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Stephanie Mathson interviews poet and author Judith Kerman
No full textPoet and author Judith Kerman talks about her experience as a Fulbright scholar in the Dominican Republic, her work translating poems by Cuban poet Dulce Mar\ueda Loynaz, learning Spanish, translating poems from Spanish, and her book "Retrofitting Blade Runner". Kerman is interviewed by Stephanie Mathson of the Michigan State University Libraries. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series
Poet and author Judith Kerman reads her selected works at the Michigan Writers Series
No full textPoet and author Judith Kerman reads selected poems, including the English translation of poems by Cuban poet Dulce Mar\ueda Loynaz, and answers questions from audience. Kerman is introduced by Michigan State University Librarian Jeanne Drewes. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the Main Library
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Judith of Swabia
No full textThis is a biography from "Epistolae: Medieval Women's Letters". Epistolae is a collection of medieval Latin letters to and from women. The letters collected date from the 4th to the 13th centuries, and they are presented in their original Latin as well as in English translation. Dr. Joan Ferrante, Professor Emerita of English and Comparative Literature of Columbia University, has, with her colleagues, collected and translated these letters mainly from printed sources. She worked with the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning to develop this unique open online collection for teaching and research purposes
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Judith of Bavaria, Empress
No full textThis is a biography from "Epistolae: Medieval Women's Letters". Epistolae is a collection of medieval Latin letters to and from women. The letters collected date from the 4th to the 13th centuries, and they are presented in their original Latin as well as in English translation. Dr. Joan Ferrante, Professor Emerita of English and Comparative Literature of Columbia University, has, with her colleagues, collected and translated these letters mainly from printed sources. She worked with the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning to develop this unique open online collection for teaching and research purposes
Amores incertos: Elena Ferrante e a crítica da performatividade “feminina”
No full textO principal objetivo deste artigo é analisar as protagonistas femininas do livro
“Crônicas do Mal de Amor”, da italiana Elena Ferrante, como exemplos que ilustram o
rompimento do imaginário comum sobre as mulheres, questionado com a sua “identidade
natural”. Elena escreve as suas personagens em conflito constante com os processos
discursivos dominantes que se concretizam pela repetição de atos performativos
socioculturais. Além de mostrar a relevância de uma literatura que problematiza a
subjetividade das mulheres numa atualidade em que o “ser-mulher” continua engessado
dentro de um senso comum, ou daquilo que Judith Butler chamou de “performatividade de
gênero”, tal trabalho visa a ilustrar de que modo a escrita de Ferrante dramatiza o “real” e
tenta subverter e conflituar a inteligibilidade do gênero “feminino” sobretudo pelos
conflitos ligados à maternidade e à noção do binarismo heteronormativo patriarcal
complementar que sustenta a superioridade masculina na esfera pública.The main purpose of this article is to analyze the female protagonists of the book
“Crônicas do Mal de Amor”, by Italian writer Elena Ferrante, as examples that illustrate the
disruption of the common imagery of women that question their "natural identity." Ferrante
writes her characters in constant conflict with the dominant discursive processes that are
established by the repetition of socio-cultural performative acts. In addition, this paper
wants to show the relevance of a literature that argues against the subjectivity of women in
which being a woman still carries, in the collective imaginary what Judith Butler has refered to as "gender performativity". This work aims to illustrate how Ferrante’s writing dramatizes
the "reality" and tries to subvert and put in conflict the female intelligibility, especially by
conflicts related to motherhood and the need to love a man by the notion of complementary
patriarchal binary that supports male superiority in the public sphere.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Variations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
AMORES INCERTOS: ELENA FERRANTE E A CRÍTICA DA PERFORMATIVIDADE “FEMININA”
