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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
reinscribe .
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Examples
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When Gayatri Spivak concluded that the subaltern has no voice because even voice has been appropriated beforehand by the oppressor, and "liberation" merely reinscribes that voice in new ways, it is hard to see where this leads concretely but to a denial of agency on the part of the oppressed.
Archive 2009-10-01 2009
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But the irony of Fatah's approach is that it exactly mirrors, in fact reinscribes, the very form of prescription that he claims to oppose.
Archive 2009-10-01 2009
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And this one-dimensional depiction of Mary conveniently reinscribes black mothers 'fear that haunts us daily -- that we're never good enough.
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But when the artistic portrayal of the characters and people Daniels is trying to bring to life in a new way reinscribes century-old stereotypes, Daniels -- albeit with good intentions -- has caused harm.
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But when the artistic portrayal of the characters and people Daniels is trying to bring to life in a new way reinscribes century-old stereotypes, Daniels -- albeit with good intentions -- has caused harm.
Irene Monroe: Black Motherhood Lost at the Oscars Irene Monroe 2010
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And this one-dimensional depiction of Mary conveniently reinscribes black mothers 'fear that haunts us daily -- that we're never good enough.
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But when the artistic portrayal of the characters and people Daniels is trying to bring to life in a new way reinscribes century-old stereotypes, Daniels -- albeit with good intentions -- has caused harm.
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And this one-dimensional depiction of Mary conveniently reinscribes black mothers' fear that haunts us daily -- that we're never good enough.
Irene Monroe: Black Motherhood Lost at the Oscars Irene Monroe 2010
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Thus, the quest for equality is based on and reinscribes male normativeness in Judaism, while suppressing specifically female spiritual expression.
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Silhouette's kiss of a nurse in Times Square on V-J day reinscribes gays and lesbians into popular culture in general and superhero stories in particular, in a period when they'd been rendered taboo and invisible by the prevailing "values":
Archive 2009-03-22 2009
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