Essays about: "Docile body"

Found 2 essays containing the words Docile body.

  1. 1. Going To Bed Now: Dissociation Feminism and Implicit Critique in My Year of Rest and Relaxation

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Jonathan Bäckström; [2023]
    Keywords : Docile body; The Culture Industry; Dissociation Feminism; Femcel; Sedation; My Year of Rest and Relaxation; Ottessa Moshfegh;

    Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to examine how the novel My Year of Rest and Relaxation (2018 / 2019) by Ottessa Moshfegh, through the lens of dissociative feminism, can be interpreted as a critique regarding commodification of the body. To explore this claim, I discuss the protagonist’s dissociative feminist behaviour in contrast to her friend Reva’s femcel-behaviour. READ MORE

  3. 2. “Visibility is a Trap” : Revealing the Metaphor of the Simian in Naked Lunch. 

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Monika Borduz; [2015]
    Keywords : normalization; simian; abnormality; critical animal studies; power mechanisms; Michel Foucault; metaphor; monkey; ape; William S Burroughs; docile body; Naked Lunch; uninhibited human; duality;

    Abstract : Thus far, the novel Naked Lunch has not been discussed from the aspect of critical animal studies, nor has it been connected to the theories of Michel Foucault. This essay however, argues that these diverse fields could be connected through the use of the simians that are frequently employed in Naked Lunch. READ MORE