Abstract: This thesis examines Deepa Mehta’s trilogy—Water‚ Earth‚ Fire—and the trilogy’s exploration and contestation of colonial‚ anti-colonial nationalist‚ and religious ideologies as intersecting with patriarchal norms to enact symbolic and actual violence on the bodies of women. I argue that Mehta’s trilogy foregrounds the ways in which patriarchal nationalism legitimizes violence against women’s bodies and sexualities through different social and cultural practices and discourses which are
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the very shady pots she just takes hold of the bars and shakes them hard. And she is all the time trying to climb through. But nobody could climb through that pattern.”(Gilman 164-166) The woman behind the wallpaper is trapped behind the bars of patriarchy. She is represents the women during that time where they lived under the oppression of their husbands and how most tried to fight against it. Women were supposed to at home during the day devoting themselves to their homes‚ children‚ and husbands
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Aristophanes’ comedic anti-war play‚ Lysistrata‚ manipulates gender politics in order to ultimately promote the notion of peace. It is not through feminist ideals‚ but rather the the exploitation of gender and exploration of gender politics in which the comedy is able to present a political argument against war. In order to demonstrate the politically resonating stance that Aristophanes retains‚ this paper will outline the facets of the play which clearly validate such stance through the manipulation
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people believe that the social inequality presented in the film is the result of discrimination against migrant workers in the city‚ this essay will argue that the unfair social events are‚ in fact‚ attributed to the Chinese deep-rooted belief of patriarchy‚ which leads to gender discrimination. It is suggested that even though there is no formation of new class in the city‚ discrimination will
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Hegemonic Masculinity: Rethinking the Concept Origins: it formulated 2 decades ago‚ it was first proposed in reports from a field study in social inequality in Australian schools. “Towards a new sociology of Masculinity” critiques male sex role literatures and proposed a model of multiple masculinities and power relations. The gramscian term hegemony was current at the time in attempts to understand the stabilization of class relations. Before the women’s liberation movement‚ a literature in social
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Tin Shui Wai has been developed by the Hong Kong government as one of the satellite towns since the 1990s. In order to accommodate the booming population‚ the Housing Department decided to construct 7000 public rental housing units additionally in the original layout plan of Tin Shui Wai after the Hong Kong Reunification. In a few years‚ the new town has been densely populated. However‚ due to the acute shortage of public facilities and the remote geographic location‚ Tin Shui Wai seems to be isolated
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‘women and development’ approach is introduced and focused on the relationship between capitalism and patriarchy which considered to be the women will be subordinated to men as long as capitalism is the dominant economic system. Critics of this perspective say it fails to address differences in the inequalities experienced by different communities of women‚ and does not recognize the fact that patriarchy exists in communist societies as well as in capitalist ones. Next‚ the ‘gender and development’ perspective
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Act One Scene One as a threat to the stable patriarchy of Paduan society and perhaps in the process allows the audience to see gender inequalities within their own society‚ confirming John Moreall’s assertion that In the comic vision [...] authority and tradition are questioned and tested rather than blindly accepted. At the beginning of Act Two Scene One‚ the audience sees an unchanged Katherina who again threatens the quiet and unquestioned patriarchy of contemporary society and is neither ‘mild’
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The mother-daughter relationship is a common topic throughout many of Jamaica Kincaid ’s novels. It is particularly prominent in Annie John‚ Lucy‚ and Autobiography of my Mother. This essay however will explore the mother-daughter relationship in Lucy. Lucy tells the story of a young woman who escapes a West Indian island to North America to work as an au pair for Mariah and Lewis‚ a young couple‚ and their four girls. As in her other books—especially Annie John—Kincaid uses the mother-daughter
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with their everyday routines. In the story the reader is shown Elsa’s thoughts and personal struggles. The men in the story are continually viewing Elisa in a different light than she tries to view herself in. Stereotypical roles‚ symbolism‚ and patriarchy all prove that Elisa portrays a strong soul‚ while dealing with the frustration and struggle of her inner feminine desires in a patriarchal society. It can be assumed that the stereotypical role depicted by Elisa was influenced by the time period
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