Homoeroticism

Quilt was eye opening piece of writing in the literature by Ismat Chugtai. In the 20 th century, Ismat Chugtai was an integral part of the Progressive Writers’ Movement. She talked about women’s oppression in her writings.   While discussing about homoeroticism, we also talked about how women were harassed in those time and what all injustice played role in their life even about the inferior status they had, social and economic status as well as sex. Under those circumstances Ismat Chugtai raised

Many New Woman writers proclaimed that domesticity could not be the be-all-end-all purpose in a woman’s life; they aligned themselves with the belief that women should be allowed to express themselves politically, creatively, and sexually. (Tremper 110) Perhaps this is why Ann Radcliffe, the obscure first female writer of Gothic fiction, was a pioneer in more ways than one. Although no evidence indicates that she recognized her status as a New Woman author, her terrifying novels rivaled those of

Author John T. Edge, in his book Fried Chicken: An American Story, discusses an anecdote from Dick Gregory’s memoir, one which relays the relationship between food and violence. Gregory writes of an incident that occurred while he was dining at a restaurant. His white waitress initially refused to serve him and told him that the restaurant did not “serve colored people,” to which Gregory jokingly responded that he “did not eat colored people” (Edge 6). Eventually, Gregory orders and receives a fried

when compared to opposite-sex pairings or groups. Additionally, it was also evident that many of the heterosexual pairings observed seemed to adhere to or enforce standard gender roles during their interactions. Although no overt examples of homoeroticism or homophobia were recorded, it was clear that heterosexism

encourage masculine boasting. Within her work Sanday further explains, “In Fraternity Gang Rape I suggest that rape-prone attitudes and behavior on American campuses are adopted by insecure young men who bond through homophobia and “getting sex”. The homoeroticism of their bonding leads them to display their masculinity through heterosexist displays of sexual performance” (Sanday 3). Women then become a type of target almost for these men to boast about and while the men may not be intentionally forcing

Insipid, gray, and restrained - these are the words that come to the minds of most when they think of the Victorian era. Strict social codes of refined sensibilities and austerity dictated the time, and to act unseemly or out of line was synonymous with committing social suicide. Yet, the Victorian era was also a time run rampant with sensationalism, drug use, and promiscuity. The juxtaposition of these conflicting morals lends to a period rife with hypocrisy, as reflected in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture

homosexuality. An aspect of the play camouflaging homosexuality comes from the use of “Bunbury.” The term “Bunburying,” which Algernon describes as the invention of a person you must visit as an excuse to escape an undesirable event, carries subtle homoeroticism. “Bunburying” reads as a code for illicit pleasures, and a pun steeped in the possible sexual intercourse between two people, notably men, and creates a new outlook on the trips both Algernon and Jack make. Both trips appear as an attempt for their

John Woo: from Hong Kong to Hollywood, The Killer and Face/Off John Woo and his “heroic bloodshed” have revolutionized and rejuvenated the action genre, combining melodrama with action to create the male melodrama, in which he explores the codes of masculinity while redefining them. Robert Hanke says that “explosive pyrotechnics seem to be privileged over plot, narrative or character” (Hanke 41) and yet notes that Jillian Sandell maintains the opinion that Woo does not “celebrate this violence,

“man enough” to work in the navy. Misogyny is reflected because his love and concern for his family is considered a weakness, when it actually isn’t a weakness at all. Tania Modleski educates her college class about the film Top Gun and it’s homoeroticism, homosocialism, and misogyny. She says, “I show a clip that shows how the film visually participates in the abasement of women: when Charlie is first introduced by the male instructor who is in the process of citing her credentials, the film cuts

Counter-culture progressed in the early 20th century and represented the lifestyle of the young, who opposed dominant values and behaviors in their society. The young would create protest movements to oppose the culture of the modern American society. Throughout Professor Corey’s lectures I learned various types of counter cultural dating back to the era of the moderns, the beats, SDS, Port Huron statement, and from the novel “What Maggie Knew”. Each of these counter-cultural subjects was tempered