1. “Reinstating Corporeality: Feminism and Body Politics”
By: Janet Wolff
Week 12 Presentation
Stephanie Peck and Edited By: Laura Pratt and Dr. Kay Picart

2. Body Discourses Preexisting meanings of female body
How do women experience oppression?
Preexisting meanings of female body
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Internalization of the-

3. Indirectly Experiencing the Body
Judeo-Christian belief system
Epistemological foundation
Demonization of physical in post-Enlightenment thought
Baconian “rape” of nature
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4. Body Types Classical body Docile body Grotesque body ________________
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Grotesque body
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5. Transgression and the Female Other
“Monsterous-feminine” archetype (Julia Kristeva)
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Maternal-as-monstrous
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Proximity results in fractured psyche
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6. Dance as Subversive Classical dancer upholds ___________ body type
Modern dancer important in upholding ___________ body types and creating narrative space for strong/ threatening women

7. Grotesque/Classical?

8. Works Cited
Texts
Halberstam, Judith. Skin Shows. New York; Columbus
“My Perogative.” Spears video.
Psycho. Dir. Hitchcock
Wolff, Janet. “Reinstating Corporeality: Feminism and body Politics.” MM. Course Library.