Representing Ophelia: Women‚ Madness‚ and the Responsibilities of Feminist Criticism Elaine Showalter Though she is neglected in criticism‚ Ophelia is probably the most frequently illustrated and cited of Shakespeare’s heroines. Her visibility as a subject in literature‚ popular culture‚ and painting‚ from Redon who paints her drowning‚ to Bob Dylan‚ who places her on Desolation Row‚ to Cannon Mills‚ which has named a flowery sheet pattern after her‚ is in inverse relation to her invisibility in
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very prim and proper manner. Tim Burton’s adaptation of Alice in Wonderland is a tale of Alice’s return to Wonderland‚ where she saves Wonderland and herself‚ defying her role as a young woman during the Victorian Era. Alice challenges the feminist theory by defying her social role as a damsel in distress. A damsel in distress is a stereotype commonly used in literature to describe a young‚ innocent woman waiting to be saved by her knight in shining armour. In Alice in Wonderland‚ Alice does
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Applying Feminist Theory to Literature Schweickhart’s essay is the basis for what I think is the most important issue in academic‚ literary feminism: finding and becoming a strong feminist reader. Granted‚ academia is an extremely specific subset of feminism‚ but if I incorporate her theme of praxis it can be applied to other areas of feminist thought and action. Schweickhart presents the idea of “feminist readings of male texts and…feminist readings of female texts” (39). It’s
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SOCIAL CONFLICT THEORY Introduction Social conflict theory is a Marxist-based social theory which argues that individuals and groups (social classes) within society have differing amounts of material and non-material resources (the wealthy vs. the poor) and that the more powerful groups use their power in order to exploit groups with less power. The two methods by which this exploitation is done are through brute force usually done by police and the army and economics. Earlier social conflict
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Feminist Theory‚ Embodiment‚ and the Docile Agent: Some Reflections on the Egyptian Islamic Revival Saba Mahmood University of Chicago In the last two decades one of the key questions that has occupied many feminist theorists is how should issues of historical and cultural specificity inform both the analytics and politics of any feminist project. Although this questioning has resulted in serious attempts at integrating issues of sexual‚ racial‚ class‚ and national difference within feminist
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"Woman Hollering Creek" Literary Analysis from Feminist Perspective The story "Woman Hollering Creek" is about a young Mexican woman Cleofilas who grew up in a small town in Mexico. Cleofilas was married at a young age to a man who she thought was the great love of her life and imagined they would have a marriage filled with love and passion. The life she has after marriage is one filled with abuse at the hands of her husband. Though the author of the story is a female‚ the presentation of
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“Conflict theory shows how major patterns of inequality in society produce social stability in some circumstances and social change in orders” (Brym‚ Roberts‚ Strohschen‚ lie 2015:18). I would use conflict theory to explain women running for office in this campaign and why men are more than women in terms of election in different parties. Research and theory associated with studying gender issues propelled the sociology of gender from the margins to become a central feature of the discipline ( Why
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1. The theory of intersectionality was created by Patricia Hill Collins and Kimberlé Crenshaw‚ and posited that the various aspects of a woman’s identity all intersect rather than existing in a vacuum; race‚ class‚ gender‚ sexual orientation‚ etc.‚ all combine to influence a person’s life‚ opportunities‚ successes and lack thereof – and should‚ as such‚ not be treated as mutually exclusive entities (Cocarla‚ “Feminist Popular Culture Theory”). That may seem like a lot to break down‚ but considering
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Similarities Between Charlotte Gilman ’s "The Yellow Wallpaper" and Jean Rhys ’s Wide Sargasso Sea. Charlotte Gilman ’s "The Yellow Wallpaper" and Jean Rhys ’s Wide Sargasso Sea are stories about women ’s tragic lives in the late nineteenth and mid twentieth centuries. These two stories contain many similarities. In the novel Wide Sargasso Sea‚ the main character Rochester drives his wife to insanity. Similarly‚ in the short story "The Yellow Wallpaper"‚ John drives his wife insane. In addition
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The social conflict theory Conflict and struggle promote human social existence by ensuring that the strongest of a species survive. Sprey (1969) is credited with introducing a conflict approach to family studies. Sprey (1969) suggested that the family was a "system in conflict." Basic assumptions: - Conflict is typical. Harmony is a problematic. - Research should examine the ability of family members to deal with conflict Feminist scholarship used a conflict approach to analyze general themes
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