constructedness

Sometimes writers manage to raise themselves to an awareness of the social constructedness of aesthetic conventions and conventional discourse and compel their readers to rise to such an awareness as well.

Art and Culture 2010

His mule braying, Thoven approaches the door and begins to examine it carefully, talking aloud to the others as he confirms, indeed, the largeness and well-constructedness of the door.

Session 1: Every New Beginning « Love | Peace | Ohana 2008

It also means recognizing the constructedness of strict gender boundaries and a questioning of the dichotomous structuring of contemporary society.

What does feminism mean for you? « Gender Across Borders 2010

Despite the editing and the constructedness that we know a film can have, it is this symbol of reality that I think is what makes people uncomfortable.

Two Feminists on Childhood and Sexuality in the Art of Amy Jenkins « Gender Across Borders 2010

I think what fascinates me about this era is the sheer constructedness of it.

Archive 2007-07-01 Heather McDougal 2007

I think what fascinates me about this era is the sheer constructedness of it.

A Bit of Fluff: Late Baroque Fashions Heather McDougal 2007

Foucauldians, showing the historical constructedness of our understanding of homosexuality will show the emptiness of those categories as a basis for claiming knowledge about people one classifies in that category.

Foucault and the Hedgerow History of Sexuality 2006

One's position on the constructedness of homosexuality or of its natural reality will derive at least in part from which history one wants to write.

Foucault and the Hedgerow History of Sexuality 2006

The artificial constructedness of the project allowed for situations in which the models could both perform and be caught off guard.

Archive 2008-04-01 The Year in Pictures 2008

Before looking at these specific arguments, however, we should note that the historical constructedness of sexuality is in one sense not a conclusion from the historical evidence but a necessary presupposition to doing the history of sexuality.

Foucault and the Hedgerow History of Sexuality 2006