Animals, Women, and Weapons: Blurred Sexual Boundaries in the Discourse of Sport Hunting

2004 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 237-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lori Baralt ◽  
Linda Kalof ◽  
Amy Fitzgerald
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Feminist Theory ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Moral Outrage ◽  
Sexual Boundaries ◽  
Traditional Masculinity ◽  
Sport Hunting ◽  
As If

AbstractThe furor and public outrage surrounding the release of a fictionalized video in which naked women are hunted down and shot with paintball guns ("Hunting for Bambi") inspired this paper. Arguing that distressing representations of hunting as a sexually charged activity are resilient popular culture images, this paper examines the theoretical framework that links hunting with sex and women with animals and the empirical evidence of such linkages in the hunting discourse of a popular newsstand periodical. Contemporary feminist theory often connects hunting with sex and women with animals. This paper details clear evidence of the juxtaposition of hunting, sex, women, and animals in the photographs, narratives, and advertisements of a random sampling of Traditional Bowhunter magazines (1992-2003). Particularly prominent in the magazines' hunting discourse is the sexualization of animals, women, and weapons, as if the three are interchangeable sexual bodies in narratives of traditional masculinity. This paper concludes that moral outrage at the degradation of women might be targeted best at widely read newsstand periodicals that serve as popular culture precursors to videos that celebrate hunting naked women.

Unstoppable Decay and Relentless Hope: Study of Alterity in Popular Culture

2021 ◽  
pp. 56-76
Author(s):  
Adrien Ordonneau
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Popular Culture ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
The Uncanny ◽  
The World ◽  
The Way

Consequences of capitalism’s crises and their manifestations in arts have deeply modified the way we can approach mental health. As Mark Fisher pointed out in 2009 with his book Capitalist Realism, neoliberalism is using mental illness as a way to keep existing. The capacity to think a way out of alienation is deeply linked with arts and popular culture. The article proposes to study the uncanny dialogue between arts and politics in relationships to people, and mental health. The theoretical framework will show how arts are trying to build a way out of alienation, since 2009. The article will illustrate this research with the study of many artistic practices, including our own. The findings will show how the ambiguous and uncanny relationships with the world is used by artists as a way out of alienation, despite the difficulties occurring with mental health in time of crisis.

scholarly journals STRATEGI PENARASIAN DAN PEMOSISIAN SUBJEK PEREMPUAN DALAM MEREKA BILANG, SAYA MONYET! KARYA DJENAR MAESA AYU: PERSPEKTIF POSFEMINISME (Narration Strategic and Woman's Positioning as Subject on Mereka Bilang, Saya Monyet! Karya Djenar Maesa Ayu: Postfeminism's Perspective)

Kandai ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
Ahmad Zamzuri
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
As If ◽  
Female Subjects

