This page intentionally left blank A HISTORY OF FEMINIST LITERARY CRITICISM Feminism has transformed the academic study of literature‚ fundamentally altering the canon of what is taught and setting new agendas for literary analysis. In this authoritative history of feminist literary criticism‚ leading scholars chart the development of the practice from the Middle Ages to the present. The first section of the book explores protofeminist thought from the Middle Ages onwards‚ and analyses the
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Assess the claim that gender inequalities in the domestic and occupational divisions of labour are best understood with reference to the concept of patriarchy. You should illustrate your answer with reference to a range of feminist perspectives. Introduction Western female thought through the centuries has identified the relationship between patriarchy and gender as crucial to the women’s subordinate position. For two hundred years‚ patriarchy precluded women from having a legal or political identity
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Feminist Approaches to International Law Hilary Charlesworth‚ Christine Chinkin and Shelley Wright The American Journal of International Law Vol. 85‚ No. 4 (Oct.‚ 1991)‚ pp. 613-645 (article consists of 33 pages) Published by: American Society of International Law Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2203269 The central argument of the "Feminist Approaches to International Law" (Charlesworth‚ Chinkin and Wright‚ 1991) is diffuse. On the one hand‚ the case for and solution to the feministic
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Awakening” can be viewed by three different perspectives; psychoanalytical‚ historical‚ and feminist. The historical perspective focuses on the setting of the story; the year and the major events of that time period. For the historical perspective “The Awakening” is set in the Victorian times of the south when Queen Victoria reigned from 1837 until her death in 1901. The British people had a long prosperity during her reign (ukanswers.com). The feministic perspective focuses on gender and the beliefs of
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point of view on the holy water. In this dream‚ Rudolfo Anaya uses vivid metaphor and rich symbolism to persuade Antonio that multiple aspects of identities‚ identify who a person is. The first use of metaphor is seen in page 120‚ when Antonio’s mom is describing how Antonio is “saved” because he was baptized in the holy water. Although she describes the holy water as “the water of the moon” (Anaya 120)‚ this use of metaphor denotes the water of the moon to the holy water. Anaya Rudolfo
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Open certain possibilities‚ or perhaps close off others?” (Hacking 2004: 285) What this line of questioning opens up is the possibility that who we (and others) are is an effect of what we know ourselves (and others) to be. Hence sociological perspective helps us gain a better understanding of ourselves and our social world. It enables us to see how behaviour is largely shaped by the groups to which we associate with and the society in which we live that exists. Thus when we talk about “society”
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would seem‚ is not sexless: he is a man‚ a father‚ and infected too” (Woolf‚ 1938). Feminist Virginia Woolf declares this bold statement to express how science is sexist; gender bias by which women’s interests‚ insight‚ or perspective are disvalued and ostracized. Over the decades‚ there has been an outburst of the feminist writing on the philosophical development in literature and history. A majority of the feminist writings harshly criticize the philosophical traditions‚ which include topics of epistemology
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(5) draw a conclusion. Like many other theories‚ the feminist theory‚ or gender-based theory asks who is committing the crime? Although the title of the theory is all-inclusive‚ the research conducted for feminist theory mainly focused on previous observations done on the treatment of females within the criminal justice system‚ the analysis of police reports‚ and the focus of other theories that excluded
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Feminist theories have emerged as early as 1792 (– 1920’s) in such publications as “The Changing Woman”[10]‚ “Ain’t I a Woman”[11]‚ “Speech after Arrest for Illegal Voting”[12]‚ and so on. “The Changing Woman” is a Navajo Myth that gave credit to a woman who‚ in the end‚ populated the world. Footnote with citation. In 1851‚ Sojourner Truth addressed women’s rights issues through her publication‚ “Ain’t I a Woman.” Sojourner Truth addressed the issues surrounding limited rights to women based on the
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an independent woman who is trying to break the constraints of society. Chaucer has adequately sculpted the Wife of Bath as a feminist character through her prologue by acting in ways customarily reserved for men‚ by controlling her husbands instead of vice versa‚ and by being open with her sexuality. The most evident aspect of the Wife of Bath that makes her a feminist character is her many actions that are atypical for a woman who lived in the 14th century. Most women did not have occupations
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