The section I chose to reflect on is “Heterosexuality and Feminist Theory” by Christine Overall. This certain reading refers to the class discussion of Sept. 15‚ 2011 and also in the class of Sept. 20‚ 2011. The main idea of this very serious‚ but contemporary reading was heterosexuality; it built off the subject into why‚ who‚ and how into great detail. To summarize the whole reading in to one statement of my own is going to be hard since Ms. Overall did it so well. Heterosexually is the norm as
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dominant figure to keep them in line‚ this can be shown in the story. With this‚ I’m able to judge this piece from a feminist point of view. So with this in place I’ll be using a sociological and feminist criticism for The Yellow Wallpaper. Before I go into the criticism of the piece itself‚ first allow me to discuss the author of this piece‚ Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Gilman was a feminist‚ lecturer‚ and writer and her most well-known story is The Yellow Wallpaper. According to Encyclopædia Britannica
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Feminist Theory‚ Embodiment‚ and the Docile Agent: Some Reflections on the Egyptian Islamic Revival Saba Mahmood University of Chicago In the last two decades one of the key questions that has occupied many feminist theorists is how should issues of historical and cultural specificity inform both the analytics and politics of any feminist project. Although this questioning has resulted in serious attempts at integrating issues of sexual‚ racial‚ class‚ and national difference within feminist
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I. There were two Great Awakenings in the U.S. The principal‚ which happened when the U.S. was as yet a settlement of Great Britain‚ occurred in the 1730s-1740s in New England. This development was a Puritan response to their observation that there was a decrease in confidence in the group‚ and it included their endeavor to recommit the group to the possibility of destiny (that individuals’ confidence was in God’s grasp and that they must be spared through their faith in God). There were a few new
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Applying Feminist Theory to Literature Schweickhart’s essay is the basis for what I think is the most important issue in academic‚ literary feminism: finding and becoming a strong feminist reader. Granted‚ academia is an extremely specific subset of feminism‚ but if I incorporate her theme of praxis it can be applied to other areas of feminist thought and action. Schweickhart presents the idea of “feminist readings of male texts and…feminist readings of female texts” (39). It’s
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The significant themes of Chopin’s The Awakening are introduced immediately in the opening scene of the bird in the cage. Edna feels trapped in the small realm of her home‚ as the bird is trapped in its cage. A major theme of the novel‚ liberation verses conformity is introduced because although Edna struggles if she is liberated‚ she is really like the bird because she doesn’t have a choice. Society makes the choice for her. The indifferent manner in which Mr. Pontellier reacts to the bird introduces
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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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Feminist Criticism of The Great Gatsby Feminist criticism focuses on the power relationships between genders and the ways pieces of literature has been shaped according to them. During the 1920’s‚ many changes had begun to counter the evident inequality between men and women. Views readily changed from politics to social lives as woman’s hemlines were raised and risks were taken. The confusion of this time for most men is seen in The Great Gatsby. In The Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald portrays the new
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From Humble Beginnings Historians have sorted the American Feminist movement into three distinct “waves‚” the first of which began before World War I. Although World War I should not be credited for the beginning of the Feminist Movement‚ it led to its triumph. First-Wave Feminism merely began as women’s desire to be granted political‚ social‚ and economic liberties; this being represented by the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848‚ the first time a discussion of women’s rights had taken place. It
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Feminist Lens on Hamlet The critical school our group will be discussing is feminism. The core ideas of this school is the equality of gender. When defined in the dictionary‚ it states that feminism is “The theory of the political‚ economic‚ and social equality of the sexes”. A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women. Malala Yousafzai‚ a young social justice leader‚ sums up the general passion felt by those who are members of this school when she said “W
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