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rhetoric of the body

The Serious Side of Sarcasm

Submitted by Jillian Sayre on Fri, 2008-02-29 14:18. | | | | | | |

Is sarcastic, rather than bitch, the new black? To build on our discussions of the image of women in politics (see John's post about Michelle Obama's halo and Tim's recent post about Hillary and/as the Devil), I find the discussion of the two women's "edgy" humor to be quite interesting and I think it affects the way that their images are produced and read.

Women in Art (more rhetoric of the montage)

Submitted by Jillian Sayre on Wed, 2007-11-07 20:04. | | | |

Perhaps a good point of departure for a discussion of Women in Film would be the creator's earlier attempt to give us an overview of Women in Art:


Does high art create/communicate normative body structures or gender roles in the same way as popular culture?

Women in Film

Submitted by Justin Tremel on Mon, 2007-11-05 14:52. | | | | |

I recently read a New Yorker article that mentioned the spell-binding youtube video "Women in Film" seen below. It's quite mesmerizing, have a look.


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