Body Politics and the Body Politic in William Wells Brown’s Clotel and Harriet Wilson’s Our Nig

Soft Canons ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 99-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. ELLIS
Keyword(s):  
Body Politic ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Politics

BODY POLITICS AND THE BODY POLITIC

Interventions ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Edward Mallot
Keyword(s):  
Body Politic ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Politics

scholarly journals Peristiwa Teater Tu(M)Buh Sebagai Konstruksi Politik Tubuh

Panggung ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andi Taslim Saputra ◽  
I Nyoman Murtana
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Body Politic ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Politics ◽  
Disciplinary Power ◽  
Military Hospitals ◽  
Body Construction ◽  
Political Form ◽  
The Military ◽  
Power Concept

ABSTRACT Body politics is often stigmatized in the context of community and government institutions, such as the military, hospitals, prisons, etc. This study shows the body politics in different contexts. This study reads the theater phenomenon that gave birth to the body's political form in the context of theater with the focus of case studies of process Tu(m)buh by Tony Broer's. The application of Tony Broer's theater work differs from that of other theaters, the idea of the body's political construction. To read the question of Tony Broer's political practice using Foucault's disciplinary power concept. This research uses descriptive analytic research method. Data collection was done through observation, documentation, interview, and data analysis. The result showed, Tony Broer execute body politic practice in the event of Tu(m)buh theater. The formation of Tony Broer's body construction is disciplined and body forming that intense, hard, and radical. Tony Broer's actions gave birth to concepts and practices that show the body's political image, both to oneself and to others, to the theater of Tu(m)buh as the presentation of the body's political construction.Keywords: Theater, Body Politics, Tu(m)buhABSTRAK Politik tubuh kerap distigmakan dalam konteks institusi-institusi kemasyarakatan dan pemerintah, misalnya militer, rumah sakit, lapas, dan sebagainya. Kajian ini memperlihatkan politik tubuh dalam konteks berbeda. Penelitian ini membaca fenomena teater yang melahirkan bentuk politik tubuh fokus studi kasus peristiwa Tu(m)buh karya Tony Broer. Penerapan kerja teater Tony Broer berbeda dari pelaku teater lainnya, yakni gagasan politik tubuh. Untuk membaca persoalan praktik politik tubuh Tony Broer menggunakan konsep disciplinary power Foucault. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian deskriptif analitik. Pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui observasi, dokumentasi, wawancara, dan analisis data. Hasilnya menunjukkan, Tony Broer melaksanakan praktek politik tubuh dalam peristiwa teater Tu(m)buh. Pembentukan kontruksi tubuh Tony Broer berupa pendisiplinan dan pembentukan tubuh yang intens, keras, dan radikal. Tindakan Tony Broer melahirkan konsep dan praktis yang memperlihatkan citra politik tubuh, baik terhadap diri sendiri dan atas orang lain, sehingga peristiwa teater Tu(m)buh sebagai kerja teater presentasi politik tubuh.Kata Kunci: Teater, Politik Tubuh, Tu(m)buh.

‘Good enough for a spot of lippy anyway’: Rape and the Body Politic in My Brother Tom

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 358-373
Author(s):  
Louise Wilks
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Female Body ◽  
Body Politic ◽  
The Body ◽  
Sexual Violation ◽  
Female Protagonist ◽  
British Cinema ◽  
Hollywood Movies ◽  
Contemporary Cinema ◽  
Rape Narratives

The representation of rape continues to be one of the most highly charged issues in contemporary cinema, and whilst many discussions of this topic focus on Hollywood movies, sexual violation is also a pervasive topic in British cinema. This article examines the portrayal of a female's rape in the British feature My Brother Tom (2001), a powerful and often troubling text in which the sexual violation of the teenage female protagonist functions as a catalyst for the events that comprise the plot, as is often the case in rape narratives. The article provides an overview of some of the key feminist academic discussions and debates that cinematic depictions of rape have prompted, before closely analysing My Brother Tom's rape scene in relation to such discourses. The article argues that the rape scene is neither explicit nor sensationalised, and that by having the camera focus on Jessica's bewildered reactions, it positions the audience with her, and powerfully but discreetly portrays the grave nature of sexual abuse. The article then moves on to examine the portrayal of sexual violation in My Brother Tom as a whole, considering the cultural inscriptions etched on the female body within its account of rape, before concluding with a discussion of the film's depiction of Jessica's ensuing methods of bodily self-inscription as she attempts to disassociate her body from its sexual violation.

Receptions of the Past: Commemoration, Racism, Desire

Somatechnics ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 288-303
Author(s):  
Michael Connors Jackman
Keyword(s):  
Critical Point ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
White Privilege ◽  
Body Politic ◽  
The Body ◽  
Race And Racism ◽  
Lesbian And Gay ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of

This article investigates the ways in which the work of The Body Politic (TBP), the first major lesbian and gay newspaper in Canada, comes to be commemorated in queer publics and how it figures in the memories of those who were involved in producing the paper. In revisiting a critical point in the history of TBP from 1985 when controversy erupted over race and racism within the editorial collective, this discussion considers the role of memory in the reproduction of whiteness and in the rupture of standard narratives about the past. As the controversy continues to haunt contemporary queer activism in Canada, the productive work of memory must be considered an essential aspect of how, when and for what reasons the work of TBP comes to be commemorated. By revisiting the events of 1985 and by sifting through interviews with individuals who contributed to the work of TBP, this article complicates the narrative of TBP as a bluntly racist endeavour whilst questioning the white privilege and racially-charged demands that undergird its commemoration. The work of producing and preserving queer history is a vital means of challenging the intentional and strategic erasure of queer existence, but those who engage in such efforts must remain attentive to the unequal terrain of social relations within which remembering forms its objects.

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