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A Feminist Reading of Their Eyes Were Watching GodIn Zora Neale Hurston’s novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, the reader is treated to an enthralling story of a woman’s lifelong quest for happiness and love. Although this novel may be analyzed according to several critical lenses, I believe the perspectives afforded by French feminists Helene…

Post-1914 play Educating Rita- To what extent do you agree that Educating Rita is a feminist play? The play ‘Educating Rita’ is set in Liverpool during the 1970s, with only two main characters: Rita White and Frank. Rita, a vibrant and bubbly twenty-six year old, uneducated, working class woman enrols at the Open University, her…

Feminist perspectives on Inhabitant BY Henna 23455 Feminist perspectives on Inhabitant : “It all starts because of a woman” is the tag line used by many people. Some sacred books say “Stay away from wine, gambling and woman. ” “Woman is the door to hell”, “The heaven for a woman lies in her husband’s feet”,…

The adage for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction applies universally from physics to even culture. According to Merriam-Webster, the word feminazi means an “extreme or militant feminist.” The first known use of the word feminazi was in 1989 from conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh. This word today still carries…

            Throughout this scathing essay, Audre Lorde claim puts forth the primary claim that if the educational and feminist community continues to use the same tactics as they always have (i.e. the Master’s tools),[M1]  then they will never be able to change the racism and anti-feminist society in which they live (i.e. the Master’s house)[M2] ….

            Postmodern feminism is a prominent feminist theory that espouses the belief that there is no single way of being a woman. It strongly criticizes and opposes the male-dominated setup of the society which places women into the role of—in the words of Simone de Beauvoir—the Other (Agge, 1993, p. 84). Like other postmodern beliefs,…

Meatless Days by Sara Suleri is a brilliant writing as it engages the reader in all the aspects of society. This novel shows the position of female in the society, the political aspects such as the status of Pakistani female and their position in this set up. She very artistically intermingles the culture of two…

The Summary of Translation and Gender Abstract: First of all, the development, mall representatives, the purpose, the significance and the application of the feminist translation theory will be introduced briefly. Then the three theory foundation and their strength and weakness will be summarized generally in this paper. My personal view about the feminist translation theory…

            Once upon a time, women were considered the inferior sex whose acts are strictly defined by society. They were restricted to household chores, bearing and rearing children. Education for them was limited to the arts and homemaking. In politics and governance, they had no voice. They could not vote. In certain societies and cultures,…

There has been, thankfully, a great shift since the chastened “New Women” of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, as noted by critic Phyllis A. Roth”For both the Victorians and twentieth century readers, much of the novel’s great appeal comes from its hostility toward female sexuality”1That hostility has been a source for female transformation from the post feminist…