Novel Relations

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicia Mireles Christoff
Keyword(s):  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Object Relations ◽  
George Eliot ◽  
Literary Form ◽  
Gender And Sexuality ◽  
Victorian Novels ◽  
Victorian Fiction ◽  
Gender And Sexuality Studies ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Impact

This book engages twentieth-century post-Freudian British psychoanalysis in an unprecedented way: as literary theory. Placing the writing of figures like D. W. Winnicott, W. R. Bion, Michael and Enid Balint, Joan Riviere, Paula Heimann, and Betty Joseph in conversation with canonical Victorian fiction, the book reveals just how much object relations can teach us about how and why we read. These thinkers illustrate the ever-shifting impact our relations with others have on the psyche, and help us see how literary figures—characters, narrators, authors, and other readers—shape and structure us too. In the book, novels are charged relational fields. Closely reading novels by George Eliot and Thomas Hardy, the book shows that traditional understandings of Victorian fiction change when we fully recognize the object relations of reading. It is not by chance that British psychoanalysis illuminates underappreciated aspects of Victorian fiction so vibrantly: Victorian novels shaped modern psychoanalytic theories of psyche and relationality—including the eclipsing of empire and race in the construction of subject. Relational reading opens up both Victorian fiction and psychoanalysis to wider political and postcolonial dimensions, while prompting a closer engagement with work in such areas as critical race theory and gender and sexuality studies. The book describes the impact of literary form on readers and on twentieth- and twenty-first-century theories of the subject.

Queer Theory and Heteronormativity

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Page Valentine Regan ◽  
Elizabeth J. Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Queer Theory ◽  
Gender And Sexuality ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Sex And Gender ◽  
Sexual Diversity ◽  
Lgbtq Youth ◽  
Gender And Sexuality Studies ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Queer Pedagogy

The concepts of queer theory and heteronormativity have been taken up in educational research due to the influence of disciplines including gender and sexuality studies, feminist theory, and critical race theory. Queer theory seeks to disrupt dominant and normalizing binaries that structure our understandings of gender and sexuality. Heteronormativity describes the belief that heterosexuality is and should be the preferred system of sexuality and informs the related male or female, binary understanding of gender identity and expression. Taken together, queer theory and heteronormativity offer frames to interrogate and challenge systems of sex and gender in educational institutions and research to better support and understand the experiences of LGBTQ youth. They also inform the development of queer pedagogy that includes classroom and instructional practices designed to expand and affirm gender and sexual diversity in schools.

Teaching the Armenian Genocide in Turkey: Curriculum, Methods, and Sources

PMLA ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 131 (5) ◽  
pp. 1515-1518
Author(s):  
Hülya Adak
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
History Textbooks ◽  
Gender And Sexuality ◽  
Armenian Genocide ◽  
World War ◽  
Modern Drama ◽  
Balkan Wars ◽  
Gender And Sexuality Studies ◽  
Turkish Literature ◽  
And Gender

Since 2001, I Have Been Teaching Courses in Cultural Studies, European and Turkish Literature, Modern Drama, and Gender and sexuality studies at Sabancı University in Istanbul. During my fifteen years of teaching undergraduate and graduate students, the Armenian genocide was a particularly challenging theme to bring into the classroom. Even at Sabancı University, one of the rare liberal universities in Turkey to offer courses that challenge Turkish national myths, most students, including those who graduated from “liberal” high schools, had received a nationalist education and came to college either not knowing anything about the Armenian genocide or denying it altogether. Denial of the Armenian genocide is still pervasive in Turkey; 1915 is identified in history textbooks as the year of the Battle of Gallipoli, the most important Ottoman victory against the British and French naval forces during World War I. For most of the twentieth century and up until 2005, when the seminal Ottoman Armenians Conference opened a public discussion of the topic, silence regarding the deportation and genocide of the Ottoman Armenians prevailed. If denialist myths in Turkey acknowledge the deaths of the Ottoman Armenians, they justify such deaths as “retaliation” for the deaths of Turkish Muslims during the Balkan Wars of 1912 and 1913 or equate the massacres of Armenians with Turkish casualties of war from the same period. For instance, Talat Paşa, the mastermind behind the deportations and massacres of roughly one million Armenians in 1915-16, argues in his memoirs that an equal number of Turks were killed by Armenians during World War I and in its aftermath (51-56).

