Sentences with phrase «societal construct of»

She also changed her last name to Chicago after the town of her birth, shunning the patriarchal and societal construct of taking the father's last name, and pioneered Feminist art and art education through a unique program for women at California State University, Fresno, a pedagogical approach that she has continued to develop over the years.

I prefer to call him my partner - in - sex but by the rules of the English language and the societal constructs of terms we assign to one another, he is technically and legally my husband.

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In this particular instance it is not very difficult to imagine scenarios in the not - too - distant future in which there might occur resurgences of socialist policies and ideals: the failure of neo-capitalist regimes in developing societies and / or the formerly Communist countries in Europe to achieve economic take - off; the insight granted to sundry dictators and despots that, while socialism invariably immiserates the masses, it is a very good recipe for enriching those who claim to hold power as the vanguard of the masses; the «creeping socialism» (still an aptly descriptive term) brought on by massive government intervention in the economy in the name of some societal good, e.g., there could be an environmentalist road to socialism, or a feminist one, or one constructed (perhaps inadvertently) with some other building blocks of politically managed regulations and entitlements; or, last but not least, the actual restoration of socialism, by coup or by voting, in a number of countries, beginning with Russia.

So universally understood is this God given truth that virtually all religions and / or societal constructs have some form of it in their value systems.

Oliver Lyttleton, The Playlist «There is a vein of dark humour running through Lanthimos» earlier films, but «The Lobster» embraces it wholeheartedly: the film's a blend of the works of Charlie Kaufman and Luis Buñuel, an uproarious yet deadpan satire concerning societal constructs, dating mores and power structures that also manages to be a surprisingly moving, gloriously weird love story.»

Aronofsky puts to work the tools of the horror genre (the haunted house - isolated in a forest, bumps in the night, body horror, unwelcome strangers, horror as a manifestation of marital problems) to construct a Trojan Horse from which springs a complex thesis about the commodity and vanity of celebrity, mass societal behaviour, procreation, religion and more.

In a CNN.com commentary, Dean Kathleen McCartney discusses how parental roles — particularly the role of the mother — are a societal construct that needs to change.

«The GDELT Project is an initiative to construct a catalog of human societal - scale behavior and beliefs across all countries of the world, connecting every person, organization, location, count, theme, news source, and event across the planet into a single massive network that captures what's happening around the world, what its context is and who's involved, and how the world is feeling about it, every single day.»

In describing her distinguished practice, the gallery said she has «emerged as a central voice in a generation of American artists questioning constructed societal historical narratives and the performative crafting of identity.

«[Lorna Simpson] has emerged as a central voice in a generation of American artists questioning constructed societal historical narratives and the performative crafting of identity.

Emanating from the froth of textile is a soundscape constructed from Goodman's interviews with dozens of unmarried South African women, revealing the strong and varying opinions and feelings women have with regard to marriage and the societal pressure placed on them.

Outlining a ritual of incarceration from entry to release and re-integration, State of Incarceration constructs a complex challenge to the societal perceptions and fear - based policies of a nation with the highest rate of incarceration in the world.

Her transformation of raw natural elements to hand hewn forms, thus becomes analogous of human evolution from biological to societal construct that shape our understanding of nature and one another.

Through the surgical dissection of mass publications, Anna constructs new, fantastical landscapes that question societal norms and ideals.

My work exposes the absurdity of the societal constructs via sculpted objects, photography, and video positioned in spatial and multidisciplinary environments.

Generally his questions seek to find the persisting nature of societal problems and its constructs.

Bormuth has constructed a paradigm of motherhood by representing the mother as object rather than subject as he searches for realism within motherhood in art historical and societal roles.

The only way to understand our complex reality, then, is to acknowledge and question the meaning of the theatrical elements that have constructed this play - our core societal narrative.»

A new exhibit invites visitors to journey with Donjuan as he continues to explore his personal narrative of societal constructs and perceptions of illegal immigration.

His works play on ideas of sensory perception and will, constructing absurd scenes full of contrast, often creating metaphors layered with societal references.

In addition, Fabian's «Contraption» series adopts the stylings of Rube Goldberg machines to reflect his observation of societal constructs and its effect on poor and working class communities.

This has led me to wonder what elevated the construct of Place, and what societal influences are triggering the conversations about a «sense of place».