The content of current third-wave feminism differs significantly from that of previous feminist movements,which sought equal human and civil rights for women.In third-wave feminism,gender is primarily understood as a ...The content of current third-wave feminism differs significantly from that of previous feminist movements,which sought equal human and civil rights for women.In third-wave feminism,gender is primarily understood as a social category that is linguistically constructed.The now classic work Gender Trouble(1990)by philosopher Judith Butler is decisive for this“linguistic turn”in the social sciences.However,Butler’s work is systematically based on two philosophical traditions that are already highly controversial in themselves:sophism and existentialism,linked to a pre-modern magical worldview.The following essay is a critique of these lines of tradition,followed by the question of the extent to which they can serve citizens of an enlightened society in naming and constructively addressing actual social grievances.展开更多
Chungking Express is a Hong Kong film directed by Wong Kar-Wai in 1994.The film consists of two unrelated story lines,with vibrant scenes and unforgettable music.Chungking Express can be discussed from different angle...Chungking Express is a Hong Kong film directed by Wong Kar-Wai in 1994.The film consists of two unrelated story lines,with vibrant scenes and unforgettable music.Chungking Express can be discussed from different angles,however,it is the perhaps unintentional and sometimes subdued portrayal of third wave feminism,which is the focal point of this review.This review compares the depiction of female characters in Chungking and other Chinese female led classics.Finally,this review juxtaposes the male and female characters to actual social gender norms.展开更多
Weibo,one of China’s largest digital media platforms,has become a major platform for women’s voices to fight for equality.However,misconceptions of feminism on Weibo have become obstacles to women’s voices,for whic...Weibo,one of China’s largest digital media platforms,has become a major platform for women’s voices to fight for equality.However,misconceptions of feminism on Weibo have become obstacles to women’s voices,for which the platforms did not post women’s views prominently.From the perspective of women themselves,this paper adopted a questionnaire to study the misunderstanding of feminism and its impact on women’s expression on Weibo.展开更多
William Shakespeare is the most well-known playwright in the world.The Merchant of Venice is one of the four great comedies by William Shakespeare.It is set during the Elizabethan period with rapid economic developmen...William Shakespeare is the most well-known playwright in the world.The Merchant of Venice is one of the four great comedies by William Shakespeare.It is set during the Elizabethan period with rapid economic development and wide spread Renaissance humanism.Kindness and love are the main themes of the play.Against the backdrop of the spirit of humanism,the female characters in the play have preliminary feminist spirit and subject consciousness though there are some limitations.This article analyzes the feminist spirit in the play and women’s progress on their road of liberation.It suggests that while reflecting the initial emancipation of women in the West in the 16th century,the play also reveals the reality of the enormous social barriers on the road of women’s emancipation.The emancipation of women is an enduring topic in the development of society and a goal that people all over the world are still striving for.展开更多
The study explores Feminism by focusing broadly on its history and further examining using Marxism and critical discourses by other feminists.Feminism refers to the idea that women and men ought to have equal rights.I...The study explores Feminism by focusing broadly on its history and further examining using Marxism and critical discourses by other feminists.Feminism refers to the idea that women and men ought to have equal rights.In 1734,the Swedish Civil Code gave women more rights,most notably prohibiting husbands from selling their wives’possessions without their approval.In her 1790 essay“On the equality of the sexes,”American women’s rights campaigner Judith Sargent Murray claimed that women are just as bright as men.British author Mary Wollstonecraft responded to philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau and other 18th-century Enlightenment intellectuals who did not extend their concepts of freedom to women in her 1792 book A Vindication of the Rights of Women.She challenges the idea that women are less logical than males and opposes the injustice.“Who made man the exclusive judge?”she demands.However,Frenchman Charles Fourier coined the term“feminisme”in 1837,marking the beginning of the concept of feminism.The Victorian Social Convention exalted and imposed the domestic roles of wife and mother on most married middle-class women in 19th-century Britain.Career aspirations were restricted because they were not allowed to receive an education on par with that of males.In The Communist Manifesto,German philosophers and revolutionary political theorists Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels contend that a bourgeois man regards his wife as nothing more than an apparatus of production.According to Engles,the family is at the core of the violence and oppression that women experience.Marxist feminists saw capitalism and patriarchy as the two fundamental systems that supported the subjugation of women.The British writer and social theorist Harriet Taylor Mill underlined that