Sula’s Sex Powers
Sunday, April 18th, 2010
Sula’s Sex Powers I thought that the pedagogization of sex that was present throughout the novel was an interesting contrast to the Stevenson essay in which women equated sex with principle. As a previous poster stated, Sula learned her sexual behaviors from her mother, Hannah. Hannah was described as sleeping with men easily and often. […]
Sula’s Sex Powers
Tags: influence, pedagogization, pleasure, power, sex, Sula
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Power in “The Scarlett Letter”
Monday, March 1st, 2010
Power in The Scarlett Letter Godbeer’s essay, “Sodomy in Colonial New England” posed an interesting history about the definition of sodomy and the power relations within that definition. Previous coursework of mine (more specifically, American Legal Systems) established that sodomy was non-reproductive sex. This definition was present in the Godbeer essay as part of the […]
Power in “The Scarlett Letter”
Tags: Hester Prynne, hierarchy, influence, nonreproductive, power, power relations, sexual act, sodomy
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