Abjection

It is farcical to say Barack Obama’s accomplishments suggests racism has become almost obsolete in the United States. “Making one individual’s achievement as historic for an entire race of people presumes that one individual signifies a restructuring of systemic, social and institutional power. One individual cannot symbolically or materially eliminate racial hierarchy or institutionalized racism.”14 Not to take away from the remarkability of the first Black President to be elected, however it is

Though the offensive act occurs off-stage, Pinter makes the rape incident pivotal in understanding the acts of violence committed against women. Rape like other acts of physical violence leads to injuries and bruises in the victim and also leads to psychological effects such as post-traumatic stress, anxiety and depression in the victim. But what separates rape from other acts of physical violence is that it hurts the dignity of a woman, shatters her confidence, makes her feel powerless and nothing

The Changing Nature of Family Life in Contemporary Society From first attempts to transfer Horror fiction from the page to the silver screen, there have been moral panics in response to the horror genre. In 1973, "The Exorcist" (directed by William Friedkin, US, 1973) provoked outrage, and sections of the movie had to be removed in response to worldwide complaints and panic as to the overtly sexual and violent nature of it's content, not to mention accusations of religious

What are the main ways a high-street retailer represents their company to the public? Using one prominent store/retail chain that you are familiar with, describe how each aspect contributes to their brand and identity. Founded in the streets of Seattle, Washington during the 1970’s. Howard Schultz certainly never anticipated creating a brand that has become the largest coffeehouse company in the world. Starbucks has dominated the world with its aromatic and fine quality coffee beans. It is not

Cynthia Ozick exploits figurative language in The Shawl to create a grim and surrealistic atmosphere representative of The Holocaust’s brutality and impression of interminability. Though depicting The Holocaust– which is often recounted through biographical narratives–Ozick, uses abstract yet stirring metaphors when recounting her characters’ plight to attain emotional precision. From lines like “a walking cradle” when describing Rosa to “blue tigers” when describing Magda’s eyes, readers immediately

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity The absolute monarchy that had been ruling France for a long period of time would finally end with raised voices demanding a new France, a nation free of oppression and inequality in which everyone had his own place to live decently and freely. The trends of the Enlightenment would remain strong especially in the well-off middle class intellectuals that saw the movement’s philosophical ideas as principles that could be used to amend the political and economic crisis

fiction, depicts the suffering and the lives of her ancestors. Yet far from being a documentary, the novel raises the question of amnesia in America regarding its own history. This is done through denouncing the excesses of a segregation system, abjection and rejection, which lasted for centuries. Even though Toni denounces the hurt, shame and pain, black people went through because of slavery, she does not portray that community as a victim of history. This is much more than

Capitalism, Marketing, and the Insidious and Covert Co-optation of the Self Subtitle: A Manifesto for Avatars 1. Introducing Avatars AVATARA-Sanskrit.; ava-'down', tarati-'he goes, passes beyond' literally, 'a descent', a conception described in the Bhagavad gita, 4th Teaching, 1-8 where Krishna confides: "when goodness grows weak, when evil increases, I make myself a body." (OED) Originally referring to the incarnation of Hindu deities, avatars in the computing realms have come

In the face of the new terrors of modern warfare, what defines humanness, like compassion and fellowship, begins to deteriorate, suggesting that traditional ways of structuring human experience are no longer accurate (“The Twentieth Century and After” 961). Indeed, modernity’s “great disillusionment” confronted commonly perceived conceptions of humanness (961), causing once staunch human-animal boundaries to become unrecognizable in the face of accelerating change. Modern culture has “managed to

Abjecting Femininity in Restoration Poetry A true libertine of the Restoration Era, John Wilmot, Second Earl of Rochester – better known as his literary persona Rochester – is recognized for his poetry that often breaks barriers and social conventions in obscene ways. One such poem that is particularly explicit, some might even say pornographic, is entitled “A Ramble in St. James’s Park.” Including the sex, alcohol, and debauchery that is so characteristic of Rochester, this poem creates a unique