Posted in theory 330 on May 3, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Taking the feminist approach to looking at a banned beer commercial, my first thought is, no wonder it’s banned. This video is extremely degrading to women.
For starters, the woman in the commercial is seen as unattractive. But, Why? Could it be [...]
Posted in theory 330 on April 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Haraway brings up a rather interesting topic of cyborgs in her essay, “A Manifesto for Cyborgs”. She defines cyborgs as “a hybrid of machine and organism, a creature of social reality as well as a creature of fiction” (2269). Haraway focuses on cyberfeminism, feminism and “technosceince” or the role of technology deeply ingrained [...]
Posted in theory 330 on April 16, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Baudrillard’s essay really acted as a continuation of what Horkheimer and Adorno were saying. Being that he was largely influenced by their writing, he too focuses on the influence film, TV, and advertising as replacing reality which in turn leads culture into a “hyperreality” where the distinction between real and imagined is lost. [...]
Posted in theory 330 on April 10, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Horkheimer and Adorno would definitely argue that movie-goers tend to make film an extension of their lives forced on them by the culture industry. They state in their essay, “The whole world is made to pass through the filter of the culture industry” (1226). A large focus of their essay is how films [...]
Posted in theory 330 on April 4, 2007 | 1 Comment »
First let me say that Margaret Cho is the best. I absolutely loved watching her stand up comedy and the faces she made to imitate her mother had me dieing. On the other hand, in relation to theory, she constantly addresses the issues of race gender and sexuality in society. I often [...]
Posted in theory 330 on April 2, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I could grasp much of what Butler was addressing in her essay Gender Trouble, but often found myself confused as to what things were specifically her ideas. She asks a lot of questions and I didn’t always feel as though she addressed those questions, but she does quote Foucault a lot and his idea [...]
Posted in theory 330 on April 1, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The faculty reading at the English Symposium really got me thinking about Foucault and his celebration, if you will, of deviance. I was surprised at the faculty readings and their vast relation to Foucault’s stress of bringing sex into discourse. Foucault states,
“…the nearly infinite task of telling–telling oneself and another, as often [...]
Posted in theory 330 on March 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Foucault is stressing the inclusion of sex as a discourse that needs to be addressed more frequently. He first addresses the church and its place with the inclusion of sex. Then the sexualities of children and adolescents, the role of sex in school and the rules of marriage, in the home and all [...]
Posted in theory 330 on March 21, 2007 | 2 Comments »
What I’ve noticed most throughout this novel is David’s out of control obsessions. From what we read last class to the end of the novel I noticed his new found obsession with relating himself and others to a dog. He often comments about whether people can smell is thoughts [...]
Posted in theory 330 on March 19, 2007 | 2 Comments »
This section of the book was outrageous for me. I couldnt put it down after the chapter when the three men attack David and Lucy. As for what happens after that I begin to get extremely frustrated…
For starters, the way Lucy is handling being raped is really surprising me. [...]