Coda

2019 ◽  
pp. 192-198
Author(s):  
Alicia Mireles Christoff
Keyword(s):  
Object Relations ◽  
The Self ◽  
Affective States ◽  
Open Wound ◽  
Victorian Novels ◽  
Victorian Fiction ◽  
Christopher Bollas ◽  
Novel Reading ◽  
A Site ◽  
Interpersonal Environment

This chapter discusses how much Victorian fiction and British psychoanalysis together teaches about relationality. It explains loneliness, wishfulness, restlessness, and aliveness as profoundly solitary emotions. Relational readings reveal that people are never more intensely related to other than when these emotions are felt. Although novel reading is a solitary activity, the chapter shows how intensely, if paradoxically, people are related to others while they read: to narrators, authors, characters, and other readers, and also to themselves, in the new forms of self-relation evolved by Victorian novels and consolidated by British object relations psychoanalysis. The chapter also talks about the contemporary psychoanalyst Christopher Bollas who has invented a new term to designate the opposite of trauma: “genera.” The psychic genera, in Bollas's theory, sponsors a very different kind of unconscious work. Rather than an open wound, it is a site of psychic incubation, an inner place to gather resources so that one may turn outward, to “novel experiences” that bring the self into renewing contact with ideational and affective states, often within an enriching interpersonal environment.

The ethics of appropriation; or, the ‘mere spectre’ of Jane Eyre: Emma Tennant’s Thornfield Hall, Jasper Fforde’s The Eyre Affair and Gail Jones’s Sixty Lights

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Lewis
Keyword(s):  
First Century ◽  
Jane Eyre ◽  
Sargasso Sea ◽  
Victorian Novels ◽  
Victorian Fiction ◽  
Wide Sargasso Sea ◽  
Cultural Effects ◽  
Creative Writers ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way

This chapter explores the ethics of neo-Victorian appropriation through close analyses of three Brontëan afterlives: novels by Emma Tennant (Thornfield Hall), Jasper Fforde (The Eyre Affair) and Gail Jones (Sixty Lights). This chapter explores the impact of Charlotte Brontë’s writing upon the field of neo-Victorian fiction—and vice versa. How has Brontë’s Jane Eyre been reflected upon and invoked in twentieth- and twenty-first-century novels about the Victorians, and with what range of textual and wider cultural effects? This chapter shows that re-workings of Jane Eyre often speak directly to the accreted meanings of prior neo-Victorian revisions (such as Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea), as well as their critical contexts; reveals the way the allusive power (or broad communal meaning) of an archetypal text can be contingent upon the oversimplification of literary and cultural complexities; and contends that recent engagements with Brontë’s life and fiction by creative writers have much to reveal about nostalgia and our own cultural moment. A recognition of the nuances and unresolved tensions of the Victorian original is crucial in fostering a debate on the ethics of appropriation, particularly the question of whether certain neo-Victorian novels may best be seen as acts of respect or retaliation, nostalgia or theft, or something in between.

Hypervisibility in Australian punk scenes: Queer experiences of spatial logics of gender and sexuality

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 363-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan Sharp
Keyword(s):  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Gender And Sexuality ◽  
Race Theory ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Marginalized Groups ◽  
Gender Diverse ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Spatial Logics

In this article, I draw on the knowledge and lived experience of queer people – some of whom also identify as trans, gender diverse and/or non-binary – who actively participate in Australian punk scenes. Using socio-geographical research of intersectionality, critical race theory and spatiality I find queer experiences of and in punk highlight a complication to claims of female and queer invisibility, one that takes into account spacial formations. Attending to queer, trans and gender-diverse people’s experiences, hypervisibility presents a conceptual entanglement where genders, bodies and sexualities attract attention from a dominant, patriarchal group, rather than being rendered invisible by it. This hypervisibility appears steeped in unintelligibility where being visible but unknowable presents a range of issues such as standing out not only in physical punk spaces such as gigs, but on digital platforms and in everyday life. As such, this article builds on a feminist thesis of invisibility politics by aiming to elasticize knowledges of gender, resistance and subcultural participation among marginalized groups.

scholarly journals De Su Propia Voz, El Impacto Del Duelo Cultural Y Luto Migratorio En Latinas Viviendo En Canada (In Their Own voices, The Impact Of Cultural Bereavement And Grief Migration On Latinas in Canada)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Covadonga Blanco
Keyword(s):  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
America Latina ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Many ◽  
Migratory Grief ◽  
The Impact

