WGST 2812 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Candida Royalle, The Symbolic, Wendy Mcelroy

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Women's and Gender Studies
• Course: WGST 2812
• Professor: Lori Stinson

Document Summary

Wgst 2812 - definition, debate, & times of freedom, choice & resistance. *all content belongs to lori a. stinson and where cited in lecture slides* Snuff snuff (1976: where female lead killed or suicides, rape videos, suicide videos, murder videos. Hermeneutic: theory & method of interpreting & understanding texts. Gonzo : wall-to-wall: all sex productions with no plot structures. A series of sex scenes that may or may not include a connecting device : gonzo: porno verite or reality based porn in which performers acknowledge the presence of the camera, frequently addressing viewers directly through it . Sources of inequality: patriarchal capitalism focus was on hegemonic exploitation, sexual division of reproductive labour reinforce the sexual, division of labour in workforce. Unpaid domestic work of women fuels capitalist economies. Solutions: state support for women to assist w/ social reproduction, recognition of domestic labour as work, policy measures to redress sexual division of labour.