PROFESSOR ANDREA DAVIS DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES Course: AP/HUMA 1300 9.0 Course Webpage: http://moodle.yorku.ca/ Term: Fall/Winter 2014-2015 Prerequisite / Co-requisite: none Course Director Dr. Andrea Davis (416) 736-2100 x 55158 821 Kaneff Tower aadavis@yorku.ca webpage: http://www.yorku.ca/laps/huma/faculty.html Course Consultation hours:
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“All that you touch you change: Utopian Desire and the Concept of Change in Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents” By Patricia Melzer‚ Femspec 3.2 This analysis examines two literary narratives by Octavia Butler‚ Parable of the Sower (1993) and Parable of the Talents (1998) that elucidate the intersection of three fields in Western thought: the notion of utopia‚ feminist politics and theory‚ and feminist science fiction. This intersection is crucial for feminists in
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The term feminism can be used to describe a political‚ cultural or economic movement aimed at establishing equal rights and legal protection for women (Bardon‚ 1978:23). Feminism involves political and sociological theories and philosophies concerned with issues of gender difference‚ as well as a movement that advocates gender equality for women and campaigns for women’s rights and interests (Stambler‚ Sookie‚ 1970:102-105). During much of its history‚ most feminist movements and theories had leaders
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Third-wave feminism the movement thriving into the 21st century By Susan Graham The Second-Wave Damage and repairs in the next decade • Third-wave feminism refers to several diverse strains of feminist activity and study‚ whose exact boundaries in the history of feminism are a subject of debate‚ but are generally marked as beginning in the early 1990s and continuing to the present. The movement arose partially as a response to the perceived failures of and backlash against initiatives and movements
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Feminism in Literature Overview Feminism has gradually become more far-ranging and subtle in its attacks on male-dominated society. Many injustices still need to be corrected‚ but equally necessary is a more down-to-earth‚ tolerant and compassionate view of fellow human beings. Introduction Many feminists dislike theory. Sharp intellectual categories‚ argumentation‚ seeming objectivity‚ and the whole tradition they grow out of are just what feminists are seeking to escape. And if their reasoning
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The song “Lorde‚” by Royals‚ has great lyrics that stress the importance of simplicity. It says‚ “We don’t care‚ we are driving Cadillacs in our dreams‚” (Lorde). This shows their lack of interest in material possessions and as long as they dream they are living. This relates to Henry Thoreau’s work‚ “Walden.” In his poem he says‚ “simplify
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battled Native Americans‚ disease‚ hunger and sometimes each other. Throughout this period‚ the colonists in Virginia also displayed a profound fear of witchcraft and the works of the Devil. To guard against this phenomenon‚ witch pots were employed just as they had been in England. In 1978‚ a witch pot was recovered in Virginia Beach. Unfortunately‚ the relic was found by an amateur collector and most of the details regarding the find have been lost due to negligence. However‚ the loss of information
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Once you put those earbuds on‚ blast the volume in the car; turn the speakers up we get lost in our imagination. Inspiration comes from music. “And everyone’s competing for a love they won’t receive ’Cause what this palace wants is release.” Lorde has a way to put meaning into her lyrics that young people we can all relate to. We don’t have to be accepted by socially.”Whether you’re broke or evergreen You’re black‚ white‚ beige‚ chola descent You’re Lebanese‚ you’re orient Whether life’s disabilities
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Zora Neale Hurston‚ “How It Feels to Be Colored Me” Thesis | | “But I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul‚ nor lurking behind my eyes. I do not mind at all” | In her thesis she explains that even though people do discriminate against her‚ she does not feel colored. She states “There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul‚ or lurking behind my eyes. I do not mind at all” to show how she doesn’t care that she’s colored. Being color does not determined who is
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African American‚ or sometimes known as Afro-American; Black American; or Black people‚ is a group of American who partially or fully descended from African people. According to U.S Census Bureau‚ Afro-American is the second largest race in U.S which is 13.3% in 2016. It was increased since the beginning of 20th century which was only 9%. Even though they are the second largest race‚ they still face the biggest issue in the world: racism. It has began when Afro-American people was used as slave
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