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The Handmaid’s Tale Through the Feminist Critical Lense What would you do if you were in a future society where you were unable to choose your own path in life? In her story, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood creates an extreme circumstance to show the inequality between men and women in our current society. Several themes from the story make it a good fit to be viewed through the feminist critical theory lense, including: the role of women in the society, women’s sexuality, and…

Conclusion The primary purpose of this study is to examine Judith Butler theory of gender performativity. In her work Gender Trouble, she argues that gender identity cannot be biologically determined. She challenges the belief that certain behaviors are natural. Her argument is that gender and sex are not natural but they are constructed through the working of power in societies such as institutions, discourse, and practices. Consequently, gender is prompted by obligatory norms to be one…

The Victorian society was not divided simply horizontally by class, it was also divided vertically by gender. In both texts we are exposed to gender ideals The importance of a woman’s identity during the Victorian period was unquestionably measured in accordance with her sexual status. The existence of the fallen women was a concept that was prevalent during the Victorian period and is largely connected to sexual purity and an irrevocable loss of innocence. In both Goblin Market and Mary Barton…

artistic and literary pieces which have contributed in some way to the spread of feminism. Feminist literature is considered to be a work which supports the goal of feminism, equality, and typically draws attention to the inequality problems between men and women in different areas of life, such as economically and socially. Jane Austen’s novel, Pride and Prejudice, is a novel which is easily placed as a feminist novel as the novel does draw forth several areas of inequality between men and…

The feminist blog, Finally, a Feminism 101 Blog, is fundamentally a blog that explains the base of feministic ideologies, but is in no means a concrete resource. It acts as a place that answers frequently asked questions which appear in discussions – both online and in person – that upset the flow of constructive conversations due to lack of background knowledge. In-post links are provided as a method of accessing possible in depth information on certain topics should one feel a desire to…

Cindy Sherman and the relation of stereotype she uses through film This essay will look at Cindy Sherman and the relation of stereotype she uses through film. The issues that will be discussed, consists of the way that Sherman explores stereotypes and identity through her Untitled Film Stills series. Cindy Sherman is a photographer and was first recognized in the early 1980s,(Tate) Sherman explores the stereotype of women (forward). Sherman also plays various women in different…

ideologies, and social movements are popular as they seek to define and establish the rights of women on the basis of equality of sexes. Under the feminist view, women have the choice to decide whether or not to use their bodies for pregnancy purposes. However, the movies The Blind Side and Steel Magnolias demonstrate that a woman can become an empowered feminist through having a child, may it be biologically hers or not. The Blind Side The film is all about a boy who grew up moving from…

Katniss Everdeen, the protagonist of The Hunger Games would be an example of the second. The novel became a phenomenon in the United States and sparked debate of feministic themes. Everdeen holds many ‘feminine’ and ‘masculine’ characteristics. She is a nurturing care giver, and yet is lethal with a bow and arrow. After analysis of both feminism and The Hunger Games separately, it is obvious that there are overlapping sections. Everdeen can be seen as an embodiment of third-wave feminism in its…

Laura Mulvey, in “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema” (1975), reveals how traditional cinema is imbued with an active male gaze that communicates dominant and sexist ideologies. She argues that classical Hollywood movies reflect the patriarchal system in which they are produced, with women being “looked at and displayed” for the (assumed) male spectator’s pleasure. While the success of several recent female-led blockbusters seem to indicate a shift toward greater female representation, I…

The reconstruction of the voice of immigrants along with other associated dynamics the psyche of expatriation has been a subject of serious speculations of the women writers. This paper analyses the growth of diaspora literature from a state of alienation to acculturation with a specific focus at the socio-psychological dynamics of cultural disparities constituting the dimensions of diaspora literature with reference to Jhumpa lahiri’s The Namesake. Key words: Socio-Psychological, Cultural…