This page intentionally left blank A HISTORY OF FEMINIST LITERARY CRITICISM Feminism has transformed the academic study of literature‚ fundamentally altering the canon of what is taught and setting new agendas for literary analysis. In this authoritative history of feminist literary criticism‚ leading scholars chart the development of the practice from the Middle Ages to the present. The first section of the book explores protofeminist thought from the Middle Ages onwards‚ and analyses the
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1st edn‚ (Quartermaine House Ltd‚ 1980) • Hogett‚ Brenda‚ Mental Health Law‚ 4th edn‚ (Sweet and Maxwell‚ 1996) • Maguire‚ Mike‚ Morgan‚ Rod‚ Reiner‚ Robert‚ The Oxford Handbook of Criminology‚ 4th edn‚ (Oxford University Press‚ 2007) • M.Laing‚ Judith‚ ‘Care Or Custody? Mentally Disordered Offenders in the Criminal Justice System‚ (Oxford University Press‚ 1999) • Peay‚ Jill‚ Tribunals on Trial‚ 1st edn‚ (Oxford University Press‚ 1989) • S • The Divided Self: An Existential Study of Insanity
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brought me "up to speed" so to speak‚ on what this new-aged‚ misunderstood set of beliefs actually means. To begin‚ the Queer Theory is‚ "a set of ideas based around the idea that identities are not fixed and do not determine who we are" (Butler 1990). Basically‚ this definition can be broken down into several parts. Not only does the Queer Theory deal with homosexuality‚ but it also deals with feminism and any type of sexual act that is "queer" by definition. Queer is defined as
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“Gender Trouble.” The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism. Ed. Vincent B. Leitch. 2nd ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Company‚ Inc.‚ 2001. 2536-53. Print. 2) Halberstam‚ Judith. “The Good‚ the Bad‚ and the Ugly: Men‚ Women‚ and Masculinity.” The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism. Ed. Vincent B. Leitch. 2nd ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Company‚ Inc.‚ 2001. 2635-53. Print. 3) Bruzzi‚ Stella. Introduction. Bringing up
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from the play‚ but to firstly get a depth of what the gender aspect of identity is‚ it To help with the identity aspect I will talk about one theorist and how they explain what they are. The gender theorist which specialises in this aspect is Judith Butler who I later will be talking about. First
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that. I will discuss how Kimberlé Crenshaw’s literature Traffic at the Crossroads: Multiple Oppressions has a very similar underlying vision shared with bell hooks about what it takes to effectively liberate women in society. I will also discuss how Judith Butler’s postmodern theories in Contingent Foundations: Feminism and the Question of “Postmodernism” correlate positively with bell hooks’ ideologies in her ‘radical agenda’. I will discuss that Martha Nussbaum’s philosophical presentation of feminist
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Nietzsche’s Influence Upon 20th Century Thought Nietzsche’s thought extended a deep influence during the 20th century‚ especially in Continental Europe. In English-speaking countries‚ his positive reception has been less resonant. During the last decade of Nietzsche’s life and the first decade of the 20th century‚ his thought was particularly attractive to avant-garde artists who saw themselves on the periphery of established social fashion and practice. Here‚ Nietzsche’s advocacy of new‚ healthy
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References: Abercrombie et al‚Ammott and Matheiae(Race ‚ Gender and Poverty)‚ Judith Butler(Gender Trouble)‚ Aldous and Sereemongkonpol( Lady boys)
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Political Theory and Gatsby In his article "’A New World‚ Material Without Being Real’: Fitzgerald’s Critique of Capitalism in The Great Gatsby‚" Ross Posnock establishes Fitzgerald’s interest in Marxism by placing him as a Nietzschean Marxist and contemporizing him with Georg Lukacs’s History and Class Consciousness‚ printed in 1923‚ and with Marx’s theories by extension‚ attempting to "demonstrate how deeply Marx’s critique is assimilated into the novel’s imaginative life‚" although he is careful
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survey in 1989 found that teachers did not strongly believe homework was beneficial’ . I believe that homework does indeed play a crucial role in a child’s development and should not be banished. Not only is it a child’s starting point but as Judith ‘Butler states homework is the time students spend outside the classroom in assigned activities to practice‚ reinforce or apply newly-acquired skills and knowledge to learn necessary skills of independent study’ . One contributing factor is that it
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