Susan Jones
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198184485
- eISBN:
- 9780191674273
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198184485.003.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, European Literature, 20th-century Literature and Modernism
Joseph Conrad is widely recognised as a writer of sea stories with predominantly masculine themes. This book argues that despite this established reputation, Conrad did not neglect women's themes in ...
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Joseph Conrad is widely recognised as a writer of sea stories with predominantly masculine themes. This book argues that despite this established reputation, Conrad did not neglect women's themes in all his works. The evidence of his biography, correspondence, and fiction indicates a complex and intriguing relationship between Conrad, the women in his life, his female characters, and readers of his work. He began in the Malay fiction by producing prominent female figures whose position offered an important critique of imperialism, a role that women continued to fulfill in the political works of the middle years, such as Nostromo, The Secret Agent, and Under Western Eyes. He increasingly turned to the issue of gender, female identity, and in relation to romance, how women are invited to conform to its conventionalised gestures and plots.Less
Joseph Conrad is widely recognised as a writer of sea stories with predominantly masculine themes. This book argues that despite this established reputation, Conrad did not neglect women's themes in all his works. The evidence of his biography, correspondence, and fiction indicates a complex and intriguing relationship between Conrad, the women in his life, his female characters, and readers of his work. He began in the Malay fiction by producing prominent female figures whose position offered an important critique of imperialism, a role that women continued to fulfill in the political works of the middle years, such as Nostromo, The Secret Agent, and Under Western Eyes. He increasingly turned to the issue of gender, female identity, and in relation to romance, how women are invited to conform to its conventionalised gestures and plots.
Eugenio Barba
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789622099944
- eISBN:
- 9789882207394
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789622099944.003.0004
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Asian Studies
This chapter discusses why the practice of the male dan (male actor playing female roles) flourished in this period despite public censure on moral grounds. It examines how Cheng Yanqiu, a male dan, ...
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This chapter discusses why the practice of the male dan (male actor playing female roles) flourished in this period despite public censure on moral grounds. It examines how Cheng Yanqiu, a male dan, transformed the role's performance art by giving his female characters a strong personality. It describes Cheng Yanqiu (1904–58), as one of the Four Great (male) Dan who specialized in the qingyi role. It further describes that Cheng was a middle-aged man, 5 feet 9 inches tall, heavily built and weighing about 200 pounds, with hands that had become rough and covered in calluses through working in the fields harvesting sweet corn and sesame seed.Less
This chapter discusses why the practice of the male dan (male actor playing female roles) flourished in this period despite public censure on moral grounds. It examines how Cheng Yanqiu, a male dan, transformed the role's performance art by giving his female characters a strong personality. It describes Cheng Yanqiu (1904–58), as one of the Four Great (male) Dan who specialized in the qingyi role. It further describes that Cheng was a middle-aged man, 5 feet 9 inches tall, heavily built and weighing about 200 pounds, with hands that had become rough and covered in calluses through working in the fields harvesting sweet corn and sesame seed.
Stephanie L. Barczewski
- Published in print:
- 2000
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198207283
- eISBN:
- 9780191677618
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198207283.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History, History of Ideas
This chapter examines the role of female characters in the two legends, and the implications which this had regarding the inclusion of women in the contemporary British state. In particular, it looks ...
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This chapter examines the role of female characters in the two legends, and the implications which this had regarding the inclusion of women in the contemporary British state. In particular, it looks into the complexities as they related to the role of women as members of the British nation in an era in which they did not enjoy full rights of citizenship. Much recent literary scholarship has focused upon the misogynist attitude which the Arthurian legend displays towards its female characters in the nineteenth century. Guinevere, for example, came to function as the scapegoat for Camelot's downfall. The legend of Robin Hood, however, demonstrates that Victorian attitudes towards women were not always so one-dimensional. Nineteenth-century authors treated Maid Marian as an extremely positive female character, despite her failure to conform to traditional gender roles.Less
This chapter examines the role of female characters in the two legends, and the implications which this had regarding the inclusion of women in the contemporary British state. In particular, it looks into the complexities as they related to the role of women as members of the British nation in an era in which they did not enjoy full rights of citizenship. Much recent literary scholarship has focused upon the misogynist attitude which the Arthurian legend displays towards its female characters in the nineteenth century. Guinevere, for example, came to function as the scapegoat for Camelot's downfall. The legend of Robin Hood, however, demonstrates that Victorian attitudes towards women were not always so one-dimensional. Nineteenth-century authors treated Maid Marian as an extremely positive female character, despite her failure to conform to traditional gender roles.
