Cruising Mat Motor: Malay biker masculinity and queer desire in/through KL Menjerit     

David C.L. Lim 《Inter-Asia Cultural Studies》2013,14(1):62-80

Abstract

This paper examines the construction of working‐class Mat Motor (Malay biker) masculinity and queer desire in/through KL Menjerit, a commercial biker film that exudes the unmistakably aura of working‐class kejantanan (masculinity). Specifically, I focus on how the film – or more precisely the ‘queer moments’ it contains – resonates in ways that are not necessarily obvious to the disinterested heterosexual public eye. The discussion takes into account both filmic elements and the sexual geography of Kuala Lumpur (KL), where shifting biker spaces sometimes intersect with homosexual cruising sites. My argument is that the film’s representation of the Mat Motor protagonist as unbendingly straight and heterosexually jantan – while imaginably gratifying to the core audience of Mat Motors – actually belies the opposite reality of KL’s ‘forgotten’ underside, where gender and sexuality are much more fluid and malleable than is sanctioned by society and the state.  相似文献   

Marxism and Class Analysis. By André Béteille.     

《Cultural and Social History》2013,10(2):255-259

ABSTRACT

The emergence of a new type of consumer society was catalysed rather than impeded by the tumultuous events of the late 1960s. The rebels of 1968 contributed considerably to the breaking down of conservative obstacles to consumption, to the opening up of new markets and to the creation of a new type of consumer. At its heart, ‘1968’ was an intra-bourgeois confrontation pursued by an innovative minority. The many instances of personal transformation from protagonists of protest to pillars of the establishment can be interpreted in the context of communicative and consumerist modernization. The protesters' performative hedonism proved highly compatible with consumer culture. Protest culture, on the one hand, sought the publicity of consumer society as a spatial and moral sphere for its activities. The response of the ‘system’ to the protests, on the other hand, was surprisingly flexible and resulted in the further development of capitalism and consumer society in the late twentieth century.  相似文献   

呐喊的符号——“左联”知识分子表达空间和生存空间的研究     

王儒年 《赣南师范学院学报》2010,31(1):134-138

"左联"成员是一群身无长物的知识分子。他们依靠手中的笔谋取生计并影响社会。为了将他们呐喊的声音传递到民众中,他们创办了为数众多的同人刊物,并通过各种人脉关系走向公共媒体,同时利用电影、戏剧和工人夜校等形式作为传输思想的管道。通过一系列的努力,他们开拓出了无处不在的表达空间。与无处不在的表达空间相比,"左联"由于其倾覆既有社会秩序的主张和与中国共产党之间非常明显的联系,使其无法见容于国民政府,这就导致了它的成员不得不活动于地下状态。这样的活动状态使"左联"知识分子无法在上海社会构建起正常的社会关系。  相似文献   

左翼文学传统在新时期的沉寂与复兴     

马春花 《海南师范大学学报(社会科学版)》2009,22(1):41-48

左翼文学有两个传统：上海传统和延安传统。新中国成立后,延安传统最终确立了自己的文化霸权,并形成了以阶级斗争为想象基础的无产阶级美学范式。“后文革时代”,中国重返世界资本主义体系,左翼文学陷于沉寂。不过,中国的市场意识形态在催生了一个世俗化社会之后,也带来了反向的文化实践,新左翼文学的兴起就是这种反向文化运动的重要组成。新左翼文学继承的是上海传统,延安传统被搁置于文化视野之外。左翼文学的再次“兴起”折射出当下中国激烈的阶级矛盾和文化斗争,同时也是前期社会主义的政治想象在后革命中国的历史性复兴,呈现了一个被“大国崛起”时代有意忽视的“另类”现代性叙事。  相似文献   

路翎小说的“异质性”——无法规避的传统     

邢彩霞 《保定学院学报》2012,25(5):73-76

在20世纪40年代,路翎面对的是十分丰富的＂传统＂。对主流的靠拢与疏离构成了他创作的狭小地带。这种＂在,而不属＂是路翎及其创作的显著特点,从而被主流指认为＂异质＂。  相似文献   

《八一宣言》、“新启蒙运动”与“左翼”思想在中国的传播     

王彬彬 《锦州师范学院学报(哲学社会科学版)》2009,(5):F0002-F0002,5-19

1935年8月1日,以王明为首的中共驻共产国际代表团发布了《八一宣言》,倡议国内各党各派捐弃前嫌、一致抗日。呼吁建立广泛的“抗日民族统一战线”。此举赢得了各界人士的热烈拥护．引发了全国性的救亡热潮。中共理论家陈伯达等人发动了“新启蒙运动”。“新启蒙运动”以抗日救国为其表、以传播中国化了的“马克思列宁主义”为其里。陈伯迭们借助救亡大潮,掀起“左翼”思潮,而“左翼”思潮又与救亡大潮融为一体。大量的青年知识者,怀着救亡图存的目的选择了共产党。这对中共最终战胜国民党、夺取大陆政权,意义十分重大。  相似文献   

天津左翼文学期刊的文献学考察     

侯娴 《图书馆工作与研究》2011,(9):75-77

创办于20世纪二、三十年代的天津左翼文学期刊,是天津左翼文学的主要阵地,但迄今为止缺乏有效的发掘和整理。本文意在通过对《星星》、《夜鹰》、《南中学生》、《当代文学》等十余种天津左翼文学期刊的梳理与论述,总结其文献学价值,为更为系统的天津左翼文学研究提供文献学的支持。  相似文献   

NCME 2008 Presidential Address: The Impact of Anchor Test Configuration on Student Proficiency Rates     

Anne R. Fitzpatrick 《Educational Measurement》2008,27(4):34-40

Examined in this study were the effects of reducing anchor test length on student proficiency rates for 12 multiple‐choice tests administered in an annual, large‐scale, high‐stakes assessment. The anchor tests contained 15 items, 10 items, or five items. Five content representative samples of items were drawn at each anchor test length from a small universe of items in order to investigate the stability of equating results over anchor test samples. The operational tests were calibrated using the one‐parameter model and equated using the mean b‐value method. The findings indicated that student proficiency rates could display important variability over anchor test samples when 15 anchor items were used. Notable increases in this variability were found for some tests when shorter anchor tests were used. For these tests, some of the anchor items had parameters that changed somewhat in relative difficulty from one year to the next. It is recommended that anchor sets with more than 15 items be used to mitigate the instability in equating results due to anchor item sampling. Also, the optimal allocation method of stratified sampling should be evaluated as one means of improving the stability and precision of equating results.  相似文献   

明代济宁左卫军屯王贵屯的由来     

张保华  张荣仁 《济宁师范专科学校学报》2006,27(1):109-110

明洪武元年(公元1368年),置济宁左卫,景泰元年(公元1450年)调临清,改称临清卫,其军事屯田和屯田军仍坐落(驻防)于济宁州境内。王贵屯是济宁左卫(临清卫)在济宁州境内的军屯之一,是唯一用驻屯军官姓名命名的军屯;现分四村,隶于济宁市任城区喻屯镇。  相似文献   

社会学视角下的农村留守子女教育问题     

林培成 《临沧师范高等专科学校学报》2007,(4):37-40

农村劳动力向城镇转移,产生了农村特有的群体——农村留守子女的群体。由于亲情和家庭教育的缺失,农村"留守子女"的成长、教育、心理和监护等产生了许多难以解决的问题,给少年儿童的教育与成长带来负面影响。  相似文献