The lives of immigrants are forever changed by the many losses that they leave behind during their migration journey. Through the use of poetry, this qualitative research draws upon narrative and art-based approaches to explore the effects of cultural bereavement and migratory grief on the identity and well-being of Latinas Immigrants. Three Latina women shared their grief stories through poetry, disrupting preconceived notions of representation in Canada. Under the lens of Latino critical race theory, issues of race, culture, and gender that intersect to dictate Latinas experiences with migratory grief were analyzed. Findings yielded five theoretical concepts: The cumulation of grief, losses and stress guides process of acculturation, cultural values dictate Latinas settlement, changes in identity, struggle with oppressive systems and resistance and resilience. The result of this research will guide the reader to understand immigrants' experiences with the invisible yet powerful pain of grief associated with migration. Keywords Migratory grief, cultural bereavement, Latinas, Latin America, poetry, Immigration, losses. Migration, identity ABSTRACTO La vida de los inmigrantes cambia para siempre debido a las pérdidas que enfrentan al dejar sus lugares de origen y por las dificultades que enfrentan durante su camino migratorio. Mediante el uso de la poesía, esta investigación cualitativa usa una combinación de arte con narrativa para explorar los efectos del duelo cultural y el luto migratorio en la identidad y el bienestar de los inmigrantes Latinos. Tres mujeres Latinas compartieron sus historias de duelo a través de poemas, rechazando ideas preconcebidas acerca de la representación en Canadá. Bajo la lente de la teoría crítica de la raza Latina, se analizaron la interseccionalidad de raza, cultura y género y su influencia en dictaminar las experiencias de las mujeres Latinas con el duelo migratorio y el luto cultural. Los resultados arrojaron cinco conceptos teóricos: la acumulación de pérdidas y el estrés guían el proceso de aculturación, los valores culturales dictan el asentamiento de las Latinas, existen cambios en la identidad, hay lucha con sistemas opresión y la resistencia y la resiliencia. El resultado de esta investigación guiará al lector a comprender las experiencias de los inmigrantes con el invisible pero poderoso duelo asociado con la migración. Palabras clave Dolor migratorio, luto cultural, Latinas, América Latina, poesía, inmigración, pérdidas. Migración, duelo cultural, identidad.

scholarly journals De Su Propia Voz, El Impacto Del Duelo Cultural Y Luto Migratorio En Latinas Viviendo En Canada (In Their Own voices, The Impact Of Cultural Bereavement And Grief Migration On Latinas in Canada)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Covadonga Blanco
Keyword(s):  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
America Latina ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Many ◽  
Migratory Grief ◽  
The Impact

The lives of immigrants are forever changed by the many losses that they leave behind during their migration journey. Through the use of poetry, this qualitative research draws upon narrative and art-based approaches to explore the effects of cultural bereavement and migratory grief on the identity and well-being of Latinas Immigrants. Three Latina women shared their grief stories through poetry, disrupting preconceived notions of representation in Canada. Under the lens of Latino critical race theory, issues of race, culture, and gender that intersect to dictate Latinas experiences with migratory grief were analyzed. Findings yielded five theoretical concepts: The cumulation of grief, losses and stress guides process of acculturation, cultural values dictate Latinas settlement, changes in identity, struggle with oppressive systems and resistance and resilience. The result of this research will guide the reader to understand immigrants' experiences with the invisible yet powerful pain of grief associated with migration. Keywords Migratory grief, cultural bereavement, Latinas, Latin America, poetry, Immigration, losses. Migration, identity ABSTRACTO La vida de los inmigrantes cambia para siempre debido a las pérdidas que enfrentan al dejar sus lugares de origen y por las dificultades que enfrentan durante su camino migratorio. Mediante el uso de la poesía, esta investigación cualitativa usa una combinación de arte con narrativa para explorar los efectos del duelo cultural y el luto migratorio en la identidad y el bienestar de los inmigrantes Latinos. Tres mujeres Latinas compartieron sus historias de duelo a través de poemas, rechazando ideas preconcebidas acerca de la representación en Canadá. Bajo la lente de la teoría crítica de la raza Latina, se analizaron la interseccionalidad de raza, cultura y género y su influencia en dictaminar las experiencias de las mujeres Latinas con el duelo migratorio y el luto cultural. Los resultados arrojaron cinco conceptos teóricos: la acumulación de pérdidas y el estrés guían el proceso de aculturación, los valores culturales dictan el asentamiento de las Latinas, existen cambios en la identidad, hay lucha con sistemas opresión y la resistencia y la resiliencia. El resultado de esta investigación guiará al lector a comprender las experiencias de los inmigrantes con el invisible pero poderoso duelo asociado con la migración. Palabras clave Dolor migratorio, luto cultural, Latinas, América Latina, poesía, inmigración, pérdidas. Migración, duelo cultural, identidad.