Heidi Wilkins
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781474406895
- eISBN:
- 9781474418492
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9781474406895.003.0007
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
In this final chapter, I revisit my discussion of the female voice in mainstream cinema to explore the aural representation of women in contemporary chick flicks. In examining this category of films, ...
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In this final chapter, I revisit my discussion of the female voice in mainstream cinema to explore the aural representation of women in contemporary chick flicks. In examining this category of films, it is clear they have some evolutionary links with the screwball comedy genre discussed in Chapter 1. This is evident in the female characters we encounter in modern chick flicks who, like their screwball predecessors, are often strong, confident and quick-witted, engaging in verbal battles to achieve their ‘happily ever after’ either with their lead male character or with fellow female characters, or sometimes with both.Less
In this final chapter, I revisit my discussion of the female voice in mainstream cinema to explore the aural representation of women in contemporary chick flicks. In examining this category of films, it is clear they have some evolutionary links with the screwball comedy genre discussed in Chapter 1. This is evident in the female characters we encounter in modern chick flicks who, like their screwball predecessors, are often strong, confident and quick-witted, engaging in verbal battles to achieve their ‘happily ever after’ either with their lead male character or with fellow female characters, or sometimes with both.
Sarah Kay
- Published in print:
- 1995
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198151920
- eISBN:
- 9780191672903
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198151920.003.0002
- Subject:
- Literature, Early and Medieval Literature, European Literature
Although the Oxford Roland may have been the subject of numerous criticisms and may have had acquired relatively positive feedback in terms of its quality, compliance with what is required by ...
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Although the Oxford Roland may have been the subject of numerous criticisms and may have had acquired relatively positive feedback in terms of its quality, compliance with what is required by academic syllabuses, and the interests of publishing houses, the need arises to have a more thorough examination of how it has attained its canonical status. While Roland focuses on traditional definitions of the chanson de geste wherein there exists an unconventional all-male community, this chapter attempts to investigate how scholars illustrate the chansons de geste as a genre where female characters are allowed in the absence of objection rather than acquiring genuine approval, and where such characters appear only after paying a particular price instead of being significant figures within narratives. Also, the chapter discusses the poetics of this particular genre.Less
Although the Oxford Roland may have been the subject of numerous criticisms and may have had acquired relatively positive feedback in terms of its quality, compliance with what is required by academic syllabuses, and the interests of publishing houses, the need arises to have a more thorough examination of how it has attained its canonical status. While Roland focuses on traditional definitions of the chanson de geste wherein there exists an unconventional all-male community, this chapter attempts to investigate how scholars illustrate the chansons de geste as a genre where female characters are allowed in the absence of objection rather than acquiring genuine approval, and where such characters appear only after paying a particular price instead of being significant figures within narratives. Also, the chapter discusses the poetics of this particular genre.
Marjorie Garson
- Published in print:
- 1991
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198122234
- eISBN:
- 9780191671371
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198122234.003.0005
- Subject:
- Literature, 19th-century and Victorian Literature
Although it is commonly perceived that The Mayor of Casterbridge is Hardy's most shapely and controlled novel, this notion is still dependent on how the reader recognizes both Shakespearian and ...
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Although it is commonly perceived that The Mayor of Casterbridge is Hardy's most shapely and controlled novel, this notion is still dependent on how the reader recognizes both Shakespearian and classical tragedy conventions in the novel. In the narrative, Henchard's fall can be attributed to a fatal flaw which is also regarded as the source of his greatness. The plot presents a structure of reasonable coincidences. It is suggested that ‘Character is Fate’, and this proves to be useful for examination questions. The minor or the choric characters, as well as the female characters, become significant only in instances of transition to the main narrative. The focus of the plot remains the contrast of how Farfrae gains what Henchard loses.Less
Although it is commonly perceived that The Mayor of Casterbridge is Hardy's most shapely and controlled novel, this notion is still dependent on how the reader recognizes both Shakespearian and classical tragedy conventions in the novel. In the narrative, Henchard's fall can be attributed to a fatal flaw which is also regarded as the source of his greatness. The plot presents a structure of reasonable coincidences. It is suggested that ‘Character is Fate’, and this proves to be useful for examination questions. The minor or the choric characters, as well as the female characters, become significant only in instances of transition to the main narrative. The focus of the plot remains the contrast of how Farfrae gains what Henchard loses.
