The Voyage in: fictions of female development
"Richard Dyer's classic and highly influential study of film celebrity has been reissued in this second edition as a testament to the enduring appeal of cinema's major stars." "Focusing on the lives and careers of three of the biggest names in Hollywood history - Marilyn Monroe,…
"Richard Dyer's classic and highly influential study of film celebrity has been reissued in this second edition as a testament to the enduring appeal of cinema's major stars." "Focusing on the lives and careers of three of the biggest names in Hollywood history - Marilyn Monroe,…
Studie over het begrip mannelijkheid, zoals dat tussen 1870-1930 gebruikt werd
How do we define the question, "What makes a man?" and why are we compelled to define the term at all? Modern perceptions of masculinity, despite the sense of naturalness and constancy with which we view them, are in fact the idealized cultural products of the late 19th and earl…
"In Women's Experience of Modernity, 1875-1945, literary scholars working with a variety of interdisciplinary methodologies move feminine phenomena from the margins of the study of modernity to its center. Analyzing such cultural practices as selling and shopping, political and …
A contribution to feminist scholarship on the gender of modernism, challenging the assumption that modernism rose naturally or inevitably to the forefront of the cultural landscape at the turn of the 20th century. The book examines the writings of Jane Addams, Amy Levy, Rebecca …
"In Bodies That Matter, Judith Butler further develops her distinctive theory of gender by examining the workings of power at the most "material" dimensions of sex and sexuality. Deepening the inquiries she began in Gender Trouble, Butler offers an original reformulation of the …
In Bodies That Matter, renowned theorist and philosopher Judith Butler argues that theories of gender need to return to the most "material" dimension of sex and sexuality: the body. Butler offers a brilliant reworking of the body, examining how the power of heterosexual hegemony…
"Drawing from the works of major literary figures such as Boccaccio, Aretino, and Castiglione, and rereading them against archival evidence, Ruggiero examines the concept of identity via consensus realities of family, neighbors, friends, and social peers, as well as broader comm…
Sexual Subjects, a psychoanalytic book informed by gender theory, queer theory and feminism, addresses the tensions inherent in writing about lesbians in the postmodern age. Adria Schwartz masterfully intertwines clinical anecdotes with engaging theoretical questions that examin…
Sexual Subjects, a psychoanalytic book informed by gender theory, queer theory and feminism, addresses the tensions inherent in writing about lesbians in the postmodern age. Adria Schwartz masterfully intertwines clinical anecdotes with engaging theoretical questions that examin…
In deze bundel bijdragen van Amerikaanse, Indonesische en Australische schrijvers, wetenschappers en activisten over de positie van vrouwen in Indonesie in koloniale en postkoloniale tijd. Onderzocht wordt in hoeverre inlandse patriarchale fantasieën over vrouwelijk gedrag verme…
Fantasizing the feminine in Indonesia
The stories of Indonesian women have often been told by Indonesian men and Dutch men and women. This volume asks how these representations - reproduced, transformed, and circulated in history, ethnography, and literature - have circumscribed feminine behavior in colonial and pos…
The stories of Indonesian women have often been told by Indonesian men and Dutch men and women. This volume asks how these representations - reproduced, transformed, and circulated in history, ethnography, and literature - have circumscribed feminine behavior in colonial and pos…
Onderzoekt de oorsprong en de gevolgen van enkele hardnekkige ideologische voorstellingen in de westerse cultuur: het androcentrisme, het biologisch determinisme en de polarisatie van de seksen.