Bell Hooks Marginality As A Site Of Resistance Analysis
Bells hooks 'Marginality as a Site of Resistance',is an engaging and powerful comment on the solicitude for all those colonised on the perimeter of society.To identify as, but not be defined as, the marginalised. To use this site as an advance point to gain a formative viewpoint and destabilize the deep structures of power and cultural domination. Mona Hatoums work deals with identity in the context of displacement, gender and memory. Through Hatoums artworks 'Recollection' (1995) and Grater Divide (2002) hooks argument will be investigated further in relation to both gender and identity.
Gloria Jean Watkins known by her pen name bell hooks is a black American born feminist, social activist and author. 'Marginality as a site of Resistance, …show more content…
(Steward,p.21) The sculpture becomes a refusal of the the domestic role. Hatoum has said the sees furniture very much about the body. (2008,p.67) The sculpture feels like a large imposing body, the association of the womans traditional role in the kitchen gives the piece a matriarchal sensation. Countering the cultural environment Hatoum grew up in. The sculpture is in defiance to the Islamic society. "Being raised in a culture where woman have to be taught the art of cooking as a part of the process of being primed for marriage. I had an antagonistic attitude towards all of that. Spending my time in the kitchen is something i resisted. (Steward,p.65) The piece also brings to mind what freud called condensation. " A process we all know from dreams in which the meanings become condensed in a simple object." (Steward,p.11) The threat of the grater through its size has a nightmarish quality. "Such a terrifying kitchen encountered in a dream would protend what?" (Steward,.p12) Is it the manifestation of subconscious fears? Is it the embodiment of fear of the patriarchal culture? The increase in rebellious woman in islamic society. This is something that Hatoum recognizes and addresses similar to Shiren Neset. Who also deals with identity and femininity in Islamic culture through the representation of strong, rebellious woman.The large grater becomes a symbol of a strong powerful woman figure, to be feared and not to be reckoned with or
Gloria Jean Watkins known by her pen name bell hooks is a black American born feminist, social activist and author. 'Marginality as a site of Resistance, …show more content…
(Steward,p.21) The sculpture becomes a refusal of the the domestic role. Hatoum has said the sees furniture very much about the body. (2008,p.67) The sculpture feels like a large imposing body, the association of the womans traditional role in the kitchen gives the piece a matriarchal sensation. Countering the cultural environment Hatoum grew up in. The sculpture is in defiance to the Islamic society. "Being raised in a culture where woman have to be taught the art of cooking as a part of the process of being primed for marriage. I had an antagonistic attitude towards all of that. Spending my time in the kitchen is something i resisted. (Steward,p.65) The piece also brings to mind what freud called condensation. " A process we all know from dreams in which the meanings become condensed in a simple object." (Steward,p.11) The threat of the grater through its size has a nightmarish quality. "Such a terrifying kitchen encountered in a dream would protend what?" (Steward,.p12) Is it the manifestation of subconscious fears? Is it the embodiment of fear of the patriarchal culture? The increase in rebellious woman in islamic society. This is something that Hatoum recognizes and addresses similar to Shiren Neset. Who also deals with identity and femininity in Islamic culture through the representation of strong, rebellious woman.The large grater becomes a symbol of a strong powerful woman figure, to be feared and not to be reckoned with or