When evaluating this essay’s analysis of the work of Lisa Yuskavage in relation to Kristeva’s theory of Abjection and ideas surround identity‚ gender and sexuality‚ it seems evident that abjection can provoke and cause the affect of disrupting the viewer in order to question their presumed assumptions. Yuskavage’s sexualised female nudes examine ideas around female sexuality and desire‚ and she is a transgressor whose practice modernizes figurative painting‚ shifting meanings‚ undoing fixities and
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Modernism in art is rejecting the past and it’s a “relentless quest for radical freedom of expression” (says my copy of “The Annotated Mona Lisa”). In western culture‚ before the scientific revolution or the Age of Enlightenment‚ most subjects/ themes of paintings were the daily lives of upper/middle class people‚ the nobility‚ Christianity‚ and landscapes. Also the paintings then stressed
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My Autobiography My name Lisa George and I was born in September‚ 1985‚ in Ethiopia. Our family made up of my father ‚mother ‚ brother and two sisters ‚ emigrated to the United States of America ‚when I was fourteen years old .My first year in the united states of America was my worst experience in my life ‚which I remember ‚kids at school laughed at my poor understanding of English .now‚ I am trilingual ‚speaking fluent English ‚Spanish and Amharic. When I was in high school‚ my mother was ill
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In my novel‚ Falling for You by Lisa Schroeder‚ the main character is Alice. Alice gets lonely‚ and her boyfriend‚ Blaze‚ doesn’t seem to notice or care. Her stepmom is currently pregnant‚ adding to the stress in Alice’s life. In order to get her stress out‚ Alice writes in her diary. Alice is very girlish and is into fashion. Although‚ her physical image would make you think she’s popular‚ Alice is depressed and keeps to herself. My first slide is about my character traits. Alice is not an outgoing
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Mona Lisa Smile takes place in 1953 and tells the story of a feminist teacher who studied at UCLA graduate school and left as a first-year teacher from Oakland State University. She also leaves her boyfriend behind in Los Angeles‚ California‚ to teach at Wellesley College‚ a conservative women’s private liberal arts college in Massachusetts‚ United States. Katherine Ann Watson tries to open her students’ minds to their freedom to do whatever they want with their lives. She encourages her students
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sanctuary that he and his wife built. Marlene‚ the narrator‚ visits her dad for the summer; however‚ the dad is not able to acknowledge the death of his wife bringing on the struggles between Marlene and her dad. In the short story‚" Night Calls"‚ by Lisa Fugard‚ the father’s hand and the sanctuary best demonstrate the bonds formed between Marlene and her father. Throughout the story‚ the distant relationship between Marlene and her father gradually develop into a bond that is unbreakable. For
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In this reading‚ Lisa Cartwright explores the first rotoscope animation created by the Fleischer brothers and the significance behind their labor-intensive discovery. Lisa Cartwright argues that the many bodies behind the scenes of animated features have just as much significance as the body behind the rotoscope because of Sigmund Freud’s studies on manifest destiny and the masochistic desire from labor. I find this article too wordy and repetitive to effectively get the thesis across. In the third
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can an individual expect to occur during such a simple discussion that is introduced by the singing of gospels hymns? In “Snapping Beans”‚ Lisa Parker demonstrates a usage of the speaker relaying thoughts to the audience in her work. This reveals a character’s confession of struggles with an edited version of the other involved character in the conversation. Lisa Parker further concludes the theme of her work in a realization of life in general. The speaker represents a shy and over self-conscience
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Many people make this decision on a daily basis. However‚ which traditions and values would you choose to teach your children? Would you teach your children their homeland traditions or their new country traditions? In the book‚ On Gold Mountain by Lisa See‚ Fong See struggled in being accepted publicly as a member of American Society and he also struggled with trying to keep his Chinese traditions and values with his families. In his second marriage‚ he succeeded in being accepted by the American
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Abbey Ginnifer Goodwin as Connie Baker Kirsten Dunst as Betty Warren Juliet Stevenson as Amanda Armstrong Julia Stiles as Joan Brandwyn Dominic West as Bill Dunbar Maggie Gyllenhaal as Giselle Levy Summary Of The Movie In Mona Lisa Smile‚ Julia Roberts leads an all-star cast of prominent young actresses including Kirsten Dunst‚ Julia Stiles‚ Maggie Gyllenhaal and newcomer Ginnifer Goodwin‚ in a story of women struggling to define themselves in a world that has already defined
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