Essays about: "patriarchy"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 173 essays containing the word patriarchy.

  1. 31. The Multiple Burdens of Joyce : An Intersectional Feminist Analysis of Joyce’s Life in Crossing the River

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Maha Haidar; [2022]
    Keywords : Caryl Phillips; Crossing the River; feminism; race; gender; social class; intersectional feminism; bell hooks;

    Abstract : This essay analyses the life of Joyce, the protagonist in “Somewhere in England”, the fourth section of Crossing the River by Caryl Phillips, using an intersectional feminist perspective. It attempts to show how patriarchy, classism, and racism intersect to shape Joyce’s life and to limit her possibilities. READ MORE

  3. 32. Feminist Practices and Representation of Women Characters in Little Women

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

    Author : Jennifer Koroleva Sundgren; [2022]
    Keywords : feminism; Jo March; Little Women; coming of age; Bildungsroman; Künstlerroman; gender fluidity; art;

    Abstract : This essay focuses on Louisa May Alcott's Little Women as a feminist novel and explores the representations of feminisms in the text. First, I argue Little Women is a novel that presents writing as feminist practice from a Künstlerroman perspective, which highlights Jo March's subversive feminism in the time. READ MORE

  4. 33. Language, Gender, and Sexuality in EFL Textbooks : The Case of Greek Public Secondary Schools

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Maria Koutsoupaki; [2022]
    Keywords : language and gender; sexuality; non-binary; LGBTQ ; heteronormativity; queer theory; patriarchy; EFL; Greek public school; textbooks; interviews;

    Abstract : The past few decades have been marked by increasing awareness of issues pertaining to gender and sexuality, since both concepts have started being treated as continuums or spectrums, rather than as binaries. Therefore, the fields of gender and queer linguistics have been growing in significance, in an effort to identify underlying ideologies and biases in language, and to challenge them. READ MORE

  5. 34. An Intersectional Feminist WAP : A Unique Case Study of the Rap by Cardi B and Meg Thee Stallion

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Nicola Garoutte; [2022]
    Keywords : sexuality; sexual script theory; hip-hop sexual script; intersectionality; intersectional feminism; feminism; feminist standpoint theory;

    Abstract : Cardi B and Meg Thee Stallion have no issues telling men how they can satisfy women. While WAP is considered vulgar and crude by some, the overall message is about outspoken intersectional feminism based on sex positivity and empowerment. READ MORE

  6. 35. The Changing Attitudes Towards Traditional Gender Roles vis-à-vis Women of the Somali Diaspora : A Qualitative Analysis of How Migration has Championed for the Empowerment of Somali Diaspora Women Since 1991

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Naima Ali; [2022]
    Keywords : political motherhood; somali diaspora; somali women;

    Abstract : Somali women have suffered at the hands of the patriarchy for as long as they have known. It is well established that the civil war in 1991 created irreparable damage to the Somali people. Nevertheless, it opened doors for women to experience autonomy for the first time. READ MORE