All Guitars Are Female., my philosophy |
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All Guitars Are Female., my philosophy |
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Oct 31 2007, 11:05 PM |
But seriously...why do people refer to stuff in the feminine? Just to try to answer this at a theoretical level - albeit I'm going to broadbrush and simplify this to keep it very short. We are, to paraphrase Helene Cixous, born in to language, it helps define and helps delimit us. It's a form of objectification of 'the other' (l'autre as the French term it - in this case the female as 'the other' that is symbolically crossed-out). Objectification connotes ownership and control and also means that the person who objectifies 'the other' is empowered, whilst 'the other' becomes (or is repeatedly made) less human. It in itself rests on an (ab)use or (mis-)exercise of power that helps maintain - and is itself maintained by - an asymmetric society. Now whilst some may argue that 'the other' may use the same language misses the asymmetric power relationship here: there is no level playing field. The first is an abusive exercise of the dominant, the second an attempt at a recuperation of language and subject status and/or a resistance to the near reification by 'the other'. This recuperation and/or resistance occurs because language and meaning as praxis are not fixed and hence there cannot be total domination. cf Hegel's 'Phenomenology of Spirit' and pretty much all of 20thC Continental Philosophy's interpretations and reactions to that work. At a theoretical level apart from Cixous (and Cixous with Christine Clement - 'La Jeune Fille') a few others worth looking at are: Julia Kristeva (particularly 'Revolution in Poetic Language'), Luce Irigaray ('This sex which is not one'), Michel Foucault ('Discipline and Punish'), Jacques Derrida ('Writing and Difference') and Judith Butler ('Bodies that Matter'). Cheers, Tony ps - apologies Kris and others - just thought that Rok's Q was worth an answer -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
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Nov 1 2007, 03:57 AM |
This topic seems a little "on the border". Luckily for us we have very understanding female members - thank you Rokchik and Playallday. Let's not test their understanding too much - ok? I'll say something here to even things up a bit ALL MEN ARE PIGS! There... I'd say we're pretty much in balance again. And thanks to the ladies for putting up with us (read Spiderusalem lol) -------------------- My bands homepage
All time favourites: B. Streisand - Woman in Love, M. Hopkin - Those were the days, L. Richie - Hello |
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Nov 1 2007, 03:59 AM |
I'll say something here to even things up a bit ALL MEN ARE PIGS! There... I'd say we're pretty much in balance again. And thanks to the ladies for putting up with us (read Spiderusalem lol) Now I'm forced to swing into action and be even handed ... MickeM, Please don't be rude about men -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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Nov 1 2007, 04:09 AM |
-------------------- “Obey the principles without being bound by them.”
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Nov 1 2007, 04:20 AM |
I think guitars are females or males if you want them to be. I got a "Male" namd one and a "Female" named one.
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Nov 1 2007, 04:30 AM |
But seriously...why do people refer to stuff in the feminine? I know tonymiro gave an answer already but since I didn't understand a word of what he said I'll give one too. Sorry Tony About cars, boats (which I think have complicated unwritten rules aswell about what they should be called), guitars, it's not always female naming but could also be a name that represents a power within the object. Like Thunder, Speed demon, Nuke, to tell us something about abuilt in power. A guitar with pickups that glow since their output is enormous, a very fast racecar, a strong towboat. Others objects that we wish to love (historically built by men for men), like a guitar, was build with round appealing feminine attributes to please a man. Hence the normal would be to give what we understand as feminine by form, shape, color, tone or whatever with a feminine name. Like yourself, you looked for a masculine charcteristics in your guitar, the growling (or what you said?) and therefore could see it as a man. I'd find it odd for example if I had a very edgy, pointy, agressive shaped guitar and give it a female namn, I'd rather call such a guitar Hurricane, Spiky, Killer Death Knife or something I suspect all comes down to Freud in the end. How odd would it be if Andrew called his JEM Micke, or I called my guitat Andrew. People would draw conclusions from that and say - They gave their guitars masculine names, they are gay! (ok, maybe a bit exaggerated but I think the point was clear) I don't name my guitars btw, I really don't see any reason to name an object unless I had dozens of guitars and a roadie I could send for errands to tune em, fetch em etc. But then I think I'd rather just callem them for what they were - Get me the green one, I'm performing with that one tonight. Keep the dented one as backup! ... on the other hand I name people on my street, colleagues etc -------------------- My bands homepage
All time favourites: B. Streisand - Woman in Love, M. Hopkin - Those were the days, L. Richie - Hello |
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Nov 1 2007, 04:35 AM |
I think guitars are females or males if you want them to be. I got a "Male" namd one and a "Female" named one. Just to proove what I said. Is the male one named after a beast or fiction figure that can slice an enemy in 100 pieces with his sword in 1 second and the female from a sweet appealing woman. ...or sweet appealing fiction figure who can slice... you get the point? Male = agressive or powerful, Female = sexy and appealing i'm sure you didn't name the male one with one of your buddies in mind. -------------------- My bands homepage
All time favourites: B. Streisand - Woman in Love, M. Hopkin - Those were the days, L. Richie - Hello |
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Nov 1 2007, 04:56 AM |
His name would be Unas. Unas was an egyptian pharoah who supposedly swallowed the souls of dead or dying gods, its also a Nile Song "Unas Slayer Of The Gods", i named it so becuase it used strictly for low tunings such as Drop A, Like what Nile play in and "Her" name would be Alyx. Named after the character in Half-Life 2, she doesnt look like it, but she can put out some serious hurt on an enemy, much like my guitar, doesnt seem like it would be used for heavy stuff, but it has a monsterous tone. That and both are hot. There's also a creature in Stargate SG-1 are called Unas. But I think my saying wa close enough. Unas, a slayer. Alyx, a curvy and stong figure. -------------------- My bands homepage
All time favourites: B. Streisand - Woman in Love, M. Hopkin - Those were the days, L. Richie - Hello |
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May 21 2010, 08:53 PM |
Not mine. Mine are guys. Never thought of them as girls. That way, when I talk to them, they are all my level.
Yes, I talk to my guitars. |
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