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Cultural Representations of Gender Vulnerability and Resistance

Author : María Isabel Romero Ruiz,Pilar Cuder Domínguez
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Culture
ISBN : 9783030955083

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Cultural Representations of Gender Vulnerability and Resistance by María Isabel Romero Ruiz,Pilar Cuder Domínguez Pdf

This Open Access book considers the cultural representation of gender violence, vulnerability and resistance with a focus on the transnational dimension of our contemporary visual and literary cultures in English. Contributors address concepts such as vulnerability, resilience, precarity and resistance in the Anglophone world through an analysis of memoirs, films, TV series, and crime and literary fiction across India, Ireland, Canada, Australia, the US, and the UK. Chapters explore literary and media displays of precarious conditions to examine whether these are exacerbated when intersecting with gender and ethnic identities, thus resulting in structural forms of vulnerability that generate and justify oppression, as well as forms of individual or collective resistance and/or resilience. Substantial insights are drawn from Animal Studies, Critical Race Studies, Human Rights Studies, Post-Humanism and Postcolonialism. This book will be of interest to scholars in Gender Studies, Media Studies, Sociology, Culture, Literature and History. Maria Isabel Romero-Ruiz is Lecturer in Social History and Cultural Studies at the University of Málaga, Spain. She specialises in the social and cultural history of deviant women and children in Victorian England, as well as in contemporary gender and sexual identity issues in Neo-Victorian fiction. Pilar Cuder-Domínguez is Professor of English at the University of Huelva, Spain, where she teaches the literature and cultures of Great Britain and Anglophone Canada. Her research deals with the intersections of gender, genre, race, and nation. Grant FFI2017-84555-C2-1-P (research Project "Bodies in Transit: Genders, Mobilities, Interdependencies") funded by MCIN/AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033 and by "ERDF A way of making Europe.".

Vulnerability in Resistance

Author : Judith Butler,Zeynep Gambetti,Leticia Sabsay
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780822373490

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Vulnerability in Resistance by Judith Butler,Zeynep Gambetti,Leticia Sabsay Pdf

Vulnerability and resistance have often been seen as opposites, with the assumption that vulnerability requires protection and the strengthening of paternalistic power at the expense of collective resistance. Focusing on political movements and cultural practices in different global locations, including Turkey, Palestine, France, and the former Yugoslavia, the contributors to Vulnerability in Resistance articulate an understanding of the role of vulnerability in practices of resistance. They consider how vulnerability is constructed, invoked, and mobilized within neoliberal discourse, the politics of war, resistance to authoritarian and securitarian power, in LGBTQI struggles, and in the resistance to occupation and colonial violence. The essays offer a feminist account of political agency by exploring occupy movements and street politics, informal groups at checkpoints and barricades, practices of self-defense, hunger strikes, transgressive enactments of solidarity and mourning, infrastructural mobilizations, and aesthetic and erotic interventions into public space that mobilize memory and expose forms of power. Pointing to possible strategies for a feminist politics of transversal engagements and suggesting a politics of bodily resistance that does not disavow forms of vulnerability, the contributors develop a new conception of embodiment and sociality within fields of contemporary power. Contributors. Meltem Ahiska, Athena Athanasiou, Sarah Bracke, Judith Butler, Elsa Dorlin, Başak Ertür, Zeynep Gambetti, Rema Hammami, Marianne Hirsch, Elena Loizidou, Leticia Sabsay, Nükhet Sirman, Elena Tzelepis

Unhappy Beginnings

Author : Isabel González-Díaz,Fabián Orán-Llarena
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000998207

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Unhappy Beginnings by Isabel González-Díaz,Fabián Orán-Llarena Pdf

This book offers the analysis of a selection of North American texts that dismantle and resist normative frames through the resignification of concepts such as unhappiness, precarity, failure, and vulnerability. The chapters bring to the fore how those potentially negative elements can be refigured as ambivalent sites of resistance and social bonding. Following Sara Ahmed’s rereading of happiness, other authors such as Judith Butler, Wendy Brown, Jack Halberstam, Lauren Berlant, or Henry Giroux are mobilized to interrogate films, memoirs, and novels that deal with precarity, alienation, and inequality. The monograph contributes to enlarging the archives of unhappiness by changing the focus from prescribed norms and happy endings to unruly practices and unhappy beginnings. As the different contributors show, unhappiness, precarity, vulnerability, or failure can be harnessed to illuminate ways of navigating the world and framing society that do not necessarily conform to the script of happiness—whatever that means.

