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Mal (e) Development , (Com)modification , Nationalism and Feminist Consciousness: An Analysis of Arundhati Roy’s Writings

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Ahsan M. K.

Politeja : Pismo Wydziału Studiów Miedzynarodowych i Politycznych Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego

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2016

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issue 40

253-265

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The terms “mal(e)development” and “(com)modification” are coinages that underscore the nexus of the patriarchy, colonialism and capitalism in the Indian context. India has witnessed tremendous development and exploitation of its natural resources in the post‑independence era owing to the aids sponsored by the developed nations. The mal(e) development and (com)modification of India on the western model is masquerading as nation building in the 21st century. Arundhati Roy, the prominent feminist writer‑activist, lays bare this camouflaged maldevelopment and commodification of nature and women. Roy’s concerns are pretty much influenced by eco‑feministic discourse. In post‑independence India, colonialism has resorted to subterfuge, presenting a Western model of development to the developing nations.

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Satire, humour and parody in 21st Century Nigerian women’s poetry

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Akpah B. C.

The European Journal of Humour Research

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2018

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vol. 6

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issue 4

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21st century Nigerian women poets have continued to utilise the aesthetics of literary devices as linguistic and literary strategies to project feminist privations and values in their creative oeuvres. There has been marginal interest towards 21st century Nigerian women’s poetry and their deployment of artistic devices such as satire, humour and parody. Unequivocally, such linguistic and literary devices in imaginative works are deployed as centripetal force to criticise amidst laughter, the ills of female devaluation in the society. The major thrust of the study, therefore, is to examine how satire, humour and parody are deployed in selected Nigerian women’s poetry to reproach and etch the collective ethos of women’s experience in contemporary Nigerian society. The study utilises qualitative analytical approach in the close reading and textual analysis of the selected texts focusing mainly on the aesthetics of humour, satire and parody in challenging male chauvinism in contemporary Nigerian women’s poetry. Three long poems: “Nuptial Counsel”, “Sadiku’s Song” and “The Sweet, Sweet Mistress’ Tale” by Mabel Evweirhoma and Maria Ajima respectively were purposively selected. The choice of the selected poems hinges on the artistic vigour, especially the evoking of laughter, mockery and condemnation of hegemonic strictures through the use of satire, humour and parody. The paper employs Molara Ogundipe’s Stiwanism, an aspect of Feminist theory in the analysis of the selected poems. The poets have shown the interventions of humour, satire and parody as linguistic devices in condemning and highlighting peculiarities of women peonage in Nigeria.

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RETHINKING GENDER, RETHINKING MIGRATION: Wherever One Wants to Go. Rosi Braidotti’s Concept of a ‘Nomadic Subject’ and Its Philosophical Possibilities

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Adamiak M.

Miscellanea Anthropologica et Sociologica

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2016

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vol. 17(3)

129-137

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The ideas embedded in Enlightenment concepts of subjectivity, understood as a coherentand rational identity, have established a universal perspective for a long time. Today,this outlook is being questioned by the experience of difference. The voices of minoritiesdemanding acceptance and representation, both in social practice and in theory, have becomemore audible. But while theory allows for radical mental conclusions, the social andexistential practices require positive theoretical solutions. A postmodern deconstructedsubject does not constitute a sufficient basis for social activity or political identification.Therefore, a significant challenge for the feminist theory today is to find a form for thesocial subjectivity and, at the same time, avoid an oppressive and reductive category. RosiBraidotti employed the Deleuzian figure of a nomad, and proposed a concept of a subjectbeing resistant to postmodern fragmentation. She made a distinction between identityand subjectivity: identity is rooted in the unconscious, while subjectivity is conscious anda source of political resistance. The resistance is not due to stronger foundations, in comparisonto the Cartesian subject, but results from mobility and openness to the Other. Attemptingto construct a clearly positive conception of a subject, Braidotti proposes ‘a nomadicpolitical project’. The question is: is it possible to put this idea into a social reality ordo we have just another sophisticated theoretical concept?

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PŁEĆ KULTUROWA W PRAKTYKACH MIGRACYJNYCH: Wherever One Wants to Go. Rosi Braidotti’s Concept of a ‘Nomadic Subject’ and Its Philosophical Possibilities

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Adamiak M.