Jeanne Cortiel
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- May 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780853236146
- eISBN:
- 9781781380512
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9780853236146.003.0003
- Subject:
- Literature, Criticism/Theory
Throughout her career as a writer, Joanna Russ has continuously transformed and developed androcide as a means to give female characters power and credibility. This is evident in the stories ...
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Throughout her career as a writer, Joanna Russ has continuously transformed and developed androcide as a means to give female characters power and credibility. This is evident in the stories collected in The Adventures of Alyx, where the female characters have the ability to control their actions and kill the opposite sex. This chapter examines the narrative function of androcide within Russ's texts and considers androcide as a narrative device and not to celebrate violence or advocate mass murder. It shows how androcide as a narrative device in Russ's fiction represents women's claim to agency and destroys established gender-specific narratives in the handed-down set of basic story lines available to (genre) fiction writers. It looks at a number of killings committed by women from various points in Russ's development.Less
Throughout her career as a writer, Joanna Russ has continuously transformed and developed androcide as a means to give female characters power and credibility. This is evident in the stories collected in The Adventures of Alyx, where the female characters have the ability to control their actions and kill the opposite sex. This chapter examines the narrative function of androcide within Russ's texts and considers androcide as a narrative device and not to celebrate violence or advocate mass murder. It shows how androcide as a narrative device in Russ's fiction represents women's claim to agency and destroys established gender-specific narratives in the handed-down set of basic story lines available to (genre) fiction writers. It looks at a number of killings committed by women from various points in Russ's development.
Kenzaburo Oe
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- September 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781496803382
- eISBN:
- 9781496806789
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
- DOI:
- 10.14325/mississippi/9781496803382.003.0038
- Subject:
- Literature, American, 20th Century Literature
In this chapter, the author offers a reading of William Faulkner from his point of view of as a writer. He begins by discussing one of Faulkner's unique narrative techniques, “reticence,” and ...
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In this chapter, the author offers a reading of William Faulkner from his point of view of as a writer. He begins by discussing one of Faulkner's unique narrative techniques, “reticence,” and explaining that when he reads Faulkner's novels, he always puts the translations beside the originals, whenever they are available. He claims that he experiences Faulkner through a triangular circuit for the transmission of verbal symbols—Faulkner; the translator, who is a specialist; and himself, a reader of the words of the other two. He also reflects on his response to Faulkner's attitude toward writing novels and to his way of activating the imagination. Finally, he considers Faulkner's way of manipulating his male and female characters by focusing on his novels The Hamlet, The Mansion, The Wild Palms, and Absalom, Absalom!.Less
In this chapter, the author offers a reading of William Faulkner from his point of view of as a writer. He begins by discussing one of Faulkner's unique narrative techniques, “reticence,” and explaining that when he reads Faulkner's novels, he always puts the translations beside the originals, whenever they are available. He claims that he experiences Faulkner through a triangular circuit for the transmission of verbal symbols—Faulkner; the translator, who is a specialist; and himself, a reader of the words of the other two. He also reflects on his response to Faulkner's attitude toward writing novels and to his way of activating the imagination. Finally, he considers Faulkner's way of manipulating his male and female characters by focusing on his novels The Hamlet, The Mansion, The Wild Palms, and Absalom, Absalom!.
Jonathan Bate
- Published in print:
- 1994
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198183242
- eISBN:
- 9780191673986
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198183242.001.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, Shakespeare Studies
This is the first comprehensive account of the relationship between Shakespeare and his favourite poet, Ovid. The author examines the full range of Shakespeare's work, identifying Ovid's presence not ...