Trauma, Memory and Silence of the Irish Woman in Contemporary Literature

Author : Madalina Armie,Veronica Membrive
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2023-01-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000832143

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Trauma, Memory and Silence of the Irish Woman in Contemporary Literature by Madalina Armie,Veronica Membrive Pdf

This volume studies the manifestations of female trauma through the exploration of multiple wounds, inflicted on both body and mind (Caruth 1996, 3) and the soul of Irish women from Northern Ireland and the Republic within a contemporary context, and in literary works written at the turn of the twenty-first century and beyond. These artistic manifestations connect tradition and modernity, debunk myths, break the silence with the exposure of uncomfortable realities, dismantle stereotypes and reflect reality with precision. Women’s issues and female experiences depicted in contemporary fiction may provide an explanation for past and present gender dynamics, revealing a pathway for further renegotiation of gender roles and the achievement of equilibrium and equality between sexes. These works might help to seal and heal wounds both old and new and offer solutions to the quandaries of tomorrow.

Detoxing Masculinity in Anglophone Literature and Culture

Author : Sara Martín,M. Isabel Santaulària
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783031221446

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Detoxing Masculinity in Anglophone Literature and Culture by Sara Martín,M. Isabel Santaulària Pdf

This edited volume rethinks Masculinity Studies by breaking away from the notion of the perpetual crisis of masculinity. It argues that not enough has been done to distinguish patriarchy from masculinity and proposes to detox masculinity by offering a collection of positive representations of men in fictional and non-fictional texts. The editors show how ideas of hegemonic and toxic masculinity have been too fixed on the exploration of dominance and subservience, and too little on the men (and the male characters in fiction) who behave following other ethical, personal and socially accepted patterns. Bringing together research from different periods and genres, this collection provides broad, multidisciplinary insights into alternative representations of masculinity.

Caryl Phillips’s Genealogies

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004545557

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Caryl Phillips’s Genealogies by Anonim Pdf

Thematically and structurally, the work of the Kittitian-British writer Caryl Phillips reimagines the notion of genealogy. Phillips’s fiction, drama, and non-fiction foreground broken filiations and forever-deferred promises of new affiliations in the aftermath of slavery and colonization. His texts are also in dialogue with multiple historical figures and literary influences, imagining around the life of the African American comedian Bert Williams and the Caribbean writer Jean Rhys, or retelling the story of Othello. Additionally, Phillips’s work resonates with that of other writers and visual artists, such as Derek Walcott, Toni Morrison, or Isaac Julien. Written to honor the career of renown Phillipsian scholar Bénédicte Ledent, the contributions to this volume, including one by Phillips himself, explore the multiple ramifications of genealogy, across and beyond Phillips’s work.

Clues: A Journal of Detection, Vol. 41, No. 1 (Spring 2023)

Author : Anonim
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781476651637

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Clues: A Journal of Detection, Vol. 41, No. 1 (Spring 2023) by Anonim Pdf

For over two decades, Clues has included the best scholarship on mystery and detective fiction. With a combination of academic essays and nonfiction book reviews, it covers all aspects of mystery and detective fiction material in print, television and movies. As the only American scholarly journal on mystery fiction, Clues is essential reading for literature and film students and researchers; popular culture aficionados; librarians; and mystery authors, fans and critics around the globe.

