GGR320H1 Lecture Notes - Performativity, Nuclear Family, List Of Muppets
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The idea of someone coming here to do that is seen as a good investment because they can make more money to support their families and possibly bring their family over. Violence against women happens in every country and the fact that it controls womens mobility, it shows how patriarchal use violence against women to control the social order. Judith butler: theory of performativity: body matters when understanding gender but it takes on meanings through performances that you embody everyday. Some examples of performances connected to gender: a younger girl using her sexuality to buy liquor or dressing more mature: your sense of yourself is a kind of positioning with how you position yourself. The colonial gaze takes place in these everyday sites of interaction. Final exam: advertising in shanghai"s early development: the sexy modern girl was used to sell by providing an image of mobility and showing lots of skin.
