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Influences of Racial Science in Hitler’s Europe
Get PDFThe origins of the Holocaust have been debated and evaluated by historians for decades. Since, historians have evaluated the Holocaust to not have a single origin, but rather view the Holocaust as an evolving narrative of suffrage of European Jewry and other groups. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the influences that racial science had on the Holocaust. Extensive research, and evaluation of historical context of antisemitic influences reveal that racial science was laden in policies implemented by the Nazi regime. The impact that racial science had on Europe during the Third Reich’s reign, effected social, political, and cultural aspects that ultimately led to the murder of millions of Jews and other groups
Editorial
Get PDFThe Mount Royal Undergraduate Humanities Review (MRUHR) is an online, student-run, annual journal of undergraduate research in the Humanities. The MRUHR invites submissions from Mount Royal University students of essays or other kinds of intellectual work appropriate for an online journal that are relevant to the subjects taught by the Mount Royal Department of Humanities (History, Philosophy, Women’s Studies, Religious Studies, Indigenous Studies, Canadian Studies, or Art History)
From Courtship to “Occasional Prostitution”: Acceptable and Unacceptable Public Displays of Sexuality in Canada from 1880 to 1920
Get PDFThis paper explores the sexual regulation and the social construction of sexual norms for men and women in the period of 1880 to 1920 in Canada. At this time, sexuality was closely tied with reputation, character, and morality, which required strict regulation of behaviour. With the growth of urban centers, social norms were tested, resulting in what I call an "early dating culture," which was mistaken as "occasional prostitution." I argue that as “proper” societal norms were tested by the effects of urbanization, there emerged an early dating culture that challenged notions of morality in relation to acceptable and unacceptable public displays of heterosexuality.
The 19th Century Parisian: Social Hierarchy and Female Sexuality Through the Lens of Impressionist Art and Naturalist Literature
No full textThroughout the 19th century, the formation of modern, industrial Paris resulted in a dramatic rise in prostitution. An intense period of urbanization resulting from an ever increasing fixation with commodification and industrialization, in addition to the relentless objectification and sexualization of women at the hands of the patriarchy, acted as a catalyst for the commodification of women (partiuclarly those associated with the working class) - a phenomenon that was to capture the attention of numerous 19th century artists and writers
Editors\u27 Biographies
No full textCecilia Sessarego, Certified Translator (English/Spanish) by the Canadian Translators, Terminologists and Interpreters Council.Susan Ouriou, Certified Translator (Spanish, French/English) by the Canadian Translators, Terminologists and Interpreters Council
State of Mind: History and the Narrative of Nationalism
Get PDFNationalism, the belief in the existence of distinct and enduring connections between an ethnic group, their historical culture, and their homeland, and in the need for such a people to be self-governing, was a significant force behind nineteenth-century historical inquiry. This paper examines the work of two European historians of this era and persuasion in order to investigate the influence this notion had on their scholarship. It explores how these historians wrote about the nation, perceived the role of nationalism in their work, and responded to potential conflicts between historical realities their nationalist ends. Such a study contributes to the debate on the ultimate purpose of history, the relationship between fact and interpretation, and the position of the historian in his or her own historical context
La représentation inversée des valeurs et normes féminines dans Jacky au royaume des filles de Riad Sattouf
Get PDFJacky au Royaume des filles est un film écrit et réalisé par Riad Sattouf en 2014, où l’auteur imagine une société dystopique, dictatoriale et gynocratique. L’article analyse la représentation de la femme dans ce film où les valeurs sont inversées, et où cette représentation passe donc par celle de l’homme. De même, les femmes du film sont symboles des valeurs traditionnelles masculines et viriles. Le film dénonçant la hiérarchisation des sexes mais aussi les dictatures religieuses et politiques, nous tenterons de démontrer que, dans le cadre de ses ambitions, le propos initial féministe du film est pleinement servi par l’approche intersectionnelle, et que le combat féministe ne saurait donc être coupé des causes qui militent pour l’émancipation des races, des classes sociales, des jougs militaires ou religieux
Le « monstrueux corporel » : Phèdre de Jean Racine mis en scène par Patrice Chéreau
Get PDFEn 2003, la mise en scène moderne et contemporaine de Patrice Chéreau de Phèdre de Jean Racine met au jour une héroïne profondément humaine, sensuelle et charnelle, véritable sujet désirant plutôt qu’objet désiré. Dans cet article, nous interrogerons la manière dont Chéreau représente la passion impossible et tragique, c’est-à-dire ce qui ne peut être exprimé. La question du langage s’avère centrale, plus précisément dans le rapport entre le corps et le texte qui se manifeste tant dans le positionnement des comédiens que dans la représentation du “monstrueux corporel”