The Trap of Proximity Violence

Author : Ignazia Bartholini
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-30
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783030524517

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The Trap of Proximity Violence by Ignazia Bartholini Pdf

This book aims at shifting the emphasis from a general vision of gender-based violence to a more opaque, yet equally destructive one, that related to "proximity violence". The first type of violence is exercised in multiple situations and in the generality of relationships experienced by people involving others who are both strangers to and intimate with each other. Proximity violence provides and includes a fiduciary kind of "proximity", of "dependent intimacy", where the trust that the victim places in the other (her tormentor) favours the exercise of violence itself, allowing it to take place, thus making it practically imperceptible when not actually normal, in extreme cases. In turn, this confidence is comparable to "a veil of Maja" which, in conditions of vulnerability typical of victims, attenuates the consequences of the violence undergone or the omens of what becomes violent action. The conceptual triad: proximity violence, vulnerability, resistance-resilience is explored here, in the three main chapters and in the details aimed at identifying, in the final chapter, the mutual interconnections. This book will be of particular interest and use to undergraduate and graduate students of sociology and gender studies

The Power of Vulnerability

Author : Anu Koivunen,Katariina Kyrölä,Ingrid Ryberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Affect (Psychology)
ISBN : 1526133091

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The Power of Vulnerability by Anu Koivunen,Katariina Kyrölä,Ingrid Ryberg Pdf

This book is available as an open access ebook under a CC-BY-NC-ND licence.This book investigates the new language of vulnerability that has emerged in feminist, queer and antiracist debates on media, taking a particular interest in the historical legacies and contemporary forms and effects of this language. Contributors such as Jack Halberstam and Sara Ahmed examine how vulnerability has become a battleground, how affect and vulnerability have turned into a politicised currency both for addressing and obscuring asymmetries of power, and how media activism and state policies address so-called vulnerable groups. Taking on such heated topics as trigger warnings and diversity policies, the book will be of interest to scholars and students in media and cultural studies, affect theory, gender studies, queer theory and critical race studies.

Re-writing Women as Victims

Author : María José Gámez Fuentes,Sonia Núñez Puente,Emma Gómez Nicolau
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351043588

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Re-writing Women as Victims by María José Gámez Fuentes,Sonia Núñez Puente,Emma Gómez Nicolau Pdf

This volume critically analyses political strategies, civil society initiatives and modes of representation that challenge the conventional narratives of women in contexts of violence. It deepens into the concepts of victimhood and agency that inform the current debate on women as victims. The volume opens the scope to explore initiatives that transcend the pair abuser–victim and explore the complex relations between gender and violence, and individual and collective accountability, through politics, activism and cultural productions in order to seek social transformation for gender justice. In innovative and interdisciplinary case studies, it brings attention to initiatives and narratives that make new spaces possible in which to name, self-identify, and resignify the female political subject as a social agent in situations of violence. The volume is global in scope, bringing together contributions ranging from India, Cambodia or Kenya, to Quebec, Bosnia or Spain. Different aspects of gender-based violence are analysed, from intimate relationships, sexual violence, military contexts, society and institutions. Re-writing Women as Victims: From Theory to Practice will be a key text for students, researchers and professionals in gender studies, political sciences, sociology and media and cultural Studies. Activists and policy makers will also find its practical approach and engagement with social transformation to be essential reading.

Inscribing Difference and Resistance

Author : Martina Horáková
Publisher : Masarykova univerzita
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9788021087200

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Inscribing Difference and Resistance by Martina Horáková Pdf

Kniha Inscribing Difference and Resistance: Indigenous Women’s Personal Non-fiction and Life Writing in Australia and North America zkoumá, jak literárně-esejistická tvorba domorodých obyvatelek v USA, Kanadě a Austrálii, publikovaná v 90. letech 20. století, přispěla k formování teoretických východisek tzv. Indigenous feminism (indigenní či domorodý feminismus) a zároveň přispěla k přepsání dominantní historiografie v kontextu těchto osadnických kolonií. Rozbor textů Paully Gunn Allen a Anny Lee Walters z USA, Lee Maracle a Shirley Sterling z Kanady a Jackie Huggins a Doris Pilkington Garimara z Austrálie ukazuje, jak tyto autorky využívají hybridní, multi-žánrový styl, kombinující literární kritiku, historiografii, auto/biografické psaní a fikčně laděné příběhy, k literárnímu vyjádření své odlišné kulturní identity, transgeneračního traumatu z kolonizace a resistence vůči násilné asimilaci.