Miscellanea Anthropologica et Sociologica

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2016

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vol. 17(3)

129-137

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The ideas embedded in Enlightenment concepts of subjectivity, understood as a coherentand rational identity, have established a universal perspective for a long time. Today,this outlook is being questioned by the experience of difference. The voices of minoritiesdemanding acceptance and representation, both in social practice and in theory, have becomemore audible. But while theory allows for radical mental conclusions, the social andexistential practices require positive theoretical solutions. A postmodern deconstructedsubject does not constitute a sufficient basis for social activity or political identification.Therefore, a significant challenge for the feminist theory today is to find a form for thesocial subjectivity and, at the same time, avoid an oppressive and reductive category. RosiBraidotti employed the Deleuzian figure of a nomad, and proposed a concept of a subjectbeing resistant to postmodern fragmentation. She made a distinction between identityand subjectivity: identity is rooted in the unconscious, while subjectivity is conscious anda source of political resistance. The resistance is not due to stronger foundations, in comparisonto the Cartesian subject, but results from mobility and openness to the Other. Attemptingto construct a clearly positive conception of a subject, Braidotti proposes ‘a nomadicpolitical project’. The question is: is it possible to put this idea into a social reality ordo we have just another sophisticated theoretical concept?

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CATALINA GUZMÁN DE ASCENCIO O EL CONFLICTO DE LEALTADES: ENTRE EL MACHISMO, EL MALINCHISMO Y EL FEMINISMO

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IENCEANU L.

Concordia Discors vs Discordia Concors: Researches into Comparative Literature, Contrastive Linguistics, Cross-Cultural and Translation Strategies

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2013

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vol. 5

43-85

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The present contribution proposes a hermeneutically- and socioanthropologically-based approach to Catalina Guzmán de Ascencio‘s ascent in a men‘s world, as depicted by Ángeles Mastretta in the novel Arráncame la vida (1985). In order to successfully make out the inner workings of the protagonist‘s developing identity, we seek to analyze more closely the driving force behind the adultery committed, and, in so doing, we hope to pin down the axiological tenets of feminine behaviour, more specifically, to trace her ontogenetic evolution back to its fons et origo, with a view to capturing the psychological profile of this very young Mexican adulteress by zooming in on several phases of her search for a new identity, or patterns followed in constructing her femininity. Thus, her growing awareness of the power residing in this femininity, which, as she matures, makes for her conversion from victim into victimizer, from the perfect ingénue into Mrs. Ingenuity, from a humble imitator into a fierce combatant, or from a rather dependent and self-effacing girl into a fairly independent and self-assertive woman, adduces supporting evidence for our claim that facing us is the perfect case of constructing the feminine identity at the expense of the masculine alterity, or, worse even, by more or less abruptly destroying one‘s inner self. In the light of the above, while upsetting tradition, general Ascencio‘s highly atypical spouse can be viewed as in fact setting up a new typology in the literary genre documented, since, even if a genuine representative of Feminism still very much in its infancy, she did after all revolutionize the spirit of that epoch. Finally, by bringing allegory to bear on the interpretation of this novel, we venture to construe Catalina Guzmán de Ascencio as an epitome of the Mexican life philosophy in particular, and, by extension, of the spiritual Hispano-Americanicity at its ripest, and last but not least, as a personification of the decolonized ―Motherland as well as a feminine symbol of the fate of Hispanic America at large. El presente trabajo investigativo plantea un enfoque hermenéutico socio-antropológico de la trayectoria vital de Catalina Guzmán de Ascencio, la protagonista de la novela mastrettiana Arráncame la vida (1985). Al desentrañar el armazón identitario del personaje, pretendemos examinar los resortes subyacentes al adulterio y rastrear los pivotes axiológicos de la conducta femenina, esto es, incidir en el cómo y los porqués de su evolución ontogénica con vistas a hacer un esbozo del perfil psicológico de la jovencísima adúltera mexicana, poner de relieve sus avatares identitarios y pilares idiosincrásicos, así como delinear las pautas de construcción de su feminidad. En este sentido, las progresivas tomas de conciencia y poder de la protagonista, a la par que los escalones madurativos que ésta va remontando a fin de convertirse de víctima en victimaria, de ingenua en ingeniosa, de imitativa en combativa, de dependiente e insuficiente en independiente y autosuficiente, dan fe de un singular proceso de construcción de la identidad femenina cimentado en la gradual destrucción de la alteridad masculina, cuando no en repentinas o paulatinas autodestrucciones. A la luz de todo ello, la atípica esposa del general Ascencio parece sentar las bases de una nueva tipología literaria, vertebrada por la conciencia de género, al ser una feminista en ciernes, pero, aun así, revolucionaria para la época. En virtud de algunas claves de lectura alegórica que barajamos, sopesamos, por último, la posibilidad de interpretar a Catalina Guzmán de Ascencio como epítome de la filosofía vital mexicana en concreto, y, por extensión, de la quintaesencia espiritual hispanoamericana, a la vez que hipóstasis de la ―Madre Patria‖ descolonializada y símbolo femenino del destino de toda Hispanoamérica.

