photography being real and not real. Thus it is interesting to note the relationship between Milgram with Barthes and Sontag in terms of their ideas on photography and his experiment. The facilitator and the learner staging of
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However‚ the notions of langue and parole disputes this idea. According to Barthes in 1984‚ "It [la langue] is the social part of language‚ the individual cannot himself either create or modify it". Furthermore‚ Ferdinand de Saussure’s work on structuralism and semiotics demonstrates the subjectivity of language and can be said to have sewn the seeds for modern concepts of intertextuality (such as those developed by Roland Barthes and Julia Kristeva). Intertextuality challenges the idea of a text’s ability
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came under attack from a new wave of predominantly French intellectuals such as the philosopher and historian Michel Foucault‚ the philosopher and social commentatorJacques Derrida‚ the Marxist philosopher Louis Althusser‚ and the literary critic Roland Barthes.[2] Though elements of their work necessarily relate to
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Photography was introduced in 1839. From 1839 to now‚ photography is improving a lot and affect the world in many ways. In science way‚ we can see the improve of photography to help a lot of ways to discover the things we do not know‚ such as astronomy‚ etc. In science‚ we can use the camera and telescope to capture the thing what is in a Thousands of light years. In 1840‚ John William Draper‚ the Professor of Chemistry‚ who captured the first photograph of the moon and it to be the first photo of
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Langue and Parole John Phillips The distinction between the French words‚ langue (language or tongue) and parole (speech)‚ enters the vocabulary of theoretical linguistics with Ferdinand de Saussure’s Course in General Linguistics‚ which was published posthumously in 1915 after having been collocated from student notes. La langue denotes the abstract systematic principles of a language‚ without which no meaningful utterance (parole) would be possible. The Course manifests a shift from the search
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System Botulinum neurotoxin A‚ (BoNT-A)‚ commonly known as Botox‚ is a type of neurotoxin that targets the neuromuscular junction (Merchand-Pauvert‚ V.‚ Aymard‚ C.‚ Giboin‚ L.‚ Dominici‚ F.‚ Rossi‚ A.‚ & Mazzocchino‚ R. (2012)). The neurotoxin is produced by an anaerobic bacterium of the Clostridium protein that is very famous and commonly known as it is used for cosmetic purposes such as smoothening wrinkles on our faces‚ migraines
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The reign of Charlemagne marked not only the reawakening of the imperial ideal in the West‚ but also‚ for a brief time‚ the resurrection of education and a form of centralized government. For a moment‚ it looked like the Roman Empire was about to be reborn in the West. Such was not to be the case however as Charlemagne’s empire collapsed soon after his death. Though the political entity known as the Carolingian Empire vanished‚ it left a legacy that would influence the development of western Europe
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Barr‚ Kevin. "Narrative Structure in Film: ’Pulp Fiction’ & ’Citizen Kane’" Suite101.com. N.p.‚ 8 Feb. 2011. Web. 27 Oct. 2012. . Summary: The article "Narrative Structure in Film: ’Pulp Fiction’ & ’Citizen Kane’” from Suite101.com by Kevin Barr evaluates the directing style of Quentin Tarantino in Pulp Fiction by delving into the reasons behind the unconventional narrative style (linear vs. fractured narrative). As such with how Vincent is shot dead by Butch‚ but returns on-screen a few scenes
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