Falling in love with the Eiffel Tower‚ a rollercoaster‚ or even the Berlin Wall‚ this may seem to be unrealistic; however‚ for a certain group of people this is a reality. These people who are in love and deeply attracted to inanimate objects call themselves objectum sexuals. They see themselves as a new sexual orientation that loves in the same was as everyone else. The only difference is their love is towards objects. Objectum sexuals have intense and intimate feelings for certain objects based
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Throughout history the connection between mass consumption and modern capitalism has been part of critical social changes that have taken place around the world‚ beginning during the modernity and post-modernity eras. Historically‚ mass consumption has been the driving force behind capitalism along with its dynamic and social structure. Although capitalism is partially built on democracy‚ there are underlying issues in our society today that are not strictly caused by consumption itself but its
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"With careful textual analysis of any one media text (for example television advertising‚ fashion on film‚ music videos etcetera ) explore the relationship between fashion and mass media" The mass media can be described as a form of communication designed to reach a vast audience without any personal contact between the senders and receivers. This includes several institutions‚ including books‚ magazines‚ adverts‚ newspapers‚ radio‚ television‚ cinema‚ and videos that occupy a central and essential
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COMM 287 ADVERTSING AS SOCIAL COMMUNICATION STUDY GUIDE 1 Questions for “New Branded World” by Naomi Klein “On Advertising: Sut Jhally vs. James Twitchell” “Advertising as Religion” by Sut Jhally Film: No Logo Film: The Diamond Empire Naomi Klein: New Branded World 1. What idea was the gospel of the machine age? Bolstering ones brand name was important 2. What consensus emerged about corporations in the 1980’s? Corporations were bloated‚ oversized‚ owned too much‚ employed too many people
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subconscious. They all had different approaches in trying to summarize the subjective theory. They all did specify that we as humans have feelings and thoughts. Next is the evolution theory and it has five stages; mana/fetishism‚ animism‚ polytheism‚ henotheism‚ and monotheism. Mana/Fetishism is believed to be a supernatural force or power‚ usually within objects or people. People believe that they accomplishment in life that they had positive contact with mana. Magic comes into play with this level of
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in 1924 into the stocks and issues of urban libraries revealed that while they had 63% of non-fiction works on an average to 37% of fiction‚ only 22% of non-fiction is issued in comparison 78% of fiction.” This clearly ascertains the fact that a commodity that is in demand at a particular point of time is determined by the class or group that is ‘ruling’ or is in power. When he wrote Brave New World‚ published in 1932‚ Huxley (1894-1963) showed the extent to which his disillusionment with society
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women. This group did—and sometimes still does—distance themselves strictly from both gay men and transsexuals‚ and usually also deny any fetishistic intentions. It was probably this development that led to the explicit definition of transvestic fetishism as distinctively different from transvestism. However‚ when this group of people achieved public attention‚ they were commonly referred to as transvestites rather than cross-dressers. That led‚ paradoxically‚ to yet another usage of transvestism:
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publications‚ 2005) [ 8 ] [ 9 ]. John and Michael Pokorny‚ introduction to An economic history of Film‚ ed. Sedgwick‚ John and Michael Pokorny (New York: Routledge‚ 2005) [ 10 ] [ 13 ]. John and Michael Pokorny‚ “The characteristics of film as a commodity‚” in An economic history of Film‚ ed. Sedgwick‚ John and Michael Pokorny (New York‚ Routledge publications‚ 2005).p10 [ 14 ] [ 17 ]. As Frederick Huntsberry interviewed The Hollywood Reporter at the second day of CineAsia convention on Dec 8‚ 2010
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Is the gaze male? Book Title: Women and Film: Both Sides of the Camera. Contributors: E. Ann Kaplan author. Publisher: Methuen. Place of Publication: London. Publication Year: 1983. Page Number: 35. Since the beginning of the recent women’s movement‚ American feminists have been exploring the representation of female sexuality in the arts—in literature‚ painting‚ film‚ and television. As we struggle towards meaningful theory‚ it is important to note that feminist criticism‚ as a new way of reading
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Introduction A newborn baby being poked and probed‚ by a sea of doctors dressed in sterile blue gowns‚ has become scene we all know too well. Having a baby has evolved from a matter which solely involves the mother’s family and a single midwife to a matter which involves a myriad of doctors‚ the government and subsequently the state. Anne Mcclintock explores the rise of such phenomena in her book titled Imperial Leather: Race‚ Gender‚ and Sexuality in the Colonial Context. She attributes a wide
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