No full textThe main purpose of this article is to analyze the female protagonists of the book “Crônicas do Mal de Amor”, by Italian writer Elena Ferrante, as examples that illustrate the disruption of the common imagery of women that question their "natural identity." Ferrante writes her characters in constant conflict with the dominant discursive processes that are established by the repetition of socio-cultural performative acts. In addition, this paper wants to show the relevance of a literature that argues against the subjectivity of women in which being a woman still carries, in the collective imaginary what Judith Butler has refered to as "gender performativity". This work aims to illustrate how Ferrante’s writing dramatizes the "reality" and tries to subvert and put in conflict the female intelligibility, especially by conflicts related to motherhood and the need to love a man by the notion of complementary patriarchal binary that supports male superiority in the public sphere. O principal objetivo deste artigo é analisar as protagonistas femininas do livro “Crônicas do Mal de Amor”, da italiana Elena Ferrante, como exemplos que ilustram o rompimento do imaginário comum sobre as mulheres, questionado com a sua “identidade natural”. Elena escreve as suas personagens em conflito constante com os processos discursivos dominantes que se concretizam pela repetição de atos performativos socioculturais. Além de mostrar a relevância de uma literatura que problematiza a subjetividade das mulheres numa atualidade em que o “ser-mulher” continua engessado dentro de um senso comum, ou daquilo que Judith Butler chamou de “performatividade de gênero”, tal trabalho visa a ilustrar de que modo a escrita de Ferrante dramatiza o “real” e tenta subverter e conflituar a inteligibilidade do gênero “feminino” sobretudo pelos conflitos ligados à maternidade e à noção do binarismo heteronormativo patriarcal complementar que sustenta a superioridade masculina na esfera pública
Michel Foucault and Judith Butler: troubling Butler's appropriation of Foucault's work
No full textOne of the main influences on Judith Butler‘s thinking has been the work of Michel Foucault. Although this relationship is often commented on, it is rarely discussed in any detail. My thesis makes a contribution in this area. It presents an analysis of Foucault‘s work with the aim of countering Butler‘s representation of his thinking. In the first part of the thesis, I show how Butler initially interprets Foucault‘s project through Nietzschean genealogy, psychoanalysis and Derridean discourse, and how she later develops this interpretation in line with the progress of her own project. In the main part of the thesis, I present an analysis of Foucault‘s thinking in the period from The Archaeology of Knowledge (1969) to The History of Sexuality volume 1 (1976). This analysis focuses on the aspect of his work which has most influenced Butler‘s thinking: namely the notion of a relationship between knowledge, discourse and power. The other issues in his work which Butler addresses—genealogy, the subject, the body, abnormality, and sexuality—are discussed within this framework. I show how, in the early 1970s, Foucault develops the notion of power-knowledge, and sets out a relationship between power-knowledge and discourse which is overlooked by Butler. I argue that Butler interprets Foucaultian power through the notions of repression and social norms, and ignores the concepts of technology and strategy which form a key part of Foucault‘s thinking. I show how, from The Archaeology of Knowledge on, Foucault develops a socio-historical ontology and a genealogy of the subject, both of which are at variance with Butler‘s interpretation of his thinking
Cwbr Author Interview: Sex And The Civil War: Soldiers, Pornography, And The Making Of American Morality
No full textInterview with Judith Giesberg, author of Sex and the Civil War: Soldiers, Pornography, and the Making of American Morality Interviewed by Tom Barber Civil War Book Review (CWBR): Today the Civil War Book Review is pleased to speak with Judith Giesberg, Professor of History at Villanova Un...
Judith Butler, race and education
No full textThis book provides an analysis of race and education through the lens of the work of Judith Butler. Although Butler tends to be best known in the field of education for her work on gender and sexuality, her work more broadly encompasses the functioning of power and hegemonic norms and the formation of subjects, and thus can also be applied to analyse issues of race. Applying a Butlerian framework to race allows us to question its ontological status, while considering it a hegemonic norm and a performative notion which has a significant impact on real lives. The author considers the implications of Butler’s thinking for debates; addressing diverse contemporary educational issues in which race continues to be (re)produced, such as the formation of leaner identities, the production of the good citizen, raising student aspirations, counter terrorism and surveillance in education, and qualitative research in education
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