Essays about: "female oppression"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 46 essays containing the words female oppression.

1. 1. Art e miss

   University essay from Stockholms konstnärliga högskola/Institutionen för dans

   Author : Argyri Roula Samiotaki; [2023]
   Keywords : dance; fiction; tranformation; repetition; mythology; wild woman archetype;

   Abstract : The project of Art e miss is a moving practice and research, an embodied exploration of the wild woman archetype. The research is aiming to practice ways to mobilize one-female-self in situations of feeling restricted. It is about approaching ways of mobilizing oneself to act and transform situations and moments of friction. READ MORE

3. 2. Transformative Lesbian Experiences in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple : A Look at Celie’s Development

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Bäckman Ellen; [2023]
   Keywords : The Color Purple; abuse; feminism; compulsory heterosexuality; lesbianism;

   Abstract : The Color Purple (1982) focuses on highlighting Celie’s journey throughout life as an oppressed black woman living in the South in the United States in the early 1900s. Celie is abused mentally, physically, and sexually by her stepfather Alphonso and her husband Mr. _____. READ MORE

4. 3. “This is what a feminist looks like" : A comparative case study of neoliberal discourses from Thatcher to May and its gendered implications

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Sofia Antila; [2023]
   Keywords : Neoliberalism; Intersectionality; Feminism; Discourse Analysis; Conservatism; Political Discourses.;

   Abstract : Tracing the construction of gender neoliberalism in the United Kingdom with the context of austerity measures and increased social divisions stemming from the European Union referendum, this research analyses the way political discourses act to legitimize gender neoliberalism as the hegemonic rationality in the Conservative Party. Undertaking a comparative case study approach, this study aims to examine the evolution of neoliberal rationality in political discourses between the two female Prime Ministers of the country, namely, Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May. READ MORE

5. 4. In Bondage at the Bottom of Hierarchy : A Study of Female Victimisation and the Exploitation of the Poor in Crime and Punishment

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

   Author : Josefin Lann; [2023]
   Keywords : Fyodor Dostoyevsky; Crime and Punishment; Marxism; feminism; class struggle; female victimisation; double oppression;

   Abstract : This study investigates the societal tribulations of impoverished men and women in nineteenth-century St Petersburg in Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment. The analysis is centred around the novel’s portrayals of class struggle, female victimisation, and double oppression in capitalist and patriarchal society. READ MORE

6. 5. The Haunting of Hill House: The Heterosexual Horror of the Home

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Fanny Berg; [2023]
   Keywords : Shirley Jackson; queer reading; internalization; self-surveillance; heteronormativity;

   Abstract : The female gothic as a genre, with its emergence in the 19th century, has a history of critiquing women’s place in the domestic sphere by showcasing the horrors of the home. When The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson was first published in 1959, it did so with both this historical genre background, as well as with a resurgence of traditional gender roles as an ideal. READ MORE