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This is the first comprehensive account of the relationship between Shakespeare and his favourite poet, Ovid. The author examines the full range of Shakespeare's work, identifying Ovid's presence not only in the narrative poems and pastoral comedies, but also in the Sonnets and mature tragedies. He shows how profoundly creative Ovid's influence was, from the raped Lavinia's turning of the pages of the Metamorphoses in Titus Andronicus and the staging of Pyramus and Thisbe in A Midsummer Night's Dream, to the reanimation of Hermione's statue in The Winter's Tale and Prospero's renunciation of his magic in The Tempest. The Heroides are shown to have been vital to Shakespeare's female characters, but it is the Metamorphoses which animate the author's book, just as they animated the whole of Shakespeare's career. This original and elegantly written book reveals Shakespeare as an extraordinarily sophisticated reader of Ovidian myth and as a metamorphic artist as fluid and nimble as his classical original.Less
This is the first comprehensive account of the relationship between Shakespeare and his favourite poet, Ovid. The author examines the full range of Shakespeare's work, identifying Ovid's presence not only in the narrative poems and pastoral comedies, but also in the Sonnets and mature tragedies. He shows how profoundly creative Ovid's influence was, from the raped Lavinia's turning of the pages of the Metamorphoses in Titus Andronicus and the staging of Pyramus and Thisbe in A Midsummer Night's Dream, to the reanimation of Hermione's statue in The Winter's Tale and Prospero's renunciation of his magic in The Tempest. The Heroides are shown to have been vital to Shakespeare's female characters, but it is the Metamorphoses which animate the author's book, just as they animated the whole of Shakespeare's career. This original and elegantly written book reveals Shakespeare as an extraordinarily sophisticated reader of Ovidian myth and as a metamorphic artist as fluid and nimble as his classical original.
Ruth Rothaus Caston
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199925902
- eISBN:
- 9780199980475
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199925902.003.0003
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, Prose and Writers: Classical, Early, and Medieval, Ancient Greek, Roman, and Early Christian Philosophy
Chapter 3 explores the role of the senses. Visual clues and hearing rumors are among the most common triggers of jealousy. The senses are crucial to the arousal of jealousy and provide an opportunity ...
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Chapter 3 explores the role of the senses. Visual clues and hearing rumors are among the most common triggers of jealousy. The senses are crucial to the arousal of jealousy and provide an opportunity for the poet to focus on the initial stages of the emotion. Yet there is a marked difference here between male and female characters. While women are portrayed as hesitating to believe the truth of something suspicious they have seen or heard, male lovers are depicted as already convinced of the mistress’ betrayal.Less
Chapter 3 explores the role of the senses. Visual clues and hearing rumors are among the most common triggers of jealousy. The senses are crucial to the arousal of jealousy and provide an opportunity for the poet to focus on the initial stages of the emotion. Yet there is a marked difference here between male and female characters. While women are portrayed as hesitating to believe the truth of something suspicious they have seen or heard, male lovers are depicted as already convinced of the mistress’ betrayal.
Catherine Oglesby
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813032474
- eISBN:
- 9780813038728
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813032474.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, American History: 19th Century
This chapter discusses Harris's ideas about the role of women as seen in the characters of her novels. Often she venerated domestic tradition in the popular press and blamed and condemned women for ...
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This chapter discusses Harris's ideas about the role of women as seen in the characters of her novels. Often she venerated domestic tradition in the popular press and blamed and condemned women for straying from the security of domesticity, yet in some of her fictions she disclosed a marked uncertainty and equivocation on the traditional roles of women. Several of Harris's female characters with whom she clearly identified were women who did not celebrate traditional roles and resisted in subtle ways the prescribed and traditional role of women. Some of her characters reveal a clear feminist insight while others reflect confusion on gender identity. This chapter examines six characters from her novels: Jessica Doane inThe Jessica Letters, Mary Thompson and Sal Prout in A Circuit Rider's Wife, Sylvia Story in The Recording Angel, and Miriam Ambrose, and Millicent, the narrator, in The Widow Ambrose.Less
This chapter discusses Harris's ideas about the role of women as seen in the characters of her novels. Often she venerated domestic tradition in the popular press and blamed and condemned women for straying from the security of domesticity, yet in some of her fictions she disclosed a marked uncertainty and equivocation on the traditional roles of women. Several of Harris's female characters with whom she clearly identified were women who did not celebrate traditional roles and resisted in subtle ways the prescribed and traditional role of women. Some of her characters reveal a clear feminist insight while others reflect confusion on gender identity. This chapter examines six characters from her novels: Jessica Doane inThe Jessica Letters, Mary Thompson and Sal Prout in A Circuit Rider's Wife, Sylvia Story in The Recording Angel, and Miriam Ambrose, and Millicent, the narrator, in The Widow Ambrose.
Sarah E. Turner
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781479809769
- eISBN:
- 9781479893331
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9781479809769.003.0010
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Media Studies
This chapter analyzes the “new buddy movement” that pairs black female characters in supporting roles with white female leads in two Disney Channel shows, Shake It Up (2010–) and Good Luck Charlie ...
