However, the director, Michael Greif, wanted to ensure that this musical preserves authenticity in an honest rather than insulting way that shows people who may be seen as an "outsider" (for example, the homeless) as a recognizable and sensitive human, just like everyone else. ... Many saw gay people as "outsiders" or as a disturbance to society, and Larson shows that in this musical, the characters are not affected by what society has characterized them based on their gender or sexuality. ...

• Word Count: 1633
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Through masculine male characters such as Pedro Romero and Liu Kanghi, these stories reveal that often times, only outsiders to society actually possess masculinity. ... Liu, on the other hand, symbolizes an outsider to American culture as illustrated by his Chinese decent and his name, Liu Kanghi, which suggests foreigner. ... - Therefore, this scene serves to further contrast Liu's innocence with James' experience, implying that Liu's masculinity results from being an outsider to society. ...

• Word Count: 2224
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

From dog-fighting in Mexico to issues of transsexuality in Cuba, contemporary Latin American cinema covers a diverse array of topics. Lauren Mulvey, British feminist film theorist, uses pyschoanaylitics to offer a feminist critique of all classical narrative cinema. She establishes that narrative cinema is viewed from the male gaze and women are coded for their "to-be-looked-at-ness". She offers that female characters add nothing or very little to actual elements of plot and character but rather are subjected to male scopophilia, the fetishistic and voyeuristic, due to phallocentrici...

• Word Count: 4301
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Do you ever feel like you are being shut out from a group? Or like your opinion is ignored and considered insignificant? In present society the exclusion of people or groups of people often occurs, which makes these (groups of) people outcasts. Most of the time this means that they are being totally...

• Word Count: 992
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

She claims, that in order for an officer to be perceived as effective (within the workforce and not necessarily outsiders) they have to demonstrate a sense of masculinity, which she often describes as "acting crazy." ...

• Word Count: 1450
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Prostitution becomes a multifaceted symbol within Andrew Pham's Catfish and Mandala as it represents self-abnegation within Vietnam, past financial survival for Andrew's family, and a temporary solution for his admitted emotional limitedness. On the other hand, it signifies guilt and shame for Andre...

• Word Count: 2179
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Title IX pushed for equal opportunity between the sexes within the classroom in the 1970s. When Nixon finally signed the amendment into law June 23, 1972, initially it was instituted to "prohibit discrimination on basis of sex for educational programs or activities that receive funding from governme...

• Word Count: 2009
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Comet and Aye and Gomorrah are two science fiction short stories that discuss racism and sexuality in post-apocalypses, respectively. In The Comet, W.E.B. Du Bois describes the relationship between a black man, Jim, and a white woman, Julia, after a comet hits New York City and kills everyone ex...

• Word Count: 2007
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate