Essays about: "women of color feminism"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words women of color feminism.
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1. 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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2. Addressing intersectionality in the #MeToo movement - A case study of women’s mobilization under the #MeToo movement in the postcolonial context of South Africa
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The #MeToo movement united women around the globe in the fight against sexual violence. However, the #MeToo movement has been criticized for solely adopting a gender-based approach by neglecting the intersections of gender, race and class. READ MORE
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3. Reclamation: A Feminist Genealogy of the Cultural Symbols of the Chicana Feminist Movement
University essay from Lunds universitet/Genusvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis will explore two significant cultural symbols of Mexican-American/Chicano culture: La Malinche and the Virgin of Guadalupe [La Virgen de Guadalupe]. The Chicana Feminist Movement, a notable women of color feminist movement, is considered to have been created and most active in the 1960s-1980s era of the United States. READ MORE
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4. Enforcing Patriarchal Values : A socialist feminist analysis of the characters of Offred and Serena Joy in Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale
University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)Abstract : This essay shows how Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale (1985) functions as a critique of patriarchal society as it depicts a dystopic, dismantled society where women are divided into societal groups on biological grounds. Based on socialist feminist literary theory, an analysis is carried out of two of the female characters, Offred and Serena Joy, who are both oppressed by a patriarchal, totalitarian government; an oppression that is manifested in different ways. READ MORE
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5. A Product of Womanism: Shug Avery in Alice Walker's The Color Purple
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : Feminism in the early 1980's in the United States revolved much around social and cultural matters such as sexual liberation, self- definition and self- realization for women. Derived from these ideas within feminism comes Alice Walker's Womanism, that is the writer's own definition of the strong and independent woman of color. READ MORE
