Composition II/Literature Week 2: The Feminist Perspective This presentation will introduce you to the feminist critical perspective through a close examination of the short story “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid. The Feminist Critical Perspective “Feminist criticism questions the ways in which women have been defined through a literary tradition dominated by male authors and critics…many feminists argue that the forms and conventions of traditional literature allow only a certain type of female
Premium
to control it‚ and it has real effects of oppression and control. Representations work on the represented‚ and thus‚ epistemology not only to an extent determines ontology‚ but by the same token it is a tool to change a world of inequalities. A feminist critique seeks both to unveil actual structures of inequality‚ such as underrepresentation of women in important and world-shaping disourses of science and technology‚ and to criticise the culture of it‚ or the ideology‚ that invests it with meaning
Premium Sociology Gender Feminism
The dawn of the twentieth century was a period of changes in every aspect of the daily lives of women‚ not only in the domestic sphere but also in the public one. The women’s feminist movement‚ which emphasized on advocacy of equal rights between women and men‚ formed women’s organizations‚ and the rise of a whole new generation of female artists and professionals totally altered the traditional patriarchal social structure all around the globe. These social changes‚ followed by the advent of World
Premium Women's rights Women's suffrage World War II
Feminist Analysis of Cloud Nine In 1979‚ Caryl Churchill wrote a feminist play entitled Cloud Nine. It was the result of a workshop for the Joint Stock Theatre Group and was intended to be about sexual politics. Within the writing she included a myriad of different themes ranging from homosexuality and homophobia to female objectification and oppression. "Churchill clearly intended to raise questions of gender‚ sexual orientation‚ and race as ideological issues; she accomplished this largely by
Premium Victorian era Social class Victoria of the United Kingdom
Wife of Bath‚ by Geoffrey Chaucer‚ one may automatically assume that Allison‚ herself‚ is a feminist. Essentially‚ her façade shows this through her promiscuity and the power she has had over her five husbands. However‚ the Wife of Bath is anything but a feminist. She hides her anti-feministic ways through her contradiction of personality‚ from a sex crazed "dominant" to a dependent submissive. Her anti-feminist ways are portrayed through her ways of manipulating her husbands. Also‚ her true self surfaces
Premium Gender Woman Wife
shouldn’t be submissive to their husbands. Katherine from the play The Taming of The Shrew is embodying all of the traits of a feminist but consequently in the play the traits of being a feminist aren’t important anymore. The speech at the end is the illustration of a mentally ill woman so easily influenced by the ideals of submission and domesticity instead of being the feminist heroine she is portrayed to be. In the play she is a free spirited woman
Premium Marriage Psychology The Taming of the Shrew
introduction of the tale‚ and the story itself‚ we see the Wife of Bath as an experienced‚ intellectual woman‚ who despite in a world of patriarchal power‚ she provides for herself financially‚ emotionally‚ and physically. As a feminist icon‚ she confronts serious social issues‚ that illustrate the subjugation that women faced. During her prologue and her tale‚ it is very clear that the Wife of Bath is proud and not ashamed of her sexuality. She views sex as a good ideal‚ and argues it‚ using references
Premium Woman Gender Gender role
To what extent is feminist criticism helpful in opening up potential meanings in Grimm’s Cinderella? Using a feminist lens to analyse the children’s fairy-tale of Cinderella reveals interesting themes and ideas that would not have been initially obvious‚ in particular it can expose typical expectations of women and their role in society. Cinderella is a product of a patriarchal society that assumes men have power over women; women are forced to accept the roles these men impose. This particular
Premium Feminism Stepfamily Family
Feminist Approach to Behavioral Therapy for Adolescent Females with Eating Disorders S. Devon Walsh Loyola University New Orleans Abstract The present article reviews contemporary literature on the related factors and interventions for adolescent girls with eating disorders. The incidence of eating disorders continues to rise amongst adolescent girls yet an effective intervention still fails to exist. Contemporary research links the sociocultural‚ biological‚ and physiological factors that put
Premium Nutrition Anorexia nervosa Eating disorders
| Feminist theology is a complement to pastoral theology contributions to theology. Generally‚ a feminist theologian seeks critical understanding of traditional challenge of male-dominated images of God and humanity. Feminist wants equal rights in the understanding of women and men. They want to be endorsed by other contemporary theological practices. Understanding
Premium Gender Feminism Sociology