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“Reinstating Corporeality: Feminism and Body Politics”

“Reinstating Corporeality: Feminism and Body Politics”. By: Janet Wolff Week 12 Presentation Stephanie Peck and Edited By: Laura Pratt and Dr. Kay Picart. Body Discourses. How do women experience oppression? Preexisting meanings of female body ________________ ________________

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“Reinstating Corporeality: Feminism and Body Politics”

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  1. “Reinstating Corporeality: Feminism and Body Politics” By: Janet Wolff Week 12 Presentation Stephanie Peck and Edited By: Laura Pratt and Dr. Kay Picart

  2. Body Discourses • How do women experience oppression? • Preexisting meanings of female body • ________________ • ________________ • Internalization of the-

  3. Indirectly Experiencing the Body • Judeo-Christian belief system • Epistemological foundation • Demonization of physical in post-Enlightenment thought • Baconian “rape” of nature • _______________________________________

  4. Body Types • Classical body • ________________ • ________________ • Docile body • _________________ • _________________ • Grotesque body • _______________ • __________________

  5. Transgression and the Female Other • “Monsterous-feminine” archetype (Julia Kristeva) • ______________________ • ______________________ • ______________________ • Maternal-as-monstrous • _________________________ • Proximity results in fractured psyche • _____________________- • ________________

  6. Dance as Subversive • Classical dancer upholds ___________ body type • Modern dancer important in upholding ___________body types and creating narrative space for strong/ threatening women

  7. Grotesque/Classical?

  8. Works Cited Texts • Halberstam, Judith. Skin Shows. New York; Columbus. 1995. • “My Perogative.” Spears video. • Psycho. Dir. Hitchcock • Wolff, Janet. “Reinstating Corporeality: Feminism and body Politics.” MM. Course Library.

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