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This chapter analyzes the “new buddy movement” that pairs black female characters in supporting roles with white female leads in two Disney Channel shows, Shake It Up (2010–) and Good Luck Charlie (2010–). It suggests that Disney presents diversity in such a way that reifies the position and privilege of white culture and white cast members. Drawing on recent Pew Research Center reports that document income inequities along lines of race, the chapter suggests that viewers read these shows through a colorblind lens and see diversity without seeing (or understanding) difference. Keeping in mind the fact that television plays a central role in the articulation and construction of racialized identities in the United States, the chapter explores the impact of Disney's representational strategy on its children and tween viewing audience through Stuart Hall's theories of encoding and decoding.Less
This chapter analyzes the “new buddy movement” that pairs black female characters in supporting roles with white female leads in two Disney Channel shows, Shake It Up (2010–) and Good Luck Charlie (2010–). It suggests that Disney presents diversity in such a way that reifies the position and privilege of white culture and white cast members. Drawing on recent Pew Research Center reports that document income inequities along lines of race, the chapter suggests that viewers read these shows through a colorblind lens and see diversity without seeing (or understanding) difference. Keeping in mind the fact that television plays a central role in the articulation and construction of racialized identities in the United States, the chapter explores the impact of Disney's representational strategy on its children and tween viewing audience through Stuart Hall's theories of encoding and decoding.
Gail Marshall
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780853236740
- eISBN:
- 9781846314285
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9780853236740.003.0016
- Subject:
- Literature, Criticism/Theory
William Shakespeare's plays are often absorbed into popular culture that revives the Victorian performer not only in a new century, but also in new media. Two examples are Kenneth Branagh's 1995 film ...
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William Shakespeare's plays are often absorbed into popular culture that revives the Victorian performer not only in a new century, but also in new media. Two examples are Kenneth Branagh's 1995 film In the Bleak Midwinter and Angela Carter's 1991 novel Wise Children. Shakespeare's work championed Victorian women and enabled actresses to occupy the stage without being accused of immorality typically thrown at the female performer. This chapter explores the complementarity of this relationship, along with the many processes of mutual translation involved in it. It considers Helena Faucit's (later Lady Theodore Martin) On Some of Shakespeare's Female Characters (1887) and at her husband's biography of her. Faucit was a prominent Victorian actress who played various Shakespearean roles. The chapter shows how Faucit is transformed into a Shakespearean heroine and an exemplary Victorian woman at the same time. ‘Victorian’ and ‘Shakespearean’ are synonymous terms that translate each other in Faucit's lexicon of idealised femininity.Less
William Shakespeare's plays are often absorbed into popular culture that revives the Victorian performer not only in a new century, but also in new media. Two examples are Kenneth Branagh's 1995 film In the Bleak Midwinter and Angela Carter's 1991 novel Wise Children. Shakespeare's work championed Victorian women and enabled actresses to occupy the stage without being accused of immorality typically thrown at the female performer. This chapter explores the complementarity of this relationship, along with the many processes of mutual translation involved in it. It considers Helena Faucit's (later Lady Theodore Martin) On Some of Shakespeare's Female Characters (1887) and at her husband's biography of her. Faucit was a prominent Victorian actress who played various Shakespearean roles. The chapter shows how Faucit is transformed into a Shakespearean heroine and an exemplary Victorian woman at the same time. ‘Victorian’ and ‘Shakespearean’ are synonymous terms that translate each other in Faucit's lexicon of idealised femininity.
Kristi Brown-Montesano
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520248021
- eISBN:
- 9780520932968
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520248021.001.0001
- Subject:
- Music, History, Western
This book offers a detailed exploration of the female roles in Mozart's four most frequently performed operas: Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, and Die Zauberflöte. Each chapter ...
