Essays about: "materialist feminism"

Found 4 essays containing the words materialist feminism.

1. 1. Love at the Heart of Feminist Epistemology: On the Interconnectedness between Love and Gender

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Veronica Grönlund; [2020]
   Keywords : epistemology; ontology; feminism; love; materialism; realism; queer theory; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In this thesis, I investigate the concept of love in relation to feminist epistemology. Through a theoretical analysis and assessment, the aim has been to first of all examine ontological tensions between feminist works theorizing on love; secondly, to analyse which role the concept of love has in the works; and thirdly to contextualize the different ontological assumptions made within the basic tension in feminist epistemology, i. READ MORE

3. 2. "The Speciesism Gaze!?" : An ethical discursive analysis of animal right posters from a postcolonial, eco-critical and new materialist feminist perspective.

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för sociala och psykologiska studier

   Author : Lena Johansson; [2017]
   Keywords : speciesism gaze; sexism; racism; grievability; killability; species necropolitics; anthropocentrism; androcentrism; anthropocene; intertextuality; intersectionality; eco-critical; new materialism feminism; post humanities; animal rights; blicken av speciesism; rasism; antropocentrism; androcentrism; antropocen; intertextualitet; intersektionalitet; eko-kritisk; djurs rätt;

   Abstract : Our western society and lifestyle is to a considerable extent depended on the way we perceive and treat our co-existing non-human species. Industrial farming, vivisection, sports, circuses etcetera are just a few examples of how human use and exploit animal bodies for own gain. READ MORE

4. 3. THE TENSIONS BETWEEN FEMINISM AND LOVE IN SIRI HUSTVEDT’S THE SUMMER WITHOUT MEN

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Karin Wijk; [2016-02-05]
   Keywords : materialist feminism; love; heterosexual relationships; transcendence;

   Abstract : Abstract: This essay investigates why and how inequalities in heterosexual love relationships persist in The Summer without Men, even though the protagonist as a narrator is engaged in a feminist critique throughout the novel. Materialist feminism and previous research on the novel is used to examine how the protagonist and the other women in the novel balance between conforming to and resisting patriarchal norms. READ MORE

5. 4. Love' s function in marital decisions : Materialist feminism in Jane Austen's Emma, Pride and Prejudice and Northanger Abbey

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

   Author : Magdalena Sundkvist; [2016]
   Keywords : Austen; Materialist Feminism; Domestic role; Women s Opression; Heterosexual Normative Roles;

   Abstract : In Jane Austen’s Emma, Pride and Prejudice and Northanger Abbey there is a central theme of finding a marriage partner from economic, social and love perspectives. The focus of this essay is to look from a materialist feminist perspective at how these factors influence the characters’ marital matches. READ MORE