Penelitian ini membahas 6 (enam) cerita pendek dalam kumpulan cerita pendek Mereka Bilang, Saya Monyet! karya Djenar Maesa Ayu melalui perspektif posfeminisme. Tujuan penelitian adalah mengungkap strategi penarasian perempuan yang dilakukan oleh Djenar Maesa Ayu. Untuk mencapai tujuan, penelitian dilakukan dalam beberapa tahap, yaitu penentuan objek penelitian dan kerangka teori, pengumpulan dan analisis data, dan simpulan. Objek penelitian ini terdiri dari 6 (enam) cerita pendek karya Djenar Maesa Ayu, antara lain Mereka Bilang, Saya Monyet!, Lintah, Durian, Melukis Jendela, Wong Asu, dan Namanya…. Melalui cerita pendek tersebut, data kemudian dianalisis menggunakan metode analisis wacana kritis dengan menafsirkan seluruh perangkat kebahasaan dan menghubungkannya dengan perspektif posfeminisme. Selain merelasikan dengan perspektif posfeminisme, teori sudut pandang menurut Tzevetan Todorov akan digunakan untuk mengungkap strategi penarasian perempuan yang dilakukan oleh Djenar Maesa Ayu. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa perempuan seakan-akan menjadi objek dalam ruang dominasi patriarki, melainkan sejatinya menjadi sentral subjek yang melakukan resistensi terhadap wacana dominan (patriartki) melalui penyebutan laki-laki dengan nama kepala hewan yang disesuaikan dengan sifat dan perilakunya, antara lain Si Kepala Gajah, Si Kepala Sapi, Si Kepala Anjing. Selain itu, wujud resistensi perempuan dilakukan juga melalui penyayatan pipi dan pemotongan pusat keperkasaan (kuasa) laki-laki (penis). Penarasian dalam cerita pendek karya Djenar Maesa Ayu menunjukkan sindiran (satire) bagi bahwa laki-laki tidak lebih cerdas dari perempuan yang disebut monyet.(This study discusses six short stories in the anthology of Djenar Maesa Ayu's work entitled Mereka Bilang, Saya Monyet! through a post feminism perspective. The problem in this study relates to the narration of women as victims in the patriarchal space. The aim of the study was to reveal the narration of women, the position of female subjects, and the discourse embedded in the short stories. To achieve the goal, this research was conducted in several stages, such as choosing object of research and the theoretical framework, collecting data, analysis, and conclusions. The object of this study consist of six short stories by Djenar Maesa Ayu, including "Mereka Bilang, Saya Monyet! "Lintah", "Durian", "Melukis Jendela", "Wong Asu", and "Namanya ....". Data is collected through in-depth reading and quoting words, phrases, sentences, paragraphs, and dialogues which are then described analytically. The data is then analyzed by interpreting all linguistic tools and connecting them with the postfeminism perspective. The results showed that women were narrated as if they were objects in the space of patriarchal domination, but instead they became a central subject who carried out resistance to patriarchal discourse by giving calls in the form of names of animal heads according to the nature and behavior of men, including Si Kepala Gajah, Si Kepala Sapi, dan Si Kepala Anjing. Other resistance carried out by women, through slashing the cheek and cutting penis, the symbol of man’s power. The narration in the short story of Djenar Maesa Ayu's works shows satire that men is not smarter than women whose called monkeys by them.)

The (Un)Remarkable Fatness of Valiant’s Faith

2020 ◽  
pp. 69-83
Author(s):  
Stefanie Snider
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Positive Shift ◽  
As If

This chapter examines the potential, as well as the limits, of making the superhero Faith Herbert/Zephyr fat. Typically framed as monstrous in western superhero comics, Faith’s fatness is treated textually and visually as if it is not in any way aberrant. The author of this chapter questions whether this representation marks a positive shift in western popular culture in relation to fatness, or whether, in this case, Faith as a monstrous woman has been “defanged” and denied the potential to be subversive of marginalizing norms.

Integrating Theories of Working Memory

2020 ◽  
pp. 389-430
Author(s):  
Robert H. Logie ◽  
Clément Belletier ◽  
Jason M. Doherty
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Cognitive Functions ◽  
Scientific Progress ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Levels Of Explanation ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Multiple Component ◽  
Different Levels

Multiple theories of working memory are described in the chapters of this book and often these theories are viewed as being mutually incompatible, yet each is associated with a supporting body of empirical evidence. This chapter argues that many of these differences reflect different research questions, different levels of explanation, and differences in how participants perform their assigned tasks in different laboratories, rather than fundamental theoretical adversity. It describes a version of a multiple component working memory in which a range of specialized cognitive functions (or mental tools) act in concert, giving the impression, at a different level of explanation, of a unified cognitive system. The chapter argues that more rapid and more substantial scientific progress on the understanding of the concept of working memory would be achieved through identifying the levels of explanation explored within each theoretical framework, and attempting to integrate theoretical frameworks rather than perpetuating debate with no clear resolution in sight.

