FEMINISM IN SHASHI DESHPANDE’S NOVELS: A THESIS SUBMITTED TO TRINITY COLLEGE (ITALY) In partial fulfillment for the award of the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ENGLISH Submitted by: Shailaja A. Patil Lecturer in English 1 HKE’ SMT. V.G. COLLEGE FOR WOMEN‚ GULBARGA Dedicated To Sai Samarth My Parents Late Prof A.U.Patil‚ Smt Laxmidevi A.Patil. My Parents-in-law Late Shri Neelkantappa Mugali and Late Smt Ambavou Mugali. To my dear husband Dr.R.N.Mugali. And my son Avinsh.R.Mugali. For Without
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First-wave feminism arose during 1918 – 1968‚ paving way for a number of inaugural achievements for the women’s movement in the political sphere. Though legislation may change overnight‚ personal attitudes do not. I therefore argue media‚ due to its ever-changing nature and ability to reach a mass audience‚ is the main cause in constructing changes in attitudes through the way in which certain social groups‚ in this case women are represented through the platforms of news‚ propaganda‚ advertisement
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Paper 1: Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics The main theme in this book is feminism‚ which is a movement to put an end on sexism‚ sexist exploitations‚ and oppression. Throughout the chapters‚ Hooks‚ protests against the anti-feminist movement because they have been misguided by patriarchal mass media spreading lies that males are not welcomed by feminists. The patriarchal mass media tends to focus more on the feminists who are anti-male and depict a picture to everyone else that feminist
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Anne Bonny and Mary Read are the two most famous women pirates. Though there were many other female pirates‚ they aren’t quite as well known. Each of their stories should be first told seperatly‚ in order to efficiently understand their story. Anne Bonny was born illegitimately to a lawyer named William Cormac and the maid under his employ‚ Mary Brennen somewhere near Cork‚ Ireland and sometime between 1697 and 1700. When their affair became public he‚ his mistress‚ and his new daughter
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The film seems to be critiquing men’s need for power over women and the male ego‚ but it does so by recreating those problems. The film is centered on two women in captivity for the pleasure of two men and finally one man‚ Caleb‚ orchestrates an entire plan to save the damsel in distress. The plot is extremely male centric with the protagonist and antagonist both being male. The female lead‚ Ava‚ is passively being watched and her one plan of escape is to depend on Caleb. The only deviation from
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The Color Purple‚ written by Alice Walker‚ is a novel that challenges the roles made for women in a patriarchal society. Throughout Walker’s novel‚ the strong-willed female characters create a bond to protest male dominance. Ultimately‚ they become independent and powerful without the baneful men that degrade them. Through this bond of sisterhood‚ these female characters challenge social norms‚ and stand strong against violent male paramount. When these characters bend and break social norms and
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TITLE: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF “RADICAL FEMINISM: LIBERTARIAN AND CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES” AND “WOMANISM AND BLACK FEMINISM” WOMANISM AND BLACK FEMINISM Introduced by Alice Walker in her book “In Search of Our Mother’s Gardens”‚ the term “womanism” was initially taken from a black Southern expression. Used to describe black female children who behaved serious‚ responsible and too grown-up for their good‚ their mothers would tell them that they were “acting womanish”. This
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LIPSTICK FEMINISM SUBMITTED TO: Mr.AyanHazra (Faculty of Sociology) SUBMITTED BY: Geetanjali Shahi Roll No.-55 Semester-III DATE OF SUBMISSION: 26th of August ‚ 2013 HIDAYATULLAH NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY‚ RAIPUR (C.G.) Acknowledgements I would like to take this opportunity to express my deep sense of gratitude towards my course teacher‚ Mr.AyanHazra for giving me constant guidance and encouragement throughout the course of the project. I would also like to thank the University
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Jane Eyre Through the Ages: Postcolonial and Other Rewritings of a Victorian Novel Jane Eyre: a feminist tract 1. Feminism- a definition : - Oxford English Dictionary Online: 1. The qualities of females 2. Advocacy of the rights of women (based on the theory of equality of the sexes - Dictionary of Feminist Theory: 1. belief that women suffer injustice because of the sex 2. social movement that seeks equal rights for women existing inequality between
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recognised failures of the second second-wave. First-wave of feminism was a period of activity during the nineteenth century and early twentieth century. In the United Kingdom and the United
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