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    Queerness in Macbeth: The Complicated Politics of Gender Identity Saswata Kusari and Prof. Mahua Bhattacharjee Abstract: The thematic concern of appearance and reality is dealt with at various levels in Macbeth. This paper is an exploration of how the conventional ideas of gender and sexuality are subverted in this play. The paper would also seek to explore how the paradigmatic shift in the conventional gender identity creates a sense of queerness. Our attempt is to interrogate the play from an

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    Dreaming of Tombstones (133-188): A Summary and Critical Analysis of Gender Issues in “City Requiem, Calcutta: Gender and the Politics of Poverty, Volume 10” by Ananya Roy In Chapter 4, Roy (2008) defines the lack of city planning for the city of Calcutta as a way to understand the amorphous nature of land boundaries, settlements, and the lives that squatters live in this city. Shah’s story of the dreams of tombstones defines the new ways in which to interpret the hegemonic discourse of rigid

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    concept of gender politics, what this entails and how this affects people, we will also look at the change of gender politics throughout the contemporary years and how this has changed certain movements. Looking at gender politics can move swiftly into gender politics within the theatre, how the hierarchy of theatres are still heavily male influenced and the ways this can be stopped, sexism within the theatre and surrounding partnerships will also be included. This will also include the way gender is portrayed

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    change. Art exposes and humanizes issues of social injustice; art shapes politics and confronts social norms. In the Middle East, female artists are claiming a stake in the historically patriarchal art scene. Their work is feminist in nature and provides an unprecedented voice and visibility to their gender. Professional art and artists have been involved in political movements throughout the modern era, fusing aesthetics and politics, art and propaganda. Yet this is not an endorsement of explicitly political

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    The Golden Woman: An Analysis of Gender Politics in Hong Kong Nocturne She is beauty, she is grace, and she is a conniving money-hog. She is: The Golden Woman. The Golden Woman, trapped within the confines of the patriarchy, transcends a national identity, yet still seeks refuge from the misogyny unique to her own culture. Particularly, The Golden Woman of pan-Asia, whom identifies with the values of their western counterparts, faces a rejection of those same values from male counterparts. Its prevalence

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    Gender Politics: Are we concerned about the wrong safety in bathrooms? Walking through a never-ending hallway at the mall, a man stops abruptly between two strange yet oddly familiar doors. Suddenly, he feels paranoid and glances around the area. Is he being watched? He stares up at the odd white symbols depicted on both doors while making his decision. As he reaches out hesitantly for the door knob he asks himself “Will I go into this room and be assaulted, or will I go into the other and be potentially

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    Gender Politics in the US Criminal Justice System The state of women in the United States criminal justice system, an apparently fair organization of integrity and justice, is a perfect example of a seemingly equal situation, which turns out to be anything but. While the policies imposed in the criminal justice system have an effect on all Americans, they affect men and women in extremely dissimilar manners. By looking at the United States' history of females in the criminal justice system,

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    Dish: Sexual identity and gender politics, interwoven with food motifs. *Warning: The so-what may appear muddled when too many topics are addressed, especially ham-fisted and insincere segments about race. Also, do not consume raw meat/eggs. **Warning: This contains salt. What you need (So-What):  Examination of restrictive gender roles and their effects  Acceptance of your own sexual orientation and identity  Repudiation of the Midwestern tendency to accept comfort rather than “happiness”

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    voter participation among southern, bible carrying, poor, and uneducated white men. Was this Presidential Election a way to keep White Supremacy intact? How has religion and views towards abortion affect the election? Was the fear in the changing of gender roles and racial hierarchy the real reason Donald Trump got elected? With Obama’s historic candidacy as the first major party African American candidate for president, Political science research conducted prior

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    LaKecia Osborne HIS 202 Journal III Prof. T. Johnson How did class structure, ethnicity, and gender affect urban politics? Social classes and gender roles played bigger pivotal roles during the urbanization of the United States during the earlier parts of the 20th century than ethnicity, in my opinion. Women began to obtain more working roles in the industrialized America and middle-class women tried to lessen the burden of being in the working class or God forbid being worse and being poor immigrant

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