Feminist and Womanist Criticism of African Literature: A Bibliography By Sharon Verba July 20‚ 1997 Those women who struggle without giving up hope‚ herald the impending change...: change in attitude for both men and women as they evaluate and re-evaluate their social roles.... -Rosemary Moyana‚ "Men & Women" Rereading‚ willful misreading‚ and de- and re-coding are tools used in African literature and womanist or feminist discourse to challenge "canonized ’literature ’"
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Feminism is the theory of ‘social‚ political and economic equality of the sexes’ (Mathews‚ Class Notes‚ slide 3). Bell Hooks‚ more formally know as Gloria Jean Watkins born September 25th in 1952‚ is an American author‚ social activist and Feminist. Watkins took her pen name ‘bell hooks’ from her great grandmother Bell Blair Hooks‚ but uses the name in all lowercase letters to distinguish herself from her great grandmother. She held a leading role in the Second Wave of Feminism which lasted from
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Reproductive Rights as a Contemporary and Historical Feminist Issue Essay #1 / Final Exam American Women’s History H. June Laves One of the biggest issues facing women in American society today has been an issue bouncing around in politics for decades: reproductive rights. Women can never have equal opportunity to men without equal opportunity to make their own decisions about their bodies. Reproductive rights for women not only include the right to abort a pregnancy‚ but it also involves
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Grace Petro Prof. Grigsby SOCY222501 29 January 2015 Response Paper Unit 2 Feminist issues are not and never will be “one size fits all.” What is important to the masses cannot be defined by the few of a common identity; the current hegemony of white feminists leading the movement has resulted in a cause solely concentrated on the challenges they find pressing. Minority feminist groups have felt marginalized from the progression of feminism‚ and often go undocumented for building a premise of racially
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Outline and asses the feminist explanations of gender inequalities (40) Feminists believe that women are unequal to men‚ and the different groups think it is down to different reasons. Liberal feminists think it is because it is down to gender role socialisation. Marxist feminists believe it is down to capitalism. Radical feminists think women are not equal to men because of relationships within the home‚ and black feminist think they are unequal not just because they are women‚ but also because
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In the article‚ “Political Economy Discourses of Globalization and Feminist Politics” by Suzanne Bergeron‚ examines globalization by applying a feminist political economy perspective among other perspectives‚ to critique and formulate resistance to global capital. Hence‚ according to Bergeron the feminist political economy perspective‚ focuses on‚ “the relationship between gender relation and the globalization of capital has emphasized the conflictual interactions among multinational corporations
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of women within the domain of film fiction. My intention is to review exactly how women are represented and investigate whether fictional characters play a part in perpetuating harmful stereotypes. Laura Mulvey will be intermittently mentioned as a pioneering figure of feminist film theory‚ her discourse will be applied and challenged within the following pages. The variety of films mentioned aims to provide an extensive inquiry into both modern and traditional films. To substantiate this inquiry
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Choose 2 theories from Semester 1 and highlight the advantages and disadvantages of the theories’ application. In this essay two theories will be examined in regards to their advantages and disadvantages‚ when applied. For this‚ Feminism and Post-Colonialism will be used‚ as both theories unite in their aim to deconstruct the dominant ideologies and stereotypes in a patriarchal and imperialistic ‘white European male ’ dominated society‚ thus overthrowing centuries of colonization‚ subordination
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Written Assignment: Article Review Date: November 20th‚ 2013 Class: History 202 By: Alyssa Unrau Laury Oaks article “What are Pro-Life Feminists Doing on Campus?” from 2009‚ gives us a clear definition of what a “pro-life feminist” is but not why “it is”. Her writing brings light and awareness to a version of feminism. Many do not realize there are a few different types of feminisms out there and surprisingly not all of them are advocates for the pro-choice movements
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radical feminists different? Liberal feminist and radical feminist contrast sharply in certain of their fundamental views‚ Liberal feminists thinking are a more reasoned intellectual perspective than the radical feminists’ position‚ which has both emotion and political centering in its logical expressions. Their focus is on widespread cultural awakening rather than a scholarly debate. Liberal feminists believe that there has been an improvement in the position of women and radical feminists believe
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