Essays about: "patriarchy"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 173 essays containing the word patriarchy.
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21. Giving Lolita a Voice : A feminist reading of Lolita and My Dark Vanessa
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälleAbstract : 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
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22. A Black woman's fight against oppression: Celie's transformation in the Color Purple
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : In the novel the Color Purple (1982), the author, Alice Walker, highlights the oppression African American women had to endure in the South, during the 1920s. It tells the story of the protagonist Celie's life, from being a sexual abused girl, to becoming an independent woman. READ MORE
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23. Women's Access to Public Space : A Qualitative Study on Women's Experiences Regarding Access to Public Space Within the Suburbs of Malmö City
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : The purpose of this study is to investigate the access of women to public space in particularly vulnerable suburbs within Malmö County. The study employs a qualitative research method and is based on semi-structured interviews with ten women who share their experiences of living in these vulnerable suburbs. READ MORE
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24. 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 humanioraAbstract : 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
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25. Make Room for the New Woman : The Extinction of the Earth-bound Angel in Three Short Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Kate Chopin
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : This essay explores the feminist message in Kate Chopin’s short story “The Story of an Hour” and Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “An Extinct Angel” and “The Yellow Wallpaper”. The relationship between space and gender will be examined in connection with theoretical conceptions of female consciousness. READ MORE