The Erotic Family: Structures and Narratives of Milk Kinship in Premodern Japanese Tales

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Sachi Schmidt-Hori
Keyword(s):  
Connective Tissue ◽  
Indirect Method ◽  
Tenth Century ◽  
Upper Class ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Family Structures ◽  
Affective Labor ◽  
The Core ◽  
Premodern Japan ◽  
Wet Nurse

This essay proposes that “milk kinship,” which upper-class individuals in premodern Japan formed with their milk kin—a menoto (wet nurse) and a menotogo (foster sibling)—occupies the core of an institutionalized erotic fosterage. In this “menoto system,” the surrogate mother's lactating body and erotic-affective labor became the connective tissue to bind two interclass families, creating a symbiosis that fortified the existing sociopolitical power structures. Around the tenth century, many vernacular tales started to feature menoto characters. While a typical menoto is the protagonist's homely, asexual, motherly confidante, her derivative construct—the menotogo of the protagonist—is often cast in an erotic light. In the four texts examined in this essay, menotogo valorize their erotic agencies to benefit their charges through sexual-affective labor or through an indirect method. The latter entails the formation of a “love square” in which two menotogo become lovers and then help their respective charges do the same.

“THE CENCI” TRAGEDY BY P. B. SHELLEY THROUGH THE EYES OF THE XXI CENTURY READER

2021 ◽  
pp. 123-131
Author(s):  
SIRANUSH HOVHANNISYAN
Keyword(s):  
Family Structures ◽  
Romantic Period ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Voice ◽  
Core Issues

SIRANUSH HOVHANNISYAN - “THE CENCI” TRAGEDY BY P. B. SHELLEY THROUGH THE EYES OF THE XXI CENTURY READER The article touches upon the literary views of P. B . Shelley, representative of the Romantic period, focusing on the ideology of "The Cenci" tragedy. The core issues of the tragedy are presented in the light of the reality of the XXI century. Based on the analysis, the author concludes that the topics discussed in the tragedy are relevant in the XXI century, particularly focusing on the eternal struggle between the light and darkness, the destruction of family structures, and the vicious phenomenon of remaining indifferent towards the voice of a woman, within the context of falling victim to violence.

Breaking Out of the Bourgeois Home: Domestic Melodrama

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Heins
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Third Reich ◽  
Family Structures ◽  
Traditional Family ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Core ◽  
Nazi Ideology ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Third Reich

This chapter examines the domestic melodrama and argues that it was used by the Nazis in a genre-contradictory manner to effect a departure from the nuclear family, in accordance with the antibourgeois antipathies of the regime's leadership. It contends that Nazi films, far from universally reinforcing traditional family structures, actually profit from an undermining of sexual taboos—the ultimate goal being an increased level of efficiency of production and reproduction. Seemingly prohibited desires actually formed the core of Nazi film melodramas; just as fascist Germany's “leading man” found the family largely unattractive, so did the imaginary of its cinema. Filmmakers in the Third Reich preferred to offer images of the dissolution of the family rather than images of harmonious familial units, and the domestic melodrama in particular reveals the highly conflicted attitude of Nazi ideology and policy regarding bourgeois morality, marriage, and motherhood.

scholarly journals Some Consequences of Rising Age at Marriage in Pakistan

1998 ◽  
Vol 37 (4II) ◽  
pp. 541-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zeba A. Sathar ◽  
M. Framurz Khan Kiani
Keyword(s):  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Demographic Transition ◽  
Population Growth Rate ◽  
Family Formation ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Demographic Transitions ◽  
The Core ◽  
Age At Marriage ◽  
Strongly Connected ◽  
Status Of Women

Nuptiality changes have been at the core of demographic transitions in Europe and in several Asian societies [Caldwell (1993)]. Delayed marriages have been seen as precursors of fertility change in most societies. They underlie changes in family formation patterns and living arrangements, which ultimately are the bases of demographic transition. The concomitants of profound changes in marriage behaviour are worth studying because of their impact on demographic outcomes such as the population growth rate and fertility. Moreover, they are also strongly connected to the role and status of women, family living arrangements and power structures.

scholarly journals A Gentrification in Awiligar Dago as The Result of Tourism Industry: An Ethnographic Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 00001
Author(s):  
Aulia Mauludi
Keyword(s):  
Urban Neighborhoods ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Upper Class ◽  
Family Structures ◽  
High Class ◽  
The Hill ◽  
Modern Industry

<p>Awiligar is a highland that is a part of Dago hills. The weather and view have fascinated people and corporations to develop its tourism industry. There are five types of Familiar visitors namely, people who (1) migrated to Awiligar from old villages at the top of the hill, (2) traveled from other regions in Bandung, (3) assimilated into the region (i.e., past convicts, colonialists, high-class members of the Indonesian society), and (4) corporations who built the tourist industries and infrastructures (e.g., hotels, outlets, restaurants). Those investments of time, energy, and effort into the tourism industry can be referred to as gentrification. Gentrification is a process by which marginal urban neighborhoods are rehabilitated and revitalized by incoming middle- and upper-class residents. There are two impacts of gentrification in Dago. The first being overcrowding and the second being the changes in the work division in modern industry, especially in terms of family structures.&nbsp;<br></p>

All’s Fair? The Foreclosure Crisis and Middle-Class Black (In)Stability

2012 ◽  
Vol 56 (11) ◽  
pp. 1565-1580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karyn Lacy
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
The United States ◽  
Black Middle Class ◽  
Upper Class ◽  
Differential Impact ◽  
Lower Middle Class ◽  
The Core ◽  
Foreclosure Crisis ◽  
Middle Class Blacks

Is the protracted foreclosure crisis eroding the Black middle class? Foreclosure rates in the United States have reached an all-time high. Blacks have been hit especially hard by this crisis. I focus here on intraclass distinctions within the Black middle class precisely because scholars and journalists so often fail to distinguish between the experiences of the Black lower middle class and those of middle and upper-class Blacks, leaving the unintended impression that middle-class Blacks all have the same odds of losing their home. I argue that conventional explanations of the foreclosure crisis as a racialized event should be amended to account for the differential impact of the crisis on three distinct groups of middle-class Blacks: the lower middle class, the core middle class, and the upper or elite middle class.

