tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6210629296855171154.post761077617473200153..comments2023-11-05T03:42:54.499-08:00Comments on Literary Theory: bell hooks- Is Paris Burning?MonicaPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01620162072050143265noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6210629296855171154.post-73666477820466576992011-03-14T23:38:14.278-07:002011-03-14T23:38:14.278-07:00The title is called Paris is Burning becuase that&...The title is called Paris is Burning becuase that's a title of one pf performances on drag balls and Paris is represented as the place of right way of thinking and dressing(as mentioned in the movie)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6210629296855171154.post-72880865421174299672011-03-14T23:25:51.665-07:002011-03-14T23:25:51.665-07:00The notion about the cross dressing is an interest...The notion about the cross dressing is an interesting one...when women dress as men they gain a physical power (because this is what they're portraying) but that's it...when men dress as women they loose power because they're entering into the world of powerlessness. Yet, since they never have a real constructed identity, the power is not complete. I don't know if this answers any of your questions but it's another approach that the text offers.cynthmvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017277329258352602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6210629296855171154.post-20449310652694572612011-03-14T22:58:44.354-07:002011-03-14T22:58:44.354-07:00documentary films are scripted, just like feature ...documentary films are scripted, just like feature "fiction" films, they are also edited. Some of them may seem more "realistic", as you say, but that doesn´t mean they are less of a representation of reality than Alice in Wonderland, for example. Its just a different form, and not even that, sometimes, most of the times.<br />"voguing" could be another word to describe "Paris is burning".S.O.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12012918146996722404noreply@blogger.com