Essays about: "Feminist Criticism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 68 essays containing the words Feminist Criticism.

  1. 1. Traces of the Past : Reclaiming Feminine and Maternal Identity in the Wake of Slavery, as Portrayed in the Novels Beloved and Jazz.

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Ira Elaika Konduk; [2023]
    Keywords : motherhood; individuality; mutuality; African Americans; Black feminist criticism;

    Abstract : Using Black feminist criticism, this study will examine the influence of the multifaceted yet simultaneous system of oppression on individuality and mutuality in the aftermath of slavery, as depicted in Toni Morrison’s works in Beloved and Jazz. Furthermore, this essay will explore the effects of the intersecting system of oppression on the characters’ identity formation. READ MORE

  3. 2. Follow the Witch - The interior designer as a future urban planner for the design between existing walls

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/HDK-Valand - Högskolan för konst och design

    Author : Julia Niklasson; [2023]
    Keywords : MFA Programme in Design; HDK-Valand;

    Abstract : What if most of our future buildings are already built? To build new buildings by claiming new resources and more land, these are habits we need to change if we are serious about shifting to a sustainable way of living. We need to deal with what has already been built. READ MORE

  4. 3. Satellites in Comparative Literature or How to Rectify the Western : A comparative study of feminist criticism in Blood Meridian and In the Distance

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Litteraturvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ulf Anton Waller Kaustinen; [2023]
    Keywords : Blood Meridian; In the Distance; Comparative Literature; Satellite; Satellites; Literary studies; Anti-Westerns; Anti-Westernm Westerns Western; Cormac McCarthy; Hernan Diaz; McCarthy; Diaz; Violence; Masculinity;

    Abstract : In this paper, I argue that novels of the same genre may communicate with each other, spanning time and space to recontextualize the realities of books that both preceeded and came after one another. I use Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian (1985) and Hernan Diaz' In the Distance (2018) to illustrate my theory, focusing on the issues of masculinity presentet in both novels. READ MORE

  5. 4. Giving Lolita a Voice : A feminist reading of Lolita and My Dark Vanessa

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Tyra Persson; [2023]
    Keywords : Lolita; My Dark Vanessa; Literature; Feminism; Internalized Patriarchy; Male Gaze;

    Abstract : This study examines patriarchal ideology and traditional gender roles in Vladmir Nabokov’s Lolita and Elizabeth Russell’s My Dark Vanessa. Using feminist literary criticism, the essay investigates in what waysthe ways in which the female characters, Dolores, and Vanessa, are affected by the patriarchal assumptions and patterns that the male characters promote. READ MORE

  6. 5. Transnational Fathers’ Activism: A case study of Platform for European Fathers

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Niklas Thunman; [2022-11-25]
    Keywords : fathers’ rights activism; shared parenting; fatherhood; social media rhetoric;

    Abstract : Shifting gender relations and family arrangements throughout the 20th and 21st century have led to the emergence of fathers’ rights activism. Equipped with a seemingly simple call for justice, the fathers’ rights movement has influenced family law, and have become part of the public consciousness. READ MORE