not a theory used to focus on the inequality between races‚ but to increase the knowledge of the inequality that African American women faced in relationship to African American men. Crenshaw’s(1991) article on intersectionality mentions how the government works to oppress women. The government works to separate and discriminate those individuals who are displayed as “outliers”. African American women‚ to be specific‚ are targeted because of their race as well as
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Feminist Perspective in “The Awakening” In The Awakening‚ Chopin describes how the perfect man or woman should look according to society. The Awakening was published in 1899 which “aroused a storm of controversy for its then unprecedented treatment of female independence and sexuality‚ and for its unromantic portrayal of marriage.” (Chopin‚ 1899‚ Note) Women were expected to be obedient housewives and a doting mother to their children. The statement; “If it was not a women’s place to look after
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ask for‚ except maybe hair or teeth which would obviously come later. The morning Sara was to be put up for adoption‚ her mother‚ trembling with sadness‚ cradled her close and read to her from a small‚ scruffy book. On the faded‚ red cover it read ’Rapunzel’. The tale finished just as the father reached for Sara to take her away‚ "...and they lived for a long time afterwards‚ happy and contented." That morning a shrill cry echoed though the halls of the hospital but gradually faded and was forgotten
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Black Feminism in The 1970’s: Addressing Issues in the African American Female Community The Black Feminist Movement was a historical event that elevated the voices of oppressed African American women. The Black Feminist Movement came about in the 1960’s and 1970’s as a result of racial and sexual oppression towards African American women. At the time‚ there were many issues regarding gender and racial equality. Sexual oppression in the form of rape was also an issue. In return‚ there many movements
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The prescribing health provider I interviewed is a part-time psychiatrist at the VA Long Beach Healthcare System. To begin‚ I started the interview by inquiring how she prepared herself to work in the field of psychiatry. For her undergraduate study‚ she stated that her major was in biology at first but‚ after being fascinated to learn about psychological aspects of chronic medical illnesses in her health psychology class‚ she changed her major to psychology. Then‚ she went to medical school to study
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Composition II/Literature Week 2: The Feminist Perspective This presentation will introduce you to the feminist critical perspective through a close examination of the short story “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid. The Feminist Critical Perspective “Feminist criticism questions the ways in which women have been defined through a literary tradition dominated by male authors and critics…many feminists argue that the forms and conventions of traditional literature allow only a certain type of female
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seventeenth-century Boston. On the surface‚ this novel’s tale is the opposite of proto-feminist‚ a term applied to works that show the emergence of modern feminist concepts. Via the actions and characteristics main characters‚ or perhaps heroines of the novel‚ Hester Prynne and her daughter Pearl‚ Hawthorne is able to contrast them with society’s expectations‚ showing them to be proto-feminist characters within a proto-feminist novel. In Puritan society‚ gender roles are distinct‚
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How far do you agree or disagree that Tennyson offers a feminist stance in his poetry? I agree with the fact that Tennyson is a feminist in his poetry. I think that the poems Godiva and Lady of Shallot prove this. A feminist stance is where someone looks at texts through a woman’s perspective and theory‚ which is what Tennyson‚ does in these poems. Tennyson lived at a time when women were inferior to men therefore by him putting a feminist stance in his poems; it is a different perspective on that
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religious and social values that dominate different eras will sculpt ones understandings of the messages portrayed in a novel. A New Historicist take on J.D Salinger’s novel‚ “The Catcher in the Rye” will warrant different opinions to that of a Feminist approach on the themes presented. Holden’s self alienation‚ reluctance to growing up‚ conform to societal stereotypes and his interactions with others convey underlying messages that will be interpreted through historical context and gender roles
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‘Disney restyles ‘Rapunzel’ to appeal to boys’ is an article written by Dawn.C Chmielewski and Claudia Eller‚ writers of Los Angeles Times. As this article is published in Los Angeles Times‚ its main audience would be the general public. In this article‚ Chmielewski and Eller (2010) argue about how Disney directors are changing the name of ‘Rapunzel’ to less gender-specific titles to draw in a bigger audience. While I feel that Chmielewski and Eller have provided a refreshing insight of how the title
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