Articles related to "Patriarchy"

In a brief dissection of four of Ophuls' films, his attitude toward patriarchy can be discovered; Madame de..., Letter From an Unknown Woman, Caught and Reckless Moment.

Patriarchy affects women, ethnic and minority groups in Nepal in all forms of public and private life. The legal system is one of the biggest barriers for women's rights.

"Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" shows that oppression need not be outwardly cruel, but that forcing a role on someone, no matter how comfortable it is, still keeps them down.

Nepal has abolished its monarchy in favour of becoming a Democratic Republic. The country is hopeful for a positive future for women and ethnic and minority groups.

This article explores the roots of cultural feminism and its links to classical anthropology, and the New Utopia.

"Good Guys" part four. In the complex domain of Aboriginal rights, contemporary feminists often find themselves working for the enemy.

The question at hand is whether Austen was a feminist. It was thought that Austen was a romance writer who taught tradition/virtue in her prose. This was not the case.

To understand what happens in The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath you need to know how all the characters compliment or contrast with the main character Esther Greenwood.

The women's rights' movement is often misunderstood as an angry protest towards men and the family. It is time to go back to the most basic principal of what feminism is.

Incorporating both the cultural and gender implications of patriarchal ideology, Susan Straight offers her reader an opportunity to view the life of an Antebellum female.

An introduction to the work of One World Foundation, a grassroots human rights organization in Nepal working towards women's equality and children's education.

Radical feminists are the acting force of the American Woman's Movement. Their ideas and attitudes are the focus of many issues, and some are remembered more than others.

A feminist criticism of the novel reveals Wharton's views on the status of women at the turn of the 20th Century and is relevant for young women of today.

This article explores the connection between ideas of change, and activism.

Does the media promote dominant power structures? Yes, argued Antonio Gramsci in his widely-used theory of hegemony.

Western literature often portrays FGC as a static "tradition," yet FGC is a changing practice, existing in a wide-range of political, historical, and social contexts.

From the best seller The Joy Luck Club, comes another unique tale of survival and a quest for identity in The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan.

While the Constituent Assembly works on a new Constitution, human rights activists are optimistic about positive changes for people's participation under a new system.

Adrienne Rich's "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" exemplifies propaganda masquerading as a poem. As all propaganda ultimately fails as discourse, so fails this piece of doggerel.

With the passing of the 19th Amendment, radical feminism became a main-stay in women's rights movements that continue today, and continues to be divided on many issues.

Karen Moe is a Vancouver photographer who aims to use the medium both in traditional and digital formats as an art of memory, beauty and politicized messages.

Maxine Hong Kingston's 1976 memoir The Woman Warrior explores her experience as a Chinese-American woman.

While Kahn makes many fine arguments and cites excellent research from Lacan, Strauss, and other critics to support her own assertions, her essay is at times disjointed.

A Midsummer Night's Dream is one of Shakespeare's romantic comedies. But the play can leave us unnerved once we form the link between comedy and tyranny in the play.

In the first article we examined the roots of these two movements, we will now look at the possible wider socio-biological effects of their practices

Two essays, one written in 1971 and the other in 1994, look at the evolving ways women create and relate to art.

Emma Goldman was an early figure in birth control history and the free speech movement. She supported anarchism, the women's rights movement, and lesbian rights.

Patricia Simons investigates the economic, social, and sexual uses of female portraiture in 15th Century Florence.

Through language and her female role models, the character, Esperanza interprets words differently, interpreting the role of a woman differently.

Pastor Steven L. Anderson started his Tempe, Arizona based Faithful Word Baptist Church on Christmas Day of 2005. Anderson is also the face of hatred and bigotry.

Jane Fletcher's Lyremouth Chronicles begins with The Exile and the Sorcerer. In this novel we meet the heroine's of the story, Jemeryl and Tevi, sorceress and warrior.

Madeleine L'Engle delivers a powerful story of love and loss, in this half-memoir, half-journal account of her marriage to husband Hugh Franklin.

Though often called a romantic comedy, Two Gentlemen of Verona stresses the bonds of male friendship over love, and calls out for a feminist reading.

Michael Eric Dyson, the "hip hop intellectual," lives up to that moniker in "Know What I Mean?" Along the way, he makes some important observations about race and gender.

Christina Georgina Rossetti's poem is interpreted as an expression of grief over the loss of the Mother.

The De Beers Company says grooms should propose with a diamond engagement ring worth three months of his salary. Is it worth it?

In this interview Mirabai Starr, translator of the 16th Century Spanish mystics, St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross, shares her insights and motivations.

Ophuls employs images of bars to illustrate how societal Institutions restrict women from expression and power; Madame de..., Letter, Caught and Reckless Moment analyzed.

Revolutionary Road features a quietly suffering suburban heroine who recalls the titular character of Jeanne Dielman, a famous movie icon of feminine desperation

John Milton's literary works have received much scholarly attention for their representations of men, women, and their respective roles.

In "In Search of Respect," Phillipe Bourgois explores what effects segregation has on race and gender identity in Spanish Harlem

It is the pope who legally reigns over the General Council of his time.

Here's a brief summary of some of the many different kinds of feminism.

The Egyptian goddess Isis had an unusual role in Egyptian myth. A protope of the goddess-heroine, she would influence later myths.

James Bond has emerged as one of the most recognizable names in the spy genre of film and books. Yet, this sexist attitude towards women is antiquated and in poor taste.

Are Discodianism and Thelema representative of emerging consensus belief in the 21st Century?