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Two Monologues: Feminist ‘Femininity’ and Evolutionary ‘Masculinity’: Analysis of Two Research Paradigms of Sexuality

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Łuczaj K.

Kultura i Społeczeństwo

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2014

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vol. 58

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issue 1

21-39

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The author analyzes attitudes to the phenomenon of sexuality on the basis of two theoretical perspectives, the evolutionary and the feminist, between which there has long been conflict. In his opinion, however, they are only seemingly contrary. The main texts of both trends of thought concern entirely different problems and at the substantive level there is basically no contradiction between them. It is important that evolutionary theory often undermines existing cultural schemas, although this is rarely perceived by proponents of feminist theories. Evolutionists, in turn, rather too often identify feminism with radical social constructivism. Another extreme is a view that could be described as evolutionary sexism, consisting in justifying the gender status quo by reference to biological essentialism. After elimination of the extreme approaches, which are rare in any case, it is possible to use the results of evolutionary research in the debate over gender equality and to transform the two monologues into a cohesive dialogue; this, in the author’s opinion, is an important task for empirically oriented social theory

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Dziewczyny, które gryzą. „Córki Dancingu” jako kino buntu

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Jagielski S.

Kwartalnik Filmowy

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2017

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issue 100 O świętowaniu

126-144

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W „Córkach Dancingu” (2015) Agnieszki Smoczyńskiej bohaterki-syreny samą swoją obecnością naruszają obowiązujący – patriarchalny i heteronormatywny – porządek społeczny. Ów film to kino wielkiej odmowy, przykład feministycznego i queerowego kontrkina, które każe nam spojrzeć na rzeczywistość przez pryzmat potworów i niesie ze sobą obietnicę innego życia, porządku i pragnienia. Jagielski sytuuje film Smoczyńskiej w kontekście, po pierwsze, kampowej estetyki oraz cielesnych i abiektalnych gatunków (horroru, musicalu i melodramatu), po drugie zaś – negatywnych afektów: niespełnionej miłości, smutku, depresji, żalu, utraty czy gniewu. Koncentruje się on na obrazach potwornych, pokawałkowanych ciał oraz sadomasochistycznych, melodramatycznych i muzycznych performance’ów. „Wsteczność” – kampowa estetyka, abiektalne ciała, „słabe” afekty, niemodne artefakty – prowadzi widzów „Córek Dancingu”, jak dowodzi autor, w stronę utopii, nadziei i przyszłości.

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In Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s “The Lure” (“Córki Dancingu”, 2015) the siren heroines, by their very presence, violate the dominating – patriarchal and heteronormative – social order. This film is a cinema of great refusal, an example of a feminist and queer counter-cinema, which makes us look at reality through the prism of monsters and brings with it the promise of a different life, order and desire. Jagielski situates Smoczyńska’s film in the context of, firstly, camp aesthetics and bodily and abject genres (horror, musical and melodrama), and second – negative affects: unrequited love, sadness, depression, grief, loss or anger. He focuses on images of monstrous, fragmented bodies and sadomasochistic, melodramatic and musical performances. “Backwardness” – camp aesthetics, abnormal bodies, “weak” affects, unfashionable artefacts – lead the viewers of “The Lure”, as the author shows, towards utopia, hope and the future.

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The Return of the Surreal: Towards a Poetic and Playful Sociology

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Foster V.

Qualitative Sociology Review

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2019

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vol. 15

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issue 1

148-164

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This article argues that the time is ripe to reacquaint sociology and surrealism. Taking inspiration from surrealism’s emphasis on making the ordinary strange through bizarre, lively and sometimes haunting methods might result in a more poetic and playful sociology. The article looks at how this might be applied in practice through drawing on a variety of examples of social research that share some of the tenets of surrealism, not least the latter’s focus on social justice. This enables discussion of a number of methodological concerns stemming from feminist and post-structuralist thought, including the troubling of narrative coherency and the notion of “voice.” Infusing sociology with “a surrealist spirit” requires opening up and moving away from rationality in ways that allow for the exploration of contradictions, irreverence, humor, and paradox.

