tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888438300076664400.post745859353504071920..comments2014-12-09T17:25:07.561-08:00Comments on Words and Images: Sexuality and the Book of GenesisAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16302919444091859459noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888438300076664400.post-28369171472558565632014-10-15T20:09:32.448-07:002014-10-15T20:09:32.448-07:00So what does the emphasis on animalistic sexuality...So what does the emphasis on animalistic sexuality *mean*? For instance, we might argue that it justifies God’s actions, or we might argue that it undermines them (particularly the expulsion from the garden).<br /><br />“This shows how man is animalistic because the human need for sex as pleasure and for reproduction is more important than following the given rules of society.” -- one interesting part of this is that she is portrayed as an object of lust before she’s quite done plucking the fruit. Crumb puts the cart before the horse in an interesting way. I wonder what, if anything, you make of that.<br /><br />“This rage is a result of the men being denied the sex they desire and therefore shows how man is a beast that refuses to accept anything that is not what they desire.” -- this is such an interesting moment. The men of Sodom don’t just want sex, or even rape, or to rape other men. They specifically want to rape the messengers of God. Why? And why are the messengers so desirable? Can we connect it to the depiction of Eve and later of Sarah?<br /><br />The incest is an important moment, but I think this part needed work. Are the daughters acting out of desire or our of desire or need to reproduce, and do societal rules apply when they believe the world has essential ended? There’s an interesting tangle of desires and needs here which needed more space.<br /><br />Overall: Your conclusion doesn’t really stitch together your diverse thoughts. You’re thinking/working clearly with sexuality in Genesis, but what do you have to say about it? A narrower focus would help - do Eve’s story and the extended Lot story really fit together well, for instance? The raw materials are fine, but it’s a little scattered.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16302919444091859459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888438300076664400.post-38776702343229093572014-10-15T13:16:49.892-07:002014-10-15T13:16:49.892-07:00 Crumb does emphasize the moments of sexuality in ... Crumb does emphasize the moments of sexuality in book through his illustration. Although you do mention several examples of sexuality in the illustrations and provide some brief explanation of what these mean, it would be interesting to discuss how these moments would be viewed differently when presented in another way. Also, I did not notice any discussion of the reasoning for choosing to emphasize sexuality or why to illustrate it in the way that he did.<br /> Your thesis appears to be a statement that Crumb chose to emphasize sexuality, but there is never any mention of why. The thesis appears to be more of a statement than an argument. The body paragraphs appear to be more of an explanation or summary of moments and how Crumb illustrated them, rather that analysis. The analysis that is made does not appear to be properly supported, only mentioned.Brian Ashworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00004359326340320044noreply@blogger.com