In her publication titled “Gender Trouble”, Judith Butler presents her view that gender is a performative role in society, meaning that in order for gender identity to be genuinely expressed and understood, it must be conveyed openly in social spaces. Throughout her book she provides numerous examples of these “social spaces” that would be a necessary ground for women in order to better establish an identity in society. These include political representation, cultural movements, and the economic climate. These social spaces are presented in great depth and explain how they limit a person by identifying with a specific gender. In this paper, I will argue for Butler’s view on how certain gender performance is restricted in these numerous fields, and how Ms. Butler would object to these various situations.
The language and gender therioests I intend to look at is Robin Lakoff and O'Barr and Atkins which we studied during AS. This will give me the starting point that I will need to investigate language and gender. Firstly I will need look at their therioes, to see whether their claims of male and female language features are supported or not. For example, Robin Lakoff claims that females use hedges and tag questions. But is this really the case?
They mention the importance of locked fate that cannot be altered and the idea that other people may be able to recognize a person’s fate, before that person does. Both describe the waiting of the opportune moment or sign of destiny as well as actual recognition of one’s fate. Although generally similar, many specific points emphasize the differences in the journey of fate and the questioning of fate, but Memoirs of a Geisha more effectively explores the theme. The narrators of both texts, written in first person, wonder about the concepts of fate and destiny. Chiyo, in Memoirs of a Geisha, ponders what her fate is; “Could my fate really be to stay here the rest of my life as nothing more than a maid?
Relationship between the Core Concepts and ‘Bend it like Beckham’ Introduction: The movie ‘Bend it like Beckham’ incorporates a plethora of concepts and themes that are essential to comparing the Indian culture with the English one. This movie emphasizes how the society views Indian culture and assists the viewers in understanding the stereotypical gender roles of said culture. It provokes the idea that the Indian culture lives in the past, as a way of keeping tradition, and ignores the much-needed acceptance of equality of all individuals regardless of their gender. The movie cleverly expresses many topics of Indian culture, such as the traditions, arranged marriages, duties of women and interracial relationships. Persons: Jess’ identity grows stronger with every scene, as she puts more on the line to follow her dream.
The relevant dichotomy of society from the culture of “body mod” will be discussed as well as body modifications as they are linked to the image of gender. Reasons will be laid out for what the individual involved in body modification is attempting to transgress as well as the morality of it all. By integrating specific quotes from literature used in previous class discussion, the theology of extreme or “hard” body modification will be analyzed. While body modifications vary slightly between male and female bodies due to the natural addition or removal of body parts, extreme body modifications are not limited to a specific gender image. This creates a sense of otherness, morality and a dichotomy not linked to language or gender, but to transgressing the images formed by society.
When I have consulted such sources, they have been carefully acknowledged, both in my assignment and on my reference list. I have not plagiarised in this assignment. I understand that if I am found to have committed plagiarism, I will have to face disciplinary action. Date: Signature: It is the aim of this essay to examine the process of fictionalisation as a means of coming to terms with female trauma caused by rigid historical male discourse. In order to communicate the significance of such a question I will consider aspects of Freud’s symbolic order and feminist criticism of patriarchal discourse as well as the categorisation of women therein.
This essay will focus mainly on the feminist attitudes towards the gender representations. Also this essay will have to look into how relevant the genre of the film is to how the women are represented. To gain these understandings this paper will look mainly into the works of Stuart Hall, Richard Dyer and Rick Altman. First this essay will explore what the term representation means. Representation can be described as a function by which people associate a sign with a meaning beyond the literal.
'The Handmaids Tale' is a first person narrative. The narrator is active in the story therefore can be considered as defective as the events are conveyed from a predisposed view point. Atwood reveals Offreds 'state of mind' through both the structure of the narrative and the opinions explored by our narrator. Offreds narrative style can be interpreted to highlight a number of viewpoints about Gilead. For instance the fragmented element of the narrative can both reflect Offreds 'state of mind' and contribute to the suggestions about Gilead as a nation/ society.
“THE GENDERED NOTIONS OF EMOTION” To begin with , it is neccessary to differ the term gender from sex. Sex refers to our anatomical and genetical identity as being a female or male that is inscribed in our genes, whereas gender is an outcome of process of socialization combined with the effect of the genes. Our gender becomes evident in the way we dress, we make our hair,we walk and speak. The ways we express and experience emotions also seems to be dependent on our gender. As the way of walking or speaking diverges in male and female, the expression and experience of emotions in different genders also diverges.
If you have more power, you will win the consent to exercise that power in dictating the dominant people’s views. An example given is the domination in gender relations, and in relation of cultural/ethnic groups. 2. Intertextuality Intertextuality refers to the interaction between (or within) texts or as Fairclough puts it “how several text types may be simultaneously drawn upon and combined” to refer to the actual message. The result of combining several text is that the meaning of the discourse is overlaid with another meaning from a different discourse.