Ursula Baer(Ph.D. Student) University of British Columbia Ph.D. student and German languge college instructor Ursula Baer in her research focuses on how Butler's theory of performativity can be utilized for an analysis of family-less characters within German literature, thus leading to a new reading and understanding of a child's bodily development outside the socio-economic 'norm'. http://www.cenes.ubc.ca/index.php?id=students Recent Publications, Performances or Presentations "Violent Naming: Butler’s ‘Speech Act Theory’ as a Narrative Tool in Representations of Family-less Characters in Modern Language Literature". Ph.D. colloquium presentation, Department of CENES, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC, Canada. 23 January 2008.
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