Africana studies

Neologism, Margaret Atwood’s brilliantly applied technique used as a interwoven blanket of words throughout the novel , Handmaid’s Tale, goes a far way in laying the foundations for the totalitarian social system to be acceptable as a normal way of thinking. Being that totalitarianism is defined as , ‘ a governing system in which a ruling elite holds all the power and controls all aspects of society,” it makes sense that one of the first steps to make it easier to rule, or control women and to…

When determining what color outfit to buy a newborn, one must color code according to the gender; pink for girls and blue for boys. If one stops to think, one wonders about the origin of this distinction; it must lie in the gender. According to her book, Gender Troubles, Judith Butler defines gender as a cultural construct with defining features that must be followed, which is distinct from sex, a biological attribute. Consideration toward such "consequences", must be acknowledged, such as…

CHAPTER 1: 1.0 Introduction The gender division of labour varies significantly across societies. In some cultures women can actively participate in working outside of the secure area which is their home, while in other society, women is been put into their specific tasks that connected according to their gender lines where women tend to remain inside the home and do not participate in activities outside of the domestic situation. Gender roles and stereotypes is not a new issue in the world…

In the tragedy of “Macbeth”, Shakespeare explores and challenges the idea of traditional gender roles where the female characters are seen with the strong masculine traits, whilst the men are seen to have more of the feminine traits. One of society's typical gender norms is that men are essentially the strength of the family, whilst the women are more of the caring role and often times labelled as emotional and inferior. Within the first few acts of the play, Lady Macbeth is introduced and…

AGE GROUP There is no specific recommendation on the age group. However the employee must be of 18 years of age and less than 50 years of age. DESIGNATION Most of the employees are having a lower rank designation that needs to handle operational issues such as cooking, taking orders, delivery. Nine persons will be as ground staff who will perform job of customer service and food preparation, two as supervisors and one as store manager. Back office will have one manager, two assistant for…

A cultural encounter is the interaction of one or more culture with another culture. Culture encounter is not only a condition related to nationality or ethnicity, but it could also be an interaction between two members of any two groups with different norms, such as men and women. The interactions of people from different cultures require the understanding and respect of people’s beliefs, the way they live life and to discover new things about their world and cultures. However, culture…

I have interpreted patriarchal hegemony and Diaspora through multiple perspectives presented in both novels Maps for Lost Lovers (2004) and Season of the Rainbirds (1993) in the light postcolonial feminist theorists in order to support my arguments. The structure of Pakistani society has been derived through the construction of gender roles in obedience to the Islamic law. Both novels challenge the idea of Muslim society dominated by men in former colonial situation. The picture of Patriarchal…

This is a quotation taken from Katherine Mansfield’s short story ‘’The Voyage’’. The story is about a young girl called Fenella, after the death of her mother she went with her grandmother to move in her Grandparent’s house in Picton, which is inspired from Mansfield’s personal life when she had to move out from her home in Wellington, New Zealand to London, England. Mansfield uses imageries, metaphors, and the setting to convey the two main ideas of darkness and light and the transformation of…

Edgar Allan Poe. This could be somehow true since from the stories that Poe built, more writers were captivated by this genre and tried to write something similar. This is the example of Arthur Conan Doyle, who features Poe’s character in his novel A study in Scarlet. On the plot of the classical detective novel, two separate stories are included: the story of the…

being a book (Orenstein 326.) This feminist mother believes that pink becoming the new gold could have detrimental effects on the future of the younger generation (Orenstein 327.) Although there are no studies proving that princesses can tear down and destroy a girls’ self-esteem, there are studies that show how females have made adjustments in their lives in order to fit into society's definition of “perfect.” According to Orenstein, 23% of females end up quitting sports and other vigorous…