Ambivalence

claims that, “[A] finely honed voice, struggling toward self-definition,” has emerged from Chin’s poems (25). He proves this through his depictions of her “self-mockery and satire,” (36) as well as her “pattern of multiplicity, self-erasure, and ambivalence,” (36) in her poem “How I Got That Name: An Essay on Assimilation.” In my opinion, Cery does an excellent job of interpreting and discussing Chin’s poetry in an informative and convincing manner throughout his article.…

Unlike many of the writers that have been covered in this class, Feenberg does not feel the need to drown readers in a sea of senseless jargon in order to make a point (I am indeed referring to Haraway). Rather his goal is merely to challenge our common sense instincts on technology, hence the title ‘Questioning Technology’. Specifically, he is attempting to push against the initials views many may hold regarding the perceived neutrality and objectivity of technology, which leads many to…

in the understanding of authenticity as ethnic boundaries are blurred through mass displacement. The Pogues and The Smiths were both musically skilled groups and were commercially successful. They both expressed a second-generation sentiment of ambivalence to forming a hybrid identity as Irish descendants living in England. The Pogues continually referenced the history of the Irish diaspora within a contemporary English context, while The Smiths’ works bared far fewer traces of their cultural…

In democracy, public opinion is very important for politicians because citizens are the ones who elect their office representatives, at the same time citizens have to act together to solve collective action problems. Polls express citizens’ public opinion that government pays attention and mobilize their campaigns around these opinions. However, a person has a combination of different beliefs, feelings and behavior about politics based on information and knowledge that has been acquired…

the duration of stay for clients with short interventions. Consequently the term dual diagnosis is used to describe people affected by a mental disorder and substance use. The processes for MI explores the individual’s substance use and their ambivalence towards change, exploring their prior attempts to change gave clinicians opportunity to build on motivation for change and in some cases the challenge involved the individual’s patterns of substance use and readiness to commit to focus on…

In conclusion, counseling can address the issue of emotional eating for Client X through an integrated approach of dialectal and cognitive-behavioral therapy focusing on maladaptive eating behavior patterns. Both individual and group counseling settings can benefit Client X in an attempt to recognize maladaptive behaviors and enact changes by distinguishing between physiological hunger and emotional reactions. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) connects cognitive and behavioral therapies…

However, since India‘s mimicry of the English blurred the boundary between the rulers and ruled, the dream of anglicizing Indians threatened to Indianite Englishness- a reversal the colonists found intolerable. Mimicry is therefore a state of ambivalence and undermines the claims of imperial discourse and makes it impossible to isolate the racialized essence of either the colonized or the colonizer.…

relatively brief intervention (Levensky, Kersch, Cavasos, & Brooks, 2008). According to Miller and Roderick, MI, “Has been defined as a directive, client centered counseling style for eliciting behavior change by helping clients to explore and resolve ambivalence. In addition, it is a goal-orientated approach that can help break down resistance to change…

of ambivalence. While the trait is important to her, she does not exactly see it as a positive factor, saying that after coming home and declaring that Eisenhower would win the election, “I was doomed. It was fatal to say, ‘Everyone says so.’” (137) To conclude, Dillard’s mother was an important person in her life, as she shows throughout many anecdotes in her writing. She looks at her mother’s love for jokes and words with admiration and her desire for uniqueness with an air of ambivalence.…

The excerpt, “‘No Way My Boys Are Going to Be Like That!’ Parents’ Responses to Children’s Gender Nonconformity”, discusses parental responses to children’s gender nonconformity and the notable differences between both daughters and sons, as well as heterosexual and gay parents. The author, Emily W. Kane, presents interview findings from 42 parents of preschool children from a variety of social backgrounds. The parents involved demonstrated that they were consciously aware of their…