Girls, Cultural Productions, and Resistance

Author : Michelle S. Bae,Olga Ivashkevich
Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Arts and children
ISBN : 143311500X

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Girls, Cultural Productions, and Resistance by Michelle S. Bae,Olga Ivashkevich Pdf

Girls, Cultural Productions, and Resistance brings together scholars from across the academy to explore the multifaceted ways that contemporary girls challenge and disrupt normative gender scripts and representations. By adopting ethnographic methodologies and/or feminist pedagogies, the authors collaborate with girls from various ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds, highlighting these girlsʹ affective agency as they remake femininity from the ground up. From pre-school through college, these girls engage in subversive gender work through writing, blogging, talking, video production, game design, scouting, business organizing, roller derby, and yoga. This groundbreaking collection provides a roadmap for academics and practitioners trying to understand the landscape of girlhood today. -- Publisher description.

Genders, Cultures, and Literacies

Author : Barbara J. Guzzetti
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781000506006

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Genders, Cultures, and Literacies by Barbara J. Guzzetti Pdf

This volume brings together leading scholars in their fields who offer much needed and wide-ranging perspectives on the intersections of genders, cultures, and literacies. As incidents of racial and gender aggression grow in number and in global attention, it is essential to understand how racial and gender identities and their expressions interplay and influence literacy development and practice. Contributors examine how social identities intersect and are expressed in literacy practices across an array of school and out-of-school settings and discuss how gender and race are represented in individuals’ multimodal practices. Chapters address such topics as the literacy practices of incarcerated fathers of color, Black girls’ literacies, Indigenous students’ cultural literacies, the writing practices of Latinx women for identity representation, and more. Ideal for scholars in literacy studies, gender studies, and cultural studies, this volume is a necessary and original update to the ways cultural, racial, and gender identities are viewed in current educational and sociocultural climates.

Reel Vulnerability

Author : Sarah Hagelin
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813561059

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Reel Vulnerability by Sarah Hagelin Pdf

Wonder women, G.I. Janes, and vampire slayers increasingly populate the American cultural landscape. What do these figures mean in the American cultural imagination? What can they tell us about the female body in action or in pain? Reel Vulnerability explores the way American popular culture thinks about vulnerability, arguing that our culture and our scholarship remain stubbornly invested in the myth of the helplessness of the female body. The book examines the shifting constructions of vulnerability in the wake of the cultural upheavals of World War II, the Cold War, and 9/11, placing defenseless male bodies onscreen alongside representations of the female body in the military, in the interrogation room, and on the margins. Sarah Hagelin challenges the ways film theory and cultural studies confuse vulnerability and femaleness. Such films as G.I. Jane and Saving Private Ryan, as well as such post-9/11 television shows as Battlestar Galactica and Deadwood, present vulnerable men who demand our sympathy, abused women who don’t want our pity, and images of the body in pain that do not portray weakness. Hagelin’s intent is to help scholarship catch up to the new iconographies emerging in theaters and in living rooms—images that offer viewers reactions to the suffering body beyond pity, identification with the bleeding body beyond masochism, and feminist images of the female body where we least expect to find them.

Resistance

Author : Martin Butler,Paul Mecheril,Lea Brenningmeyer
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783839431498

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Resistance by Martin Butler,Paul Mecheril,Lea Brenningmeyer Pdf

All around the world and throughout history, resistance has played an important role - and it still does. Some strive to raise it to cause change. Some dare not to speak of it. Some try to smother it to keep a status quo. The contributions to this volume explore phenomena of resistance in a range of historical and contemporary environments. In so doing, they not only contribute to shaping a comparative view on subjects, representations, and contexts of resistance, but also open up a theoretical dialogue on terms and concepts of resistance both in and across different disciplines. With contributions by Micha Brumlik, Peter McLaren, and others.