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Wolves and Women: À Propos the Clarissa Pinkola Estés’s Book

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Partyka J.

Dialogue and Universalism

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2014

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issue 1

227-232

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Clarissa Pinkola Estés in the book Women Who Run with the Wolves. Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype (1992) explores the relationship she sees between women and wolves. In the very beginning of her book she writes: “Wildlife and the Wild Woman are both endangered species.” To be wise, creative and powerful a modern woman has to regain her connection to nature, claims Estés. On the other hand, we know that in the European culture women have always been perceived as emotional, weak creatures closer to nature and to “wildlife” than men. To be “closer to animals in our culture is to be denigrated,” we read in Lynda Birke’s paper “Exploring the boundaries: Feminism, Animals and Science.” Following the concept of the Wild Woman I will try to cope with some paradoxes hidden in it.

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THE PEDAGOGIC RELEVANCE OF ALOBWED’EPIE’S THE DEATH CERTIFICATE TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN CAMEROON: A THEMATIC APPROACH

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Ade N. P.

International Journal of New Economics and Social Sciences

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2020

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vol. 11(1)

361-376

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Literature and society work hand in glove because literature is a reflection of the realities of our society. This paper sets out to examine the pedagogic relevance of Literature in general and Prose in particular to Cameroonian High school students. It aims at presenting how and why The Death Certificate should be taught to Cameroonian High School Students. First, Students need to be informed about the society. Second, they should know what to do in face of various issues that arise in the society in general. Third, The Death Certificate handles themes such as love, power, domination and feminism which can conveniently be understood by High School Students. It is in this light that writers draw inspiration from the society to produce literary texts. Fourth, a work of art should not be limited; it should entertain, educate and inform us about our society. Fifth, Literature which reflects or acts as a mirror of life in society should be taught in schools because it shapes the students’ moral behavior. It also creates awareness in students by helping them to know more about the preoccupations of the society in which they live. It is thanks to literature that we learn much about society and the people who live in it. Pedagogy, Literature, Prose, Education, Alobwed’Epie, Feminism, Style, Students, Teachers, Society Literatura i społeczne znajdują się bok o bok, literatura jest odzwierciedleniem realnych warunków naszego społeczeństwa. W tym artykule analizowane jest znaczenie pedagogiczne literatury ogólnie oraz prozy w szczególności dla uczniów w Kamerunie. Jego celem jest przedstawienie, w jaki sposób i dlaczego powinno się uczyć powieści „The Death Certificate” uczniów w Kamerunie. Przede wszystkim uczniowie powinni być nauczani o społeczeństwie. Po drugie, oni powinni wiedzieć, jak się zachować w różnych sytuacjach, które pojawiają się w społeczeństwie ogólnie. Po trzecie, „The Death Certificate” odnosi się do takich tematów jak miłość, władza, dominacja i feminizm, które w sposób wygodny mogą być zrozumiałe przez uczniów. Właśnie w takim świetle pisarze czerpią inspiracje ze społeczeństwa by pisać swoje teksty. Po czwarte, dzieło sztuki nie powinno mieć granic; powinno bawić, edukować oraz informować nas o naszym społeczeństwie. Po piąte, w szkole powinna być nauczana literatura, która odzwierciedla lub działa jak lustro dla życia w społeczeństwie, ponieważ kształtuje ona morale uczniów. Tworzy również świadomość w uczniach pomagając im dowiadywać się więcej o problemach społeczeństwa, w którym żyją. To właśnie dzięki literaturze, że możemy tak dużo się nauczyć o społeczeństwie i ludziach, którzy w nim żyją. Pedagogika, Literatura, Proza, Edukacja, Alobwed’Epie, Feminizm, Styl, Studenci, Nauczyciele, Społeczeństwo

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System Rady Europy wobec ochrony praw kobiet

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Nawrot K.

Zeszyt Studencki Kół Naukowych Wydziału Prawa i Administracji UAM

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2019

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issue 9

s. 229-245

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Problematyka praw kobiet jest stale poruszanym zagadnieniem w kwestii publicznej. Początki walki o równość płci sięgają XVIII wieku, jednak kobiety wciąż padają ofiarami dyskryminacyjnych praktyk. Celem niniejszego artykułu jest zwięzłe przedstawienie podstawowych nurtów feminizmu jako ruchu walczącego o równouprawnienie płci oraz jaki wpływ na sytuację prawną kobiet miała zrodzona z niego feministyczna jurysprudencja. W dalszej części zarysowano mechanizmy antydyskryminacyjne w systemie Rady Europy oraz sposób ochrony kobiet w sferze zatrudnienia. Artykuł wieńczy przedstawienie kilku wyroków Europejskiego Trybunału Praw Człowieka.

