Orange Coast College Multifaceted Social Construction of Femininity Questions

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Please read: Maud Lavin, “Portraits, Dancers and Coquettes: theModern Woman in Höch’s Photomontages, 1923-1935,” Cut With a Kitchen Knife: The Weimar Photomontages of Hannah Höch (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993) pp. 122-157, and have a look at the handout “Six Reading Habits to Develop in Your First Year.” Answer the questions below briefly, typing directly into the worksheet.1. In a few sentences, summarize the Maud Lavin’s main overall argument (her thesis).2. What kind of evidence does the author use to support herthesis? Give three examples, and describe how they support the argument. 3. How does the author define irony here? What is the position she says irony allows Hannah Höch to inhabit?4. Compare footnote 25 and footnote 27. What are their different functions? 5. Why, according to this author, are Höch’s photomontages of women important to us today?

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Social construction

feminine identity

anger and tension

gender formation

sexuality and politics

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