Feminist film theory

English education and Literature in English, I wondered why women writings seem to be an overlooked subject. Out of curiosity, a long term research into women’s experience, culture, and society explored through the lens of postcolonial, feminist, social and cultural theories was born. Through this research I have learned that oppressive cultural aspect of gender relationships, especially between women is something that is being dismissed and narratives about women were exclusively written by the…

the world can label themselves as being a feminist. If I were to walk up to someone on the street and ask them if they were a feminist, I would either get a yes or no in response. For this reason, simply claiming to be a feminist holds nowhere near as much significance as to why one is a feminist. I myself am a feminist, and the reasons regarding why I allow myself to be considered a feminist is far more meaningful than the label of calling myself a feminist. Therefore, my definition of feminism…

They are, the functionalist theory, liberal, feminist, radical feminist, black feminist, and postmodern feminist theories. Each of these theories seeks to address the causes of gender inequality and mitigate it but they each go about it in a different way. Out of these theories the liberal feminist theory is most appealing. Although gender inequality has roots in the home through means such as strict patriarchies,…

Agency and Empowerment through Sexuality: A Feminist Critique of Garbiel García Márquez’s Chronicle of a Death Foretold Gabriel García Márquez’s novella, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, tells the disjointed story of a murder that took place many years prior to its narration. The identity of the victim is Santiago Nasar; a handsome, wealthy, and young Arab man. He is murdered because a young woman names him as her partner when she is disgracefully returned to her parents’ home on her wedding…

Tompkins’ critique of the traditional American Renaissance conspicuously emerges as the “danger” that Henry Nash Smith naively sweeps aside (4). In her reconceptualization of the literary period, she utilizes a feminist approach to explain the necessary upheaval of what literature and ‘canonicity’ represent, and exposes the discriminatory principles which work to exclude the salient works of women writers. Within this critique, it is important to establish that Tompkins’ interpreted purpose of…

Kelton Clark History 2300 Exam #1 Question:Define Progressivism. What role did women play in the Progressive movement? What were the Progressives’ goals? Progressivism is a very interesting topic within history that had a big impact overall. It overall really supported social reform. It came about during the Age of Enlightenment Era, in which this social reform became prominent. In simpler terms Progressivism can be defined as the support that was given behind the social reform. This was very…

connotation; because of this, many don’t want to be associated with it. Now in day many people tend to see feminists as angry women who hate men and seek to be the dominant gender. The people who choose to not be associated with the word are often afraid of the judgement from others. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wrote the book We Should All Be Feminist in which she explains what it means to be a feminist, “a person who believes in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes”, and the…

light his eyes will be dazzled” and I feel that that is exactly what happened to me when I learned the truth of feminism. I was astounded by what I found out and it was great when I learned about this thing called feminism because I realized I was a feminist I realized how I believe in the same principles they believe…

You Can Do, I Can Do… According to Merriam-Webster, feminism is “the belief that women and men should have equal rights and opportunities” (Merriam-Webster). The definition was the same for feminist. The modern-day population see both words completely different; feminism being soft and with grace versus feminist wanting to be just like or better than men. In Claire Miye Stanford’s “You’ve Got The Wrong Song: Nashville and Country Music Feminism” tells readers just how distinct these words can be…

Their songs are not “overtly political or feminist,” and have no mention of popular feminist themes such as abortion or birth control. We find more of femininity in the lyrics as it is more about women being respected, standing on their own and standing up for themselves. Juliette’s hits include “Telescope” which warns…