gendered discourses which is the key to eliminating discriminations. B. Overview of Judith Butler’s performativity Judith Butler uses the idea of gender performativity to make trouble by subverting commonly held notion about sex or gender. As Butler said‚ there is no gender identity behind the expressions of gender… identity is performativity constituted by the very expressions. (Butler‚ 1999‚ p. 25) That means your gender identity depends on your way of repetitive expression and‚ thus‚ is neither fixed
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Case Study The VoIP Adoption at Butler University What were the primary reasons for changing the current system at Butler? The primary reason that Butler University decided to change their current system was due to the fact that their original provider was not fulfilling the university’s needs. Butler had originally used Centrex as their service provider. Centrex‚ being an older system‚ could not provide Butler University with the modern‚ more up to date features that they needed. The Centrex
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and the Heterosexual Norm In the 1960s‚ feminist theories assumed a possible distinction between (biological) “sex” and (socio-cultural) “gender”. This distinction and its epistemological value underwent critical review (e.g. Gildemeister/Wetterer‚ Butler Gender Trouble). Since the 1990s‚ the biological bi-morphism of humans‚ formerly considered as a “natural” binarism that produces distinctive “masculine” and “feminin” ways of behaviour‚ thought‚ talent‚ language‚ is now seen as the effect of a socio-cultural
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Bibliography: Bloch‚ Linda- Renée and Lemish Dafna. I know I’m a Freierit‚ but…:How a Key Cultural Frame (en) Gender a Discoourse of Inequality. Journal of communication‚ 2005. Butler‚ Judith. Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex. New York and London: Routledge‚ 1993. Print. Ehrensaft‚ Diane. One Pill Makes you Boy‚ One Pill Makes you Girl. International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies‚ 2009. Print Felman
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References: Armytage‚ W. H. (1978). Backup to Butler: The biosocial background of the Butler Act. Westminster Studies in Education‚ 1(1)‚ 5-21. Johnson‚ A. J. (2007). The Scopes "Monkey Trial." Detroit‚ MI: Omnigraphics. Tennessee Butler Act. (1925‚ January 1). Tennesse Anti-evolution Statute - UMKC School of Law. Retrieved June 8‚ 2014‚ from http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/tennstat
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dominated adventure and exploration‚ most certainly do not imagine that science fiction can be used to write about feminist thoughts or ideas. However‚ this is exactly what Octavia Butler does in her short story “Speech Sounds.” Many scholars believe that feminist science fiction writers write toward a utopian society. Butler‚ however‚ tends to write more towards a confrontation with dystopia. A dystopian society‚ or anti-utopia‚ is a society characterized by misery‚ violence‚ and disorder‚ which is
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progressed in Nassau and decided to include the outer islands. When sir. Lynden Piddling came home from law school he joined the PLP party and that was the beginning of the road to majority rule. Sir Lynden Pindling‚ Randol Fawkes‚ Auther Hanna‚ Sir. Milo Butler Sr‚ Clarence Bain‚ Samuel Isaacs‚ and many other women and men planned and strategized to free there people from colonize. At that time racial segregation was a way of life in The Bahamas. The ‘blacks’ were referred to as coloured people. They
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Overview • Setting (time): 1861–early 1870s. • Setting (place): Atlanta; Tara‚ the O’Hara plantation in northern Georgia. • Major conflict: Scarlett struggles to find love‚ trying out Ashley Wilkes and Rhett Butler‚ while simultaneously trying to adjust to the changing face of the South. • Rising action: Scarlett confesses her love to Ashley; Scarlett marries Rhett; Scarlett and Ashley embrace. • Climax: Bonnie dies while horseback riding‚ breaking the tie that binds Rhett and Scarlett.
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1. INTRODUCTION The movie “Law Abiding Citizen” changes our perception of the legal process and that process eventually changes to conform to our expectations. The scenario of the blockbuster movie‚ Law Abiding Citizen‚ can be explained by these simple questions. What would you do if a ruthless killer broke into your home and killed your family right before your eyes‚ then bargained with the prosecutor to receive only three years punishment in exchange for testifying against his innocent accomplice
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Case Study: Capital Budgeting Butler Lumber Company Abstract Butler Lumber Company‚ a lumber retailer with a rapid growth rate‚ is faced with the problem of cash flow shortage. In order to support this profitable business‚ BLC needs a great amount of cash. The loan of $250‚000 from Suburban National and a line of credit of up to $465‚000 from Northrop National Bank are the two choices provided. After a brief review of the operation and financial conditions of BLC‚ we first make analysis of
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