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Women’s Changing Dress and Role at the Turn of the 20th Century American poet Walt Whitman once wrote, “Sail, sail thy best, ship of Democracy/Of value is thy freight, ‘tis not the Present only/The Past is also stored in thee” in his poem Thou Mother with Thy Equal Brood. Throughout America’s short and dynamic history, women have played a vital role in the development of belief systems, policy making, and country building that fostered the country America is today. However, that is not to say…

The Academy award winning film Titanic depicts ideologies of gender and class differences of the 1910’s. Masculinity of the upper class male is portrayed as strong, violent and intellectual men. On the contrary, upper class women are represented as separate spheres and submissive to the males. James Cameron, the writer and director, makes a fascinating portrayal of Rose, the lead character, in relation to feminity. The movie Titanic visibly depicts the altering disposition of women’s place in…

Hooverizing, Just Do It People always want to help our troops overseas like sending money or writing letters, but can you help just by not eating a certain food? Why yes you can because in World War 1 we did that exact thing. It was called Hooverizing. On August, 1917 the Food Administration was created to manage the supply, conservation, distribution, and transportation of food (Schumm). Saving food made America the fourth lowest in weight nation wide. Which was a good thing because we were…

Beyonce is sitting on the roof of the police car of New Orleans in the lake; then one may see the streets of this city and the singer says that she is back; 0:33. Beyonce is dressed in the white corset Givenchy dress with the umbrella in her hand. This…

movie is kind of slow." The second was, "relax, you're only two minutes into it." The next 148 minutes went by faster than I expected them to. Steven Spielberg brought the Civil War to a modern audience in a way that only he can. From the dresses and corsets to the soldiers' uniforms and weapons, the cast and crew brought the four long years of the Civil war to present day audiences. The gore of Civil War battles that was discussed in class was shown in gut-wrenching ways with battlefields…

Bordo starts off the article by discussing the general societal trends that could push women into having eating disorders such as anorexia. Western culture is obsessed with being thin and being fat is seen as the worst possible situation to be in. one reason for this is that the body is one of the easiest facets of someone’s life to control. One cannot control if their mail gets lost of if there is extra traffic on their way to work but one can control the amount of food they eat. Women impacted…

were “Supposed to need a certain type of clothing-long, straight lines to cover her awkwardness- and the stores advertised their gowns as “flapper-dresses”. Flappers were replacing usual fashion with revealing clothing and also they threw away their corsets. This meant that flappers were becoming really popular, they also had magazines to influence the others. The U.S. secretary of labor criticized the “flippancy of the cigarette smoking, cocktail-drinking flappers” and that caused them to have…

How Fashion Can Kill You How would you feel if someone were to tell you by wearing clothes you promote modern day slavery? The type of slavery where a person completely controls another person using violence or threats of violence to maintain and control, exploits them economically and they can not walk away. People never stop to think about what, the word “fashion” really means, and of course the first thing that comes up in our minds when seeing the word “fashion” is clothing, clothing that we…

a. In modern versions of Snow White, she is depicted as a young maiden who enjoys cooking, cleaning, and speaking to animals. Traditionally, she was the object of jealousy by the evil queen and was ordered to be killed in the name of vanity. She is asked by the huntsman to run away so she can live, but when the queen discovers that she still lives, she decides to do the job herself. Snow White is an “innocent” child whom sees no reason to think that the strange old woman giving her an apple…

large of a range. Women's clothing consisted of things such as, dresses that were embroidered with complex decorative designs. These dresses were tight and encumbered movement. This was due to the clothing worn underneath the dress. This piece was a corset which was made up of two different pieces. The top piece also referred to as the bodice. This piece connects to the skirt with lacings. These dresses also had high necks in them. But particular details in this dressed changed throughout the…