Feminist film theory

rights” in Islam is provided with the information of Prophet Mohammed’s wives and the roles women played in the “golden period” magnify the complexity of roles of women or how that is portrayed. Interpretation of the Quran by the scholars and the feminist interpretation of Mernissi regarding the role of women are completely contradicting the equality of sexes. This misinterpretation comes along when the question of “women going to the war” regard women as plunderers. Another…

Understanding Gender Norms in Gilead with Feminism and Politics in the Handmaid’s Tale: Jill Swale examines the political and historical context of Atwood’s novel Readers of dystopian will recognize many of the themes and features of Atwood’s novel: war, surveillance, oppression, lack of freedom, underground movements and rebellion. In Jill Swale’s examination of the social and historical context of the novel, she comments on the idea that the novel is and “amalgam of trends” (Swale) that have…

Following the suffragette movement, the communal expression of women was liberated as a result of social cohesion. Whilst the attained ability for women to voice has seen refinement to previously confined gender roles, acculturated issues regarding gender equality further stimulate women to embrace their voice. The Yellow Wallpaper, Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s response to the patriarchal society of the nineteenth century, and the Australian Human Rights Commission 2017 document, A Conversation in…

Stripped of Freedom Many Feminist writers during the Progressive era often wrote about gender equality. During the Progressive era many women found freedom through artist creativity from their bounded lives through writing. Each writer expressed their opinions in hope to strike a spark in women rights. The authors Charlotte Perkins and Kate Chopin in their stories, “The Yellow Wallpaper” and “The Story of an hour,” use reoccuring themes of complete isolation to illustrate the domestic space…

Socratic Seminar In what ways Jane Eyre a Feminist novel? In what way Jane Eyre an anti-feminist novel? Feminism is defined as the advocacy of women's rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes. antifeminists in the late 19th century and early 20th century resisted women's suffrage, while anti feminists in the late 20th century in the United States opposed the Equal Rights Amendment. For the time this novel was published it could be viewed and very feminist but now in todays context not…

In her essay, “The Importance of Work,” from The Feminine Mystique published in 1963, Betty Friedan confronts American women’s search for identity. She explores the idea that work is closely related to individuality and, therefore, gives individuals a sense of accomplishment. Her book is incredibly famous for sparking a new kind of feminism and inspiring numerous other women across the country. Friedan graduated from Smith College in 1942 with a bachelor’s degree and moved to New York to become…

Within Japanese Animation and Manga, numerous themes can run through a series. One theme that has become more prominent since the 1990s is the role of women, as well as traditional gender roles, within this medium. This is all because of the Sailor Moon Manga by Naoko Takeuchi, which when it was adapted into an Animation revolutionised the ‘magical girl’ genre and brought these themes into question. This essay will use the source material to look at how traditional gender roles are displayed…

with blue colored dress and the girl with the pink colored dress due to influence of the social aspects and longer cultural norms. If we look generally choose of the dress is based on social preference, however this is untrue if we consider Butler’s theory on gender construction: “If gender is constructed, could it be constructed differently, or does its constructedness imply some form of social determinism, foreclosing the possibility of agency and transformation?” (Butler 11) Social…

While Abbott’s, “Flatland” and Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s, “The Yellow Wallpaper” both illustrate critiques towards gender roles, such as women being treated unfairly, and man’s role being superior to women, these authors reveal numerous approaches and techniques toward the narratives’ critiques. Due to the methods and techniques to critique gender roles throughout these two texts, it supports the authors main theme of a typical gender role during the Victorian period. Additionally, Rosemary…

 Dr B R Ambedkar’s Emancipation for Women: Dr B R Ambedkar began his movement in 1920 and meanwhile started journals called MookNayak and Bahishkrut Bharat in order to make women as rationalists. The main of his movement is to emancipate or raise voice for gaining equality especially of oppressed classes. Apart from the chief architect of Indian constitution he struggled for marginalized women and their fulfilment. Dr Ambedkar had believed in the strength of women and their role in the process…