Material Expressions of Religious Culture

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Hickey-Moody ◽  
Marissa Willcox
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Material Culture ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Religious Culture ◽  
Historical Records ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Complex Information ◽  
Community Perspectives

Materiality communicates complex information, often about the perspectives of people whose voices are silenced, or left off historical records. Material cultures provide indirect archives of such social histories, values and feelings. Examining the expressive qualities of material culture, we draw on data from the trans-national research project ‘Interfaith Childhoods’. This project generates and documents community perspectives on faith, identity and belonging. In response to our data generated through arts workshops with children and focus group discussions with parents, we develop a theoretical framework which observes how the materiality of religion can shape the ways young people and their parents build relationships with those from different religions. Here, we theorise how our empirical evidence makes a case for thinking through visual and material cultures of religion.

Afterword

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Hervik
Keyword(s):  
Political Violence ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Moral Outrage ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Generative Power ◽  
Negative Change

This afterword offers reflections on some major points of this section concerning the generative power linking moral outrage to political violence. The authors have successfully taken up a topic of immense relevance and urgency in contemporary society. Their efforts are a first important step to address this from an empirical, analytical, and theoretical framework. In the afterword, I seek to add further perspectives to some of the findings, including a focus on moral outrage that situates it not strictly within personality as a preexisting universal that waits for someone to wake it up but rather in an approach to emotions as embedded within cultural understandings with an emphasis on the strategic side of the production of moral outrage in creating both positive and negative change.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of Household Emergency Plans in Violent Tornadoes

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Zhen Cong ◽  
Daan Liang ◽  
Jianjun Luo
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Family Involvement ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Telephone Survey ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Emergency Plan ◽  
Emergency Plans

ABSTRACT Objective: This study examined factors that were associated with the effectiveness of pre-existing household emergency plans during the 2011 EF5 Joplin and EF4 Tuscaloosa tornadoes. We focused on whether discussing with family members helped increase the plan’s effectiveness. Methods: A telephone survey based on random sampling was conducted in 2012 with 1006 respondents in both cities. Each city experienced huge losses, injuries, and casualties. The working sample included 494 respondents who had a household emergency plan in place before these tornadoes. Results: Multinomial logistic regression showed that discussing with family members increased the helpfulness of the plan in Joplin, where people had not experienced tornadoes frequently and were less prepared for tornadoes relative to residents in Tuscaloosa. Conclusions: This study provides empirical evidence on the importance of encouraging family involvement when making household emergency plans, especially in places that are less prepared for disasters than those that are better prepared.

Internationalization among emerging countries: insights from Brazilian-Russian beef network

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karim Marini Thomé ◽  
Luciana Marques Vieira
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Emerging Countries ◽  
Business Networks ◽  
Business Network ◽  
Russian Market

This paper examines the expansion (or internationalization) of Brazilian firms into the Russian market, by applying the revised model of Uppsala in the context of emerging economies. The study is an exploratory descriptive study based on case studies of four Brazilian meatpackers with operations in Russia. The results show that the revised model of Uppsala partially explains the internationalization of the firms studied. Some evidence regarding the influence of the business network was empirically found. However, some concepts proposed by the revised model, such as the manner in which a network limits company expansion, were not found. This study contributes empirical evidence to support the theoretical framework and opens avenues for further research on business networks among emerging countries.

Exit Options and the Effectiveness of Regional Economic Organizations

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 281-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Gray ◽  
Jonathan B. Slapin
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
World Trade ◽  
Institutional Design ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Institutional Structure ◽  
Regional Economic ◽  
Economic Organizations ◽  
Exogenous Factors ◽  
Exit Options ◽  
Expert Surveys

Regional economic organizations (REOs) proliferate in the developed and developing world. However, there is wide variation in both their institutional structure and the degree to which they achieve their goals. This article presents a theoretical framework and empirical evidence to explain the variance in the institutional design and effectiveness of these agreements. It argues that the conditions that produce effective and broad agreements are not a function of design, but rather of exogenous factors. If countries within the REO have fewer options for world trade beyond the REO, they will develop strong institutions and make substantial use of them. This study presents a new cross-regional dataset, compiled from expert surveys, to test these arguments. It shows that expert evaluations of how well a REO functions - including its ability to meet its own goals and the ambition of those goals—hinge less on that agreement's legalization and more on the trade opportunities that REO members faced when the institution was formed.

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