Conclusion

Screw Consent ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 172-182
Author(s):  
Joseph J. Fischel
Keyword(s):  
Connective Tissue ◽  
Sex Discrimination ◽  
Feminist Movement ◽  
Common Denominator ◽  
Women’S Autonomy ◽  
Women's Autonomy ◽  
Asymmetrical Distribution ◽  
Sexual Gratification ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Common

In the conclusion, I propose that thinking with autonomy and access, while thinking against consent, might reframe some of the central ethical and political questions #MeToo raises. For while some have argued that nonconsent is the common denominator of #MeToo’s wrongful sex and others have argued that sex discrimination is the common denominator, I suggest that neither nonconsent nor discrimination identify the core wrong of #MeToo’s wrongful sex. Instead, the pervasive problem underlining so many of the incidents that constellate #MeToo is men’s sense of sexual entitlement, their leveraging positions of power to exact sexual gratification, and the consequent undemocratic, asymmetrical distribution of pleasure. These problems, and not the problem of nonconsent, are the connective tissue across #MeToo stories and scandals. Querying how and why powerful men constrain (indexically) women’s autonomy and access, rather than presuming all such sex nonconsensual, is more politically generative for feminist movement.

The Influence of Spirituality on Substance Use of College Students

2001 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 343-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Stewart
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
The United States ◽  
Upper Class ◽  
Treatment Programs ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Past ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Objectives: The issue of substance use and the problems resulting from that use has become a major concern in the United States. The past decade has seen several new trends in substance use by college students and an increase in the effort to try and determine factors that may ameliorate the problem. Spirituality is one possible factor that may have some role in the phenomenon. Some research has been conducted on the relationship of spirituality to substance use but the results are mostly descriptive and concerned with religiosity rather than spirituality. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between a student's spiritual and religious beliefs and the impact of those beliefs on the decision to use substances. Method: A sample of 337 university students was surveyed using the CORE Alcohol and Drug Survey and several supplemental questions. Results: In general, spirituality had a moderate buffering effect upon the decision to use alcohol and marijuana. This general protective effect exists for both alcohol use and binge drinking but dissipated as the students reached upper-class levels. Conclusion: Spirituality may play a significant role in the decision of college students to use substances. Further research should focus on this important factor. Also, implementation of spiritual aspects into university prevention and treatment programs may help boost efficacy rates.

The rebellion of Zhang Yuxian 張遇賢 (942–943)

2014 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 523-545
Author(s):  
Johannes L. Kurz
Keyword(s):  
Southern China ◽  
Tenth Century ◽  
Close Reading ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
Historical Texts ◽  
The Core ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Original Area

AbstractThis paper is about a rebellion in southern China in the first half of the tenth century and its depiction in historical sources from the tenth to the seventeenth centuries. At the core of this study is Zhang Yuxian, the rebel leader, and his allegiance to a spirit. The latter suggested moving from Guangdong, the territory of the Southern Han empire (917–971), and the original area of the rebellion, to Jiangxi, the territory of the Southern Tang empire (937–976). The approach of the paper is twofold: first, it examines the historical setting and context; and second, through a close reading of some of the major features of the sources, such as the labelling of Zhang as ayaozei, the adoption of red clothes by the rebels, and so forth, the essay makes evident the close relationship and dependency between successive historical texts.

When Protest Makes Policy: How Social Movements Represent Disadvantaged Groups. By S. Laurel Weldon. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 2011. 244p. $65.00 cloth, $27.95 paper.

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 787-789
Author(s):  
Hahrie C. Han
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Upper Class ◽  
Democratic Accountability ◽  
University Of Michigan ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Organized Interests ◽  
Disadvantaged Groups ◽  
Ann Arbor ◽  
The University

Because social movements exist to challenge entrenched power structures or change prevailing social practices, they claim to represent marginalized or excluded constituencies. Yet as eloquently argued by E. E. Schattschneider, “the flaw in the pluralist heaven is that the heavenly chorus sings with a strong upper-class accent” (The Semisovereign People, 1960, 35). Lacking formal mechanisms of democratic accountability, social movements, like other organized interests, can fall prey to the trap of overrepresenting the privileged. In addition, some scholars have challenged the idea that movements have any durable influence. Even if we believe that movements represent the excluded, what value do they have if their influence is fleeting? These questions problematize the democratic value of social movements and raise questions about the value of protest in shaping policy that affects marginalized interests. Are movements effective pathways to greater democratic inclusiveness, or do they reinforce existing power structures?

scholarly journals Eliza Haywood’s Love in Excess: Women, the Enlightenment, and the Trap of Reason

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-47
Author(s):  
Bárbara Pérez Curiel
Keyword(s):  
Upper Class ◽  
Double Standards ◽  
Critical Writing ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Enlightenment

This paper examines the contribution of Eliza Haywood’s first work of amatory fiction, Love in Excess; or the Fatal Enquiry, to the tradition of women’s critical writing that have questioned the hidden exclusions at the core of the European Enlightenment. Love in Excess addresses the dichotomy of reason versus emotion and the paradoxical expectations it imposed upon upper-class women during the European Enlightenment. Haywood’s exploration challenges this binary construction by showing the mutual interdependence of reason and passion, and by exposing the double standards on the basis of which women’s and men’s desires were regulated.

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