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This book offers a detailed exploration of the female roles in Mozart's four most frequently performed operas: Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, and Die Zauberflöte. Each chapter takes a close look at the music, libretto text, literary sources, and historical factors that give shape to a character, re-evaluating common assumptions and proposing fresh interpretations. Each character is viewed as the subject of a story, not merely the object of a hero's narrative or the stock figure of convention. From amiable Zerlina, to the awesome Queen of the Night, to calculating Despina, all of Mozart's women have something unique to say. These readings also tackle provocative social, political, and cultural issues, which are used in the operas to define positive and negative images of femininity: revenge, power, seduction, resistance, autonomy, sacrifice, faithfulness, class, maternity, and sisterhood. Keenly aware of the historical gap between the origins of these works and contemporary culture, the author discusses how attitudes about such concepts—past and current—influence our appreciation of these representations of women.Less
This book offers a detailed exploration of the female roles in Mozart's four most frequently performed operas: Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, and Die Zauberflöte. Each chapter takes a close look at the music, libretto text, literary sources, and historical factors that give shape to a character, re-evaluating common assumptions and proposing fresh interpretations. Each character is viewed as the subject of a story, not merely the object of a hero's narrative or the stock figure of convention. From amiable Zerlina, to the awesome Queen of the Night, to calculating Despina, all of Mozart's women have something unique to say. These readings also tackle provocative social, political, and cultural issues, which are used in the operas to define positive and negative images of femininity: revenge, power, seduction, resistance, autonomy, sacrifice, faithfulness, class, maternity, and sisterhood. Keenly aware of the historical gap between the origins of these works and contemporary culture, the author discusses how attitudes about such concepts—past and current—influence our appreciation of these representations of women.
Brian Attebery
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- May 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780853238348
- eISBN:
- 9781781380741
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9780853238348.003.0012
- Subject:
- Literature, Criticism/Theory
Feminist critiques of science fiction (SF) reveal that for most of its history, SF has generally functioned as a boys' club, excluding female characters and concerns and uncomfortable with overt ...
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Feminist critiques of science fiction (SF) reveal that for most of its history, SF has generally functioned as a boys' club, excluding female characters and concerns and uncomfortable with overt expressions of sexuality. This chapter asks: how then did the No-Girls-Allowed SF of the 1930s evolve into the sort of fiction honoured in the 1990s by the Tiptree Award, which recognizes the role of SF in exploring and expanding gender codes? Does the later work merely overturn the earlier, or were there features already present in early magazine SF that lend themselves to the exploration of sexual behaviours and identities?Less
Feminist critiques of science fiction (SF) reveal that for most of its history, SF has generally functioned as a boys' club, excluding female characters and concerns and uncomfortable with overt expressions of sexuality. This chapter asks: how then did the No-Girls-Allowed SF of the 1930s evolve into the sort of fiction honoured in the 1990s by the Tiptree Award, which recognizes the role of SF in exploring and expanding gender codes? Does the later work merely overturn the earlier, or were there features already present in early magazine SF that lend themselves to the exploration of sexual behaviours and identities?
Doris G. Bargen
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- November 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780824851545
- eISBN:
- 9780824868123
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
- DOI:
- 10.21313/hawaii/9780824851545.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
This chapter maps out the sites of courtship in The Tale of Genji. In the imaginary world of Heian courtship, space is so important that female characters in Genji are often known by their ...
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This chapter maps out the sites of courtship in The Tale of Genji. In the imaginary world of Heian courtship, space is so important that female characters in Genji are often known by their residential location. The spaces that matter, in increasing order of importance, are the city (Heian-kyō, later known as Kyōto) and its environs, the temples and shrines of the city's periphery and center, the Imperial Palace (dairi) within the Greater Imperial Palace (daidairi), and the residence of the woman who is the desired object of courtship. What also matters is the road—that is, the space in between the nobleman's more or less temporary dwelling and the courted woman's residence. In the normative pattern, the peripatetic courtier—unlike the aristocratic woman—cannot easily be fixed in space.Less
This chapter maps out the sites of courtship in The Tale of Genji. In the imaginary world of Heian courtship, space is so important that female characters in Genji are often known by their residential location. The spaces that matter, in increasing order of importance, are the city (Heian-kyō, later known as Kyōto) and its environs, the temples and shrines of the city's periphery and center, the Imperial Palace (dairi) within the Greater Imperial Palace (daidairi), and the residence of the woman who is the desired object of courtship. What also matters is the road—that is, the space in between the nobleman's more or less temporary dwelling and the courted woman's residence. In the normative pattern, the peripatetic courtier—unlike the aristocratic woman—cannot easily be fixed in space.
Joseph McBride
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- May 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780813142623
- eISBN:
- 9780813145242
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813142623.003.0001
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
McBride introduces Hawks as an extremely versatile but understudied figure, describing his success as a commercial director and the legacy of his work. McBride explains the process of putting ...
