Lindsey Cox 1/27/13 Beside Oneself: On the Limits of Sexual Autonomy Response Judith Butler’s Beside Oneself: On the Limits of Sexual Autonomy is an extremely philosophical essay that asks many questions that challenges the reader to look within themselves to search for their own interpretation of what they believe the answer to be. The first statement that Butler opens with is‚ "What makes for a livable world is no idol question". This statement almost seems like a question directed to the reader
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Ideology‚ geopolitics‚ and material interests encouraged the rebellions in both the American and Latin American independence movements. While very similar in cause‚ each revolution occurred in different ways and was influenced by different leaders. Thomas Jefferson was a prominent leader of the American Revolution while Jose de San Martín was a significant figure in the independence movement for Latin America. Both Jefferson and San Martín had similar motives of leading their people to independence
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Opposition argument against the government having power to override constituency nominations to allow more visible minorities and women in parliament George Basha January 30‚ 2014 45-320 (01) Political parties and elections Semester: Winter 2014 Professor. L. Miljan Political parties should nominate more women and visible minorities‚ even if it requires party over ride constituency nominations I want this to sink in your minds for a moment. The government is suggesting
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The assignment I chose to revise is my literary analysis of Judith Ortiz Cofers The Story of My Body. I have made some local‚ but mostly global revisions to the paper‚ as well as addressed some of the feedback made by the instructor. The local revisions include: making complete sentences‚ rearranging words. For global revisions‚ I rewrote the conclusion‚ broke a paragraph into two‚ and as suggested by the instructor I added more analysis and connection to the young girl. In the first paragraph
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CLA204 Lecture 1 Notes What is myth? - mûthos (ancient Greek) – “story”‚ “plot” of a narrative - myth – “a traditional story of collective (social) importance” – character‚ plot‚ temporal and special setting - mûthos (story) + logos (account) = “study of myth”‚ mythology - set in distant past or time so long ago when humans did not exist - mythical place – ie. garden paradise‚ world of the dead‚ etc. Circulation of Myth: oral (Orpheus‚ Homer‚ Hesiod) literary (Ovid‚ Euripides) artistic
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workplace and in personal lives when it came to people. For instance when Judith Lorber presents in her article about Billy Tipton. Billy Tipton who was a famous musician who was born originally a woman but lived the adult life as a man. Judith is reveals the society as a whole to have “difference” because of structure of living the life as a man or a woman since they were born. This also affects society in the workplace because Judith describes how it is in the Marines when women have to wear a certain
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human history. Authors such as Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ in her essay The myth of the Latin woman: I just met a girl named Maria‚ and David Sedaris in his essay I Like Guys‚use narrative to argue their thesis‚ however this is not limited only to established authors. With the pair of essays written by Cofer and Sedaris (and a little story of my own) a reader can see how the use of narration describing events in an author’s life can be used to argue a point. In her essay‚ Cofer wanted to use moments in her
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The woman I am in my Dreams Lexi MacConnell 1.) What we can infer about the narrator based on the contrasts she reveals is that she is a short woman‚ who wears sensible average clothing‚ she is unconfident with lack of sex appeal. 2.) The woman in the narrator’s dreams is a tall well-dressed woman who is very social; she is concerned with her own needs. This woman in her dreams is very confident‚ she is able to overcome obstacles and it’s her way or no way. We know this from the poem
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These are thesis statements from student essays in a previous course I taught. After reading them over‚ consider what works or doesn’t work about each of them‚ specifically as interpretative claims regarding social practices or visual texts. While analyzing each thesis statement‚ ignore any grammatical errors or factual inaccuracies. Please print this page and bring it with you to our next class meeting. “Valentine’s Day as an American holiday is one that truly documents how this nation has both
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Judith Butler in Media Studies When reading a biography of Judith Butler‚ a person would typically see a discussion of a highly intelligent philosopher of feminism‚ political theory‚ ethical and moral responsibility or gender studies. Her bibliographies are commonly describes as have a career focused on “research ranging from literary theory‚ modern philosophical fiction‚ feminist‚ gender and sexuality studies‚ to 19th- and 20th-century European literature and philosophy‚ Kafka and loss‚ mourning
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