COP: Practical Ideas???

Feeling pretty lost, having a hard time figuring out what I can make for my general themes that isn't too literal or boring. 

COP: Dissection of Essay

John Berger Ways of Seeing Series

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I watched this entire series whilst researching my essay. I read bits of the book years ago, but I feel the video series is a lot better, John Berger is very good at explaining things nice and gently, and using visual examples

I feel this can apply to my essay, with the way he talks about seeing images out of context, etc

COP: Leeds UNI Visit

I went to The University of Leeds to see if they had better books on my subject. I think it's pretty hard to find books so I was a bit disappointed that I couldn't take the ones I found home. The library was an intimidating place but I did download a few PDF texts that may be relevant and made note of a book I could potentially buy called "Amoung Women", which documents appearances of same sex intimacy and relationships in the ancient world.

 I found a lot of stuff on Sappho too but I don't think I really want to delve into her.

COP: Initial Sketches

I live the style of a lot of these drawings but I don't really feel they reflect my theme well. I think I need to really concentrate on my heteronormativity theme whilst these are more about hyper masculinity gender etc. Which are related subjects but not the same.

COP: Question Sheet

Suggested Research Question. This can be a topic or theme, but please try to be as precise as possible.

Queer Women in Ancient History

Which Of The Module Resources Does This Question Relate To? You can find these on eStudio - Try to list at least three.

Barthes, R. (1968) 'The Death of the Author', London, Fontana. Berger, J. (1972) 'Ways of Seeing', Harmondsworth: Penguin.  Carr, E.H. (1961) 'What is History', Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.  Storey, J. (2008) Cultural Theory and Popular Culture', 5th ed, London: Pearson. pp. 62-82.

Which Academic Sources Are Available On The Topic? Include a Harvard Referenced bibliography of at least 5 sources.

-Rabinowitz, Nancy Sorkin, and Lisa Auanger. Among Women. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2002. Print. -Rich, Adrienne Cecile. 'Compulsory Heterosexuality And Lesbian Existence (1980)'. Journal of Women's History 15.3 (2003): 11-48. Web. -Halperin, David M. 'Is There A History Of Sexuality?'. History and Theory 28.3 (1989): 257. Web. -Unger, N. C. 'Teaching "Straight" Gay And Lesbian History'. Journal of American History 93.4 (2007): 1192-1199. Web. -Garber, Linda. 'Claiming Lesbian History: The Romance Between Fact And Fiction'. Journal of Lesbian Studies 19.1 (2015): 129-149. Web.

How Could The Research Question Be Investigated Through Practice? What Graphic Design would you make in response to this, and why?

-I could make illustrations based on my findings -I could draw more well known historical women to up their profile -I could draw my own interpretations of historical queer women so that people could see them and challenge the idea that queer women didn't just appear in the modern world out of nowhere? -I could illustrate facts about historical women to educate people that queer women to have a history

Peer Feedback – How could this topic be refined / developed? Show this form to a fellow student. They should record their feedback in the box below Naomi Crompton:  "Keep specific in your topic and research, because we only have 3000 words"

COP: Creating a Question

The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader from the college library. I was browsing looking through for possible essay ideas. Two essays in particular first stood out:

"Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Experience" by Adrienne Rich

(Rich, Adrienne Cecile. 'Compulsory Heterosexuality And Lesbian Existence (1980)'. Journal of Women's History 15.3 (2003): 11-48. Web.)

and

"Is there a History of Sexuality" by David M. Halperin

(Halperin, David M. 'Is There A History Of Sexuality?'. History and Theory 28.3 (1989): 257. Web.)

This got me thinking about perhaps doing about historical queer women, it's a topic that really interests me, and it's largely undocumented. It's also in line with what I studied last year with heteronormativity, since heteronormativity is the reason why the history of queer women is so undocumented. However I know the just saying the history of queer women is very broad for the length of my essay (something I learnt from last year), so I think I'd like to cycle it down to what I find most interesting and least documented, ancient or classical queer women.

Leeds Uni

I went to Leeds University Library to get more potential books, as I wasn't able to find what I wanted in the LCA library. It was intimidating to be in such a massive library but I was able to download two PDFs:

"Claiming Lesbian History: The Romance Between Fact and Fiction" by Linda Garber 

(Linda Garber (2015) Claiming Lesbian History: The Romance Between Fact and Fiction, Journal of Lesbian Studies, 19:1, 129-149, DOI: 10.1080/10894160.2015.974381)

and 

"Teaching "Straight" Gay and Lesbian History" by Nancy C. Unger

(Unger, N. C. 'Teaching "Straight" Gay And Lesbian History'. Journal of American History 93.4 (2007): 1192-1199. Web.)

I've yet to read these articles, but when I do I will probably make a post on my blog, copying and analysing some quotes I find particularly intreating and relevant. 

Books I found were:

• "Sappho & Alcaeus: An Introduction to the study of ancient Lesbian Poetry" by Sir Denys Lionel Page- (I didn't think this was relevant in the end, maybe if I feel the need I'll come back to it but for now I thought I'd leave it)
• "Equal Partners in Ancient Times" by Bryan H Wildenthal ( A journal article I couldn't find, I will have to see if I can find this online somewhere, so I can see if it'll be good for my research or not)
• "Hidden from History: Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Past" by Martha Vicinus and George Chauncey, jr. (Again one I may come back to)
• "Among Women: From the Homosocial to the Homoerotic in the Ancient World" by Nancy Rabinowitz (I loved this book! However I really couldn't take anything out of the library, I may be forced to buy this book just to read it all. Really relevant essays in here, very thought provoking.)

The one thing I am worried about it linking my topic to some of the suggested texts, I will have to read into those also. Off the op of my head I vaguely think the Death of the Author text will fit in, but I'll have to read my current materials and re look at the Death of the Author text before I can say for sure.