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Page 34
... social pressures force us to accept that , at first , most monsters are evil merely because society has deemed then monstrous . In this sense , Hollywood's ( re ) creation of Frankenstein and Dracula tells us much about social prejudice ...
... social pressures force us to accept that , at first , most monsters are evil merely because society has deemed then monstrous . In this sense , Hollywood's ( re ) creation of Frankenstein and Dracula tells us much about social prejudice ...
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... social and religious authorities . Insofar as the state control of sexuality enforces the institution of marriage as a tool for produc- ing a conforming citizenry , Rochester's closet sets him up as a man willing to defy and thus ...
... social and religious authorities . Insofar as the state control of sexuality enforces the institution of marriage as a tool for produc- ing a conforming citizenry , Rochester's closet sets him up as a man willing to defy and thus ...
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... social contexts is like the mask on stage in that the characters tacitly accept the lie as truth and are willingly deceived . While Lady Bellaston and Justine wear masks , they act within socially prescribed arenas of falsehood . At the ...
... social contexts is like the mask on stage in that the characters tacitly accept the lie as truth and are willingly deceived . While Lady Bellaston and Justine wear masks , they act within socially prescribed arenas of falsehood . At the ...
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Seizing the Erotic | 23 |
The Sexual Predator | 47 |
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