Utopia and Gender: Short reflection on Queer(ing) Hetero-normativity ‘I think that when the unreal lays claim to reality‚ or enters into its domain‚ something other than a simple assimilation into prevailing norms can and does take place.’ (Butler‚ 2004‚ p.27) ‘The queer is the taboo-breaker‚ the monstrous‚ the uncanny.’ (Castle‚ 1995‚ p.383) Raphael‚ a well travelled and enlightened sailor‚ is the main protagonist in Thomas Moore’s Utopia. In Raphael’s opinion‚ Utopia was the only commonwealth
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One of the most riveting themes that appear in Musil’s novel The Case of Young Törless is the theme of sexuality. It is best represented through the evolving character development between Törless and Basini‚ who are both visual representations for the theme of sexuality in the novel. At first‚ one assumes that these characters in the novel are nothing but innocent boys‚ with an identity already cultivated for them through the rigidity of the academy. However‚ as the story progresses‚ one is able
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Branding Sexuality & Gender: How does branding‚ in the context of advertising‚ reinforce gender stereotypes and inequalities in the public space? What are the affects of this? Anna Ptasinski October 2010 1 Plagiarism Declaration 1. I know that plagiarism is wrong. Plagiarism is to use another’s work and pretend that it is one’s own. 2. I have used the Harvard convention for citation and referencing. Each contribution to‚ and quotation in‚ this essay from the work(s) of other people has
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Topic: Comment on the representation of sexual passion in ’Dame Sirith’‚ paying special attention to the difference between it and idealized conceptions of country love. Dame Sirith‚ arguably the earliest fabliau in English‚ has often been interpreted as a parody on courtly love. Yet a careful analysis of the dialogues between Margery and Wilekin‚ the two `lovers-to-be’‚ exposes the alleged pervasiveness of the `courtly’ tone of Wilekin’s wooing as a construct of the critics. The poet’s
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Chofia Basumatary Course Instructor- Dr. Usha Mudiganti “The Woman Question” MA English (3rd Sem) 17 March 2017 “Question of Sexuality in War Mothers by Ella Wheeler Wilcox” In the American literary landscape the span of ‘Romantic Period’ also known as the ‘American Renaissance’ was from 1828 till 1865. Romanticism is crucial to American society‚ to the degree that the very making of the United States has been viewed as a representation of a romantic thought. It was the focal development of the American
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Death and Sexuality in D.H Lawrence David Herbert Lawrence (1885-1930) has been described as bewildering‚ controversial‚ outrageous and “radically out of sync with his culture”. As Anne Fernihough states in the introduction to “The Cambridge Companion to D.H. Lawrence”‚ “[Lawrence’s prose] is intellectually and emotionally demanding ‚its unevenness‚ its tendency to repetition and excess‚ its sometimes outrageous flouting of aesthetic norms...are notorious. And as shall be observed‚ these conflicting
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Sexuality in Sports Sexual identity is a growing concern in professional and collegiate sports as the issue continues to gain interest and attention with each athlete that announces they are homosexual. More explicitly‚ the significance of this issue is that it involves people being able or not being able to remain true to their self. Most people only know there are a few openly gay players in high profile sports‚ but do not recognize the effects such players can have on the many stakeholders involved
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paper I will review where my ideas of gender came from‚ how I developed into the gender role that I assume today‚ along with many other things. When I was born I was automatically assigned a specific sex. “Sex refers to the physical and biological differences between men and women.” (279) In my personal situation I was born with male genitalia therefore I was classified as a male. Gender did not come until later in life and it took time to fully develop. “Gender refers to the social‚ psychological
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WOMEN‚ SEXUALITY AND INDIAN CINEMA By Shoma A. Chatterji WORD-COUNT: 1900 Recent films like Tauba Tauba‚ Murder‚ Julie and Jism have focussed on something not explored before in mainstream cinema - the sexuality of the Indian woman. Though this has given the director and producer ample scope for exploring the anatomy of the woman in a hundred different ways to lure the box office‚ the one positive spin-off of these films is that they have uncovered the sexual desires of the Indian woman
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Gender Role * Refers to a set of social and behavioral norms that within a specific culture‚ are widely considered to be socially appropriate for individual of a specific gender. * Patterns of attitude and behavior that a society expects of its members because of their being a male or female. * The role portrayed by an individual with respect to a combinations of factors or any onr of them ‚ depending on any living conditions. Gender role of a man and women is influence by a variety
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