Essays about: "institution of motherhood"

Found 4 essays containing the words institution of motherhood.

  1. 1. Performing Mother and Daughter : A Postdramatic Performance Analysis of Three Contemporary Theatre Productions

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

    Author : Elin Sandberg Hensch; [2023]
    Keywords : motherhood; postdramatic theatre; Hans-Thies Lehmann; performance analysis; mother-daughter relationship; contemporary theatre; Teater Galeasen; Kulturhuset Stadsteatern; Maxim Gorki Theater;

    Abstract : This master’s thesis is concerned with the portrayal of motherhood and mother-daughter relationships on stage. By conducting performance analyses of three separate contemporary performances, all focused on mother-daughter relationships, the thesis investigates the creation of mother and daughter on stage. READ MORE

  3. 2. Motherhood in a Patriarchal Society : A Feminist Analysis of Motherhood in The Handmaid´s Tale by Margaret Atwood

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Hanna Lindberg; [2023]
    Keywords : feminism; patriarchy; motherhood; institution of motherhood;

    Abstract : Margaret Atwood The Handmaid´s Tale displays a discouraging picture of a patrairchal society where women have little to nothing to say about how they want to live their life. Decresing population rates due to fertility issues make the ability to have children a very important aspect of their society. READ MORE

  4. 3. Frankenstein's Mother - Mapping structures, and researching ways of creating new ones, within the interrelated entanglement of artistic practice and motherhood

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

    Author : Clara Aldén; [2021-01-11]
    Keywords : Motherhood; Clanarchist; Hegemonies; Feminism;

    Abstract : American artist Judy Chicago once told another artist, Helen Million Ruby, that she had to choose between her children and artistic practice. When asked about this, she commented that she was not giving an ultimatum but merely stating a fact. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Denial of Motherhood in Beloved and Crossing the River : A Postcolonial Literary Study of How the Institution of Slavery Has Restricted Motherhood for Centuries

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Engelska

    Author : Sofia Wike; [2017]
    Keywords : Toni Morrison; Beloved; Caryl Phillips; Crossing the River; slavery; postcolonialism; colonialism; motherhood; African diaspora; racism.;

    Abstract : The aim of this essay is to explore motherhood in two postcolonial literary works by African American author Toni Morrison and British author Caryl Phillips, who was born in the Caribbean. The essay is based on Morrison’s award winning novel Beloved, which was published in 1987 and was inspired by the escaping African American slave Margareth Garner. READ MORE