This thesis critically interrogates how masculinist practices of breakdancing offers a site for the transgression of gendered norms. Drawing on my own experiences as a female within the male-dominated breakdancing scene in Sydney, first as a spectator, then as an active crew member, this thesis questions why so few female participants engage in this creative space, and how breakdancing might be the space to displace and deterritorialise gender. I use analytic autoetthnography and interviews with scene members in collaboration with theoretical frameworks offered by Deleuze and Guttari, Butler, Bourdieu and other feminist and post-structuralist philosophers, to critically examine how the capacities of bodies are constituted and shaped in Sydney's breakdancing scene, and to also locate the potentiality for moments of transgression. In other words, I conceptualize the breaking body as not a 'body' constituted through regulations and assumptions, but as an assemblage open to new rhizomatic connections. Breaking is a space that embraces difference, whereby the rituals of the dance not only augment its capacity to deterritorialize the body, but also facilitate new possibilities for performativities beyond the confines of dominant modes of thought and normative gender construction. Consequently, this thesis attempts to contribute to what I perceive as a significant gap in scholarship on hip-hop, breakdancing, and autoethnographic explorations of Deleuze-Guattarian theory.
The worst part is that this is only the second worse example of Australians appropriating African-American youth culture. Maybe if Snipes used the correct academic jargon and cited the right French libertarians he, too, could have a PHD in cultural studies
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Judith Butler, one of the tards cited, won a worst writing award because she writes worthless nonsense word salad better than anyone
Behold her first prize slop writing:
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What does it mean?
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There is an text to iq site which guesses the persons IQ based in the text posted there. I just think its funny.
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So she's smart?
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according to the site but don't worry we don't know how it determines iq so it could be right or wrong for all we know
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In this context, "capital" refers to economic capital, which is the accumulation of wealth, resources, and assets that are used to generate more wealth. It is a key concept in Marxist theory, where capital is seen as a driving force in shaping social relations, particularly in capitalist societies. The idea is that capital influences how power and social structures are organized, often leading to class divisions and inequalities.
In the passage, "capital" is understood as a force that traditionally was thought to structure social relations in a consistent, predictable way (a structuralist view). However, the text suggests a shift in thinking towards a more dynamic understanding of how power and social relations are structured, where the influence of capital is seen as more variable and context-dependent.
"The shift from seeing capital as a consistent force structuring social relations to viewing power as more fluid and changeable has introduced the idea of time into structural thinking. This marks a move from seeing structures as fixed to recognizing that they can change depending on context, redefining the concept of hegemony as tied to the ongoing reshaping of power.
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honestly doesn't seem that bad. it's dense but i think it would read well enough if i were a bit more familiar with the context. i've seen worse, anyway
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