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The issue of women's rights is continuously debated in the public domain. The beginnings of the fight for gender equality began in the eighteenth century, but women are still subjected to discriminatory practices. The aim of this article is to briefly present the main trends of feminism as a movement fighting for gender equality, and what influence feminist jurisprudence has on the legal situation of women. In the following part of the paper, anti-discrimination mechanisms are presented in the system of the Council of Europe and the way women are protected in the sphere of employment. The article finishes with the presentation of several judgments of the European Court of Human Rights.

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Beauty and the Cosmetic Secret

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Heggenstaller A. K., Rau A., Coetzee J. K., Smit R., Ryen A.

Qualitative Sociology Review

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2018

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vol. 14

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issue 4

66-84

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Cosmetic surgery is often linked to the perception that women who resort to cosmetic interventions to alter their physical appearance are vain, superficial, and narcissistic. Few investigations have acknowledged and explored the individual’s personal motivations and experiences of her action and choice with regards to aesthetic surgery. By focusing on subjective experience, alternative insights can be gained on the cosmetic procedure(s) and on how their reshaped body influences an individual’s lifeworld experience. The article explores the perceived benefits and consequences of reshaping, enhancing, and/or reducing a perceived flaw or shortcoming of the body. From this exploration the focus moves to the individual’s subjective and intersubjective perceptions: how she motivates and justifies her physical transformation whilst keeping private, and at times hiding, her surgical intervention. Drawing on narratives from several women, we attempt to understand how they experience cosmetic surgery in terms of their personal sense of self and their everyday social reality.

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Księga Ruth - w kierunku nowego biblijnego feminizmu

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Graczyk W.

Teologia i Moralność

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2017

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vol. 12

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issue 2(22)

291-306

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The Book of Ruth is one of the shortest books of the Old Testament, but it gives the believer one of the most important truths of the Christian faith, that is, faith in Divine Providence. Through the history of simple women, Ruth and Naomi, the inspired author shows that God works in the daily routine of man in his intricate fate, which sometimes seems to contradict God’s goodness. The trust of Ruth and Naomi makes their common destiny illuminated by God, who acts not only in great and spectacular salvific events. The Lord reveals His presence in the world by the people who are sent to those who appear to be rejected by him. Women become figures of faith and trust in God. The article, based on the analysis of the Book of Ruth, shows a woman as an example of trust in Divine Providence. Woman’s trust turns out to be the basis of a close relationship with God, which a man can learn from his life partner. This kind of total devotion to God by a woman can also be a sign of God’s fidelity to every human being. So, based on the Book of Ruth, we can create a theory of some kind of biblical feminism that is perfectly morally healthy, because it is based on faith in God, His providence and love, and not on false faith in human capacities and abilities.

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Mal (e) Development , (Com)modification , Nationalism and Feminist Consciousness: An Analysis of Arundhati Roy’s Writings

Satire, humour and parody in 21st Century Nigerian women’s poetry

RETHINKING GENDER, RETHINKING MIGRATION: Wherever One Wants to Go. Rosi Braidotti’s Concept of a ‘Nomadic Subject’ and Its Philosophical Possibilities

PŁEĆ KULTUROWA W PRAKTYKACH MIGRACYJNYCH: Wherever One Wants to Go. Rosi Braidotti’s Concept of a ‘Nomadic Subject’ and Its Philosophical Possibilities

CATALINA GUZMÁN DE ASCENCIO O EL CONFLICTO DE LEALTADES: ENTRE EL MACHISMO, EL MALINCHISMO Y EL FEMINISMO

Two Monologues: Feminist ‘Femininity’ and Evolutionary ‘Masculinity’: Analysis of Two Research Paradigms of Sexuality

Dziewczyny, które gryzą. „Córki Dancingu” jako kino buntu

The Return of the Surreal: Towards a Poetic and Playful Sociology

Wolves and Women: À Propos the Clarissa Pinkola Estés’s Book

THE PEDAGOGIC RELEVANCE OF ALOBWED’EPIE’S THE DEATH CERTIFICATE TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN CAMEROON: A THEMATIC APPROACH

System Rady Europy wobec ochrony praw kobiet

Beauty and the Cosmetic Secret

Księga Ruth - w kierunku nowego biblijnego feminizmu