scholarly journals BAER, Brian James and KAINDL, Klaus. Queering Translation, Translating the Queer. Theory, Practice, Activism. New York & London, Routledge, 2018, 234 pp., ISBN: 9780367365677

Hikma ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 443-450
Author(s):  
Gonzalo Iturregui Gallardo
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Queer Theory ◽  
Queer Studies ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Translation Studies ◽  
Gender And Sexuality ◽  
Gender And Sexuality Studies ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Cross Fertilization ◽  
Shed Light

This groundbreaking work is the first full book-length publication to critically engage in the emerging field of research on the queer aspects of translation and interpreting studies. The volume presents a variety of theoretical and disciplinary perspectives through fifteen contributions from both established and up-and-coming scholars in the field to demonstrate the interconnectedness between translation and queer aspects of sex, gender, and identity. The book begins with the editors’ introduction to the state of the field, providing an overview of both current and developing lines of research, and builds on this foundation to look at this research more closely, grouped around three different sections: Queer Theorizing of Translation; Case Studies of Queer Translations and Translators; and Queer Activism and Translation. This interdisciplinary approach seeks to not only shed light on this promising field of research but also to promote cross fertilization between these disciplines towards further exploring the intersections between queer studies and translation studies, making this volume key reading for students and scholars interested in translation studies, queer studies, politics, and activism, and gender and sexuality studies.

scholarly journals Investigating What and Why

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 32-49
Author(s):  
Jessica Mann ◽  
Colton Brydges
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Gender And Sexuality ◽  
September 11Th ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Country Level ◽  
Gender And Sexuality Studies ◽  
Before And After ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship

This article critically examines the literature on terrorism, identifying a distinction between the research methods that were common before and after the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001. We argue that pre-9/11 methods were more concerned with understanding individual and group motivations for participating in terrorism. This approach is still visible in the fields of political psychology and gender and sexuality studies on terrorism. In contrast, post-9/11 research methods are more concerned with identifying country-level variables associated with terrorism using regression analysis and econometrics. Post-9/11 research on terrorism has often been focused on two debates: the role of democracy in fostering or preventing terrorism, and the relationship between development and terrorism. This shift in methodology reflects a more positivist ontology, and is also undoubtedly intended to meet the needs of policy-makers pursuing the War on Terror. We argue that a well-informed approach to addressing the threat of terrorism must draw from both perspectives; otherwise, there is a strong risk of ignoring crucial variables at different levels of analysis.

scholarly journals Gender, sexuality and lifestyle migration: Exploring the impact of cosmopolitan place-marketing discourses on the post-migratory experiences of British women in Spain

2019 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 281-298
Author(s):  
Laura Dixon
Keyword(s):  
Gender And Sexuality ◽  
Place Marketing ◽  
Social Hierarchies ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
Lifestyle Migration ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Social Autonomy ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Town ◽  
Do So

This article responds to a recent call to problematise the theoretical underpinnings of lifestyle migration and in particular, to critically examine the construction of lifestyle migrants as an ideal-type of individualised subject, freed from the constraints of normative social structures. Recent research has begun to do so, by demonstrating how class, race and gender can intersect to delimit the post-migratory experiences of lifestyle migrants, as they negotiate multiple social hierarchies. This article adds a new dimension to these studies by showing how class, gender and sexuality interconnect through the prism of ‘cosmopolitanism’ to structure the lives of British women in the affluent Catalan town of Sitges. Although British lesbians have more social autonomy than other British female lifestyle migrants in the town, they are simultaneously rendered subordinate in relation to Sitges’ cosmopolitan discourse, which privileges a stereotypical male homosexuality instead.

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