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Rissa De La Paz
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How race, gender, age and class affects the way people are perceived
...class? Our short animation explores…...The following animation introduces how race, gender, age and class may impact on the way people are perceived and treated. Transcript While the animation, of course, oversimplifies the rather complex processes leading to categorisation and discrimination based on socio-cultural factors, it has hopefully illustrated some of the...
History & The Arts
Simone de Beauvoir and the feminist revolution
...de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex. Figure 7 Simone de Beauvoir’s class of Philosophy, Lycée Molière, Paris, 1938. Read the following extract, then answer the questions about it. Even when her rights are recognised abstractly, long-standing habit keeps them from being concretely manifested in customs. Economically, men and women almost form two castes; all things being...
History & The Arts
Re-assessing the Marquis de Sade
...de Sade, is infamous throughout literature and popular culture for a life and body of work that pushed boundaries. Literally synonymous with sexual and violent excess, his reputation as a writer is often clouded by the extreme nature of his work. In a series of lively and engaging discussions, Alex Barber, Angelica Goodden and Timo Airaksinen re-assess both the man and...
History & The Arts
Wordsworth, De Quincey and Dove cottage
...De Quincy whom documented his time with the Wordsworth’s as well as his own experiences in the property. This material forms part of The Open University course A230 Reading and studying literature... Being in the lake district How Wordsworth time in this area influenced his work. Home at Grasmere Extract from the poem, as well an exploration of how it was developed....
History & The Arts
World-Changing Women: Christine de Pizan
...de Pizan became widowed in her mid-twenties, she supported her extended family by becoming one of the first female writers in Europe. Find out more about her life... Christine de Pizan c.1364 - c.1430 France Literature [Christine de Pizan image] Christine de Pizan lecturing to a group of men, 1413. During the late middle ages in Europe, few women had any control over the...