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McBride introduces Hawks as an extremely versatile but understudied figure, describing his success as a commercial director and the legacy of his work. McBride explains the process of putting together Hawks on Hawks over seven years of interviews at several public events and private sessions in Hawks’ home. He also discusses the morality and complexity of Hawk’s characters, his use of strong female characters, his consistency of theme, his comedic voice, and popular criticism of his work.Less
McBride introduces Hawks as an extremely versatile but understudied figure, describing his success as a commercial director and the legacy of his work. McBride explains the process of putting together Hawks on Hawks over seven years of interviews at several public events and private sessions in Hawks’ home. He also discusses the morality and complexity of Hawk’s characters, his use of strong female characters, his consistency of theme, his comedic voice, and popular criticism of his work.
Christel Lane
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- June 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780198826187
- eISBN:
- 9780191865138
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198826187.003.0008
- Subject:
- Business and Management, Business History
This chapter examines the class identity of both publicans and patrons of gastropubs, as well as the greatly diminished but not eliminated gender differences in the use of the bar. The importance of ...
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This chapter examines the class identity of both publicans and patrons of gastropubs, as well as the greatly diminished but not eliminated gender differences in the use of the bar. The importance of female dining customers to the economic health of pubs is highlighted, and the differences in male and female sociality are explored. The largely middle-class character of gastropubs is highlighted, and the confinement of social mixing to the upper and middle classes, as well as a small proportion of the lower middle and skilled working class is documented. The provision of traditional English bar food and the widespread embrace by customers of Sunday roast dinners is linked to a lingering English national identification.Less
This chapter examines the class identity of both publicans and patrons of gastropubs, as well as the greatly diminished but not eliminated gender differences in the use of the bar. The importance of female dining customers to the economic health of pubs is highlighted, and the differences in male and female sociality are explored. The largely middle-class character of gastropubs is highlighted, and the confinement of social mixing to the upper and middle classes, as well as a small proportion of the lower middle and skilled working class is documented. The provision of traditional English bar food and the widespread embrace by customers of Sunday roast dinners is linked to a lingering English national identification.
Kelly Oliver
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780231161091
- eISBN:
- 9780231530705
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231161091.001.0001
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy
No longer is pregnancy a repulsive or shameful condition in Hollywood films, but an attractive attribute, often enhancing the romantic or comedic storyline of a female character. This book ...
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No longer is pregnancy a repulsive or shameful condition in Hollywood films, but an attractive attribute, often enhancing the romantic or comedic storyline of a female character. This book investigates this curious shift and its reflection of changing attitudes toward women's roles in reproduction and the family. Not all representations signify progress. The text finds that in many pregnancy films, our anxieties over modern reproductive practices and technologies are made manifest, and in some cases perpetuate conventions curtailing women's freedom. Reading such films as Where the Heart Is (2000), Riding in Cars with Boys (2001), Palindromes (2004), Saved! (2004), Quinceanera (2006), Children of Men (2006), Knocked Up (2007), Juno (2007), Baby Mama (2008), Away We Go (2009), Precious (2009), The Back-up Plan (2010), Due Date (2010), and Twilight: Breaking Dawn (2011), the book investigates pregnancy as a vehicle for romance, a political issue of choice, a representation of the hosting of others, a prism for fears of miscegenation, and a screen for modern technological anxieties.Less
No longer is pregnancy a repulsive or shameful condition in Hollywood films, but an attractive attribute, often enhancing the romantic or comedic storyline of a female character. This book investigates this curious shift and its reflection of changing attitudes toward women's roles in reproduction and the family. Not all representations signify progress. The text finds that in many pregnancy films, our anxieties over modern reproductive practices and technologies are made manifest, and in some cases perpetuate conventions curtailing women's freedom. Reading such films as Where the Heart Is (2000), Riding in Cars with Boys (2001), Palindromes (2004), Saved! (2004), Quinceanera (2006), Children of Men (2006), Knocked Up (2007), Juno (2007), Baby Mama (2008), Away We Go (2009), Precious (2009), The Back-up Plan (2010), Due Date (2010), and Twilight: Breaking Dawn (2011), the book investigates pregnancy as a vehicle for romance, a political issue of choice, a representation of the hosting of others, a prism for fears of miscegenation, and a screen for modern technological anxieties.
