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Oscar Micheaux's Body And Soul And The Burden Of Representation, Pearl Bowser, Louise Spence
Oscar Micheaux's Body And Soul And The Burden Of Representation, Pearl Bowser, Louise Spence
Communication, Media & The Arts Faculty Publications
This essay discusses the 1925 silent motion picture 'Body and Soul,' directed by Oscar Micheaux. It also explores the politics of racial identity of the time.
Performativity And Sexual Identity In Calderón’S Las Manos Blancas No Ofenden (White Hands Don't Offend), Matthew D. Stroud
Performativity And Sexual Identity In Calderón’S Las Manos Blancas No Ofenden (White Hands Don't Offend), Matthew D. Stroud
Modern Languages and Literatures Faculty Research
Spanish comedia brims with examples of fluid gender identification. Not only do women frequently dress as men, but other characters almost always accept them as men or women depending solely on the clothes they wear. Is gender so superficial in these plays that it is merely a function of one's choosing the signifiers one wants to wear? Or is there an essentialism to gender that forces each character to assume the gender that corresponds to his or her sex in order to have a happy ending? Or is it something else, perhaps more reflective of Judith Butler's investigations into the …