a lady who could support the family financially and had a good education would be respected by her husband and treated as a partner.However,men utilize rape as a means of controlling women,as seen by the social inequities that still affect women today.It’s shocking to learn that rape was a taboo topic until 1975 when Susan Brownmiller authored Against Our Will:Men,Women,and Rape.There was a notion that said women’s sexuality encourages rape,hence the guilt was frequently placed on the female victims.Nonetheless,postcolonial feminists such as Chandra Talpade Mohanty contend that regardless of their status as powerful or marginal,wealthy or not,women residing in non-Western nations are presumed to be impoverished,uninformed,uneducated,sexually restricted,tradition-bound,and victims.FGM(female genital cutting)has been a custom for at least 2,500 years,still practiced in thirty countries,mostly in Africa,Indonesia,and the Middle East.It is not connected to chastity and purity,guaranteeing that women remain virgins until marriage and remain faithful afterward.In this essay,Finally,I have looked at how women have faced discrimination in a variety of settings,including the home and the workplace,for millennia due to their gender.展开更多
With the development of globalization,people have paid more and more attention to feminism.But under the influence of traditional androcentric society for thousands of years,it' s hard for women to strive for equa...With the development of globalization,people have paid more and more attention to feminism.But under the influence of traditional androcentric society for thousands of years,it' s hard for women to strive for equal rights with men and to completely change women' s humble and androcentric image in society overnight.Tracing back to the emergence and the development of feminism,this thesis intends to reveal feminism in the movie Desert Flower by exposing African women' s suffering of a cruel torture—circumcision.展开更多
Ernest Hemingway is always regarded as masculinity by the critics.His early stories won wide critical praise for their stoic,understanding"masculine"study and their graphic depiction of male pursuits and att...Ernest Hemingway is always regarded as masculinity by the critics.His early stories won wide critical praise for their stoic,understanding"masculine"study and their graphic depiction of male pursuits and attitudes.However,in addition to his male depiction in his novels,Hemingway,in fact,is also a writer who cares and shows sympathy and concern towards women.Then Cat in the Rain is one of his typical work which focuses on the aspirations of women.With analysis on the characters,plot and description of settings etc.in the story,Hemingway’s real attitude toward female is explicated.展开更多
By the brief introduction of Kate Chopin and her achievement, this paper elaborates the awakening of consciousness of the feminism of the protagonist in Kate Chopin's The Story of an Hour. In the short story, the ...By the brief introduction of Kate Chopin and her achievement, this paper elaborates the awakening of consciousness of the feminism of the protagonist in Kate Chopin's The Story of an Hour. In the short story, the author uses many literary elements to describe the characters, especially the irony and imagery. This thesis uses those rhetorical devices to vividly describe the characters and to criticize the inequality between men and women in the late 19th century.[1]展开更多
Emma is a novel by Jane Austen,first published anonymously in December,1815. Emma Woodhouse,handsome,clever,and rich,with a comfortable home and happy disposition; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world wi...Emma is a novel by Jane Austen,first published anonymously in December,1815. Emma Woodhouse,handsome,clever,and rich,with a comfortable home and happy disposition; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her.Such a perfect young lady who seems like that devotes herself to making matches for the people around her,for she appeals to the equal rights betw een men and women,and advocates love marriage; This thesis,by making an analysis of the heroine,Emma,is aimed at finding Austen's feminist concerns reflected in the novel.展开更多
Within the framework of eco-feminist theory,this paper,taking Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress" as a specific example,to explain how women and nature are marginalized and reduced to aphasia conditio...Within the framework of eco-feminist theory,this paper,taking Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress" as a specific example,to explain how women and nature are marginalized and reduced to aphasia condition in literature.The paper presents a detailed analysis of the language of the poem,reveals men's anthropocentric-andocentric attitudes toward nature and women and proposes the decentralization or the relation of "anotherness" as a possible way to reestablish a healthy culture(men)-nature(women) relationship.展开更多
As a female Chinese American writer,Maxine Hong Kingston was influenced by the development of the new feminism.In The Woman Warrior,she expressed her deep sympathy for the tragedy of the No Name Woman,rewrote Hua Mula...As a female Chinese American writer,Maxine Hong Kingston was influenced by the development of the new feminism.In The Woman Warrior,she expressed her deep sympathy for the tragedy of the No Name Woman,rewrote Hua Mulan as a new woman warrior,and endowed Brave Orchid with courage,strength and wisdom to give her own response to the new feminism.展开更多
A Rose for Emily presents Miss Emily’s tragic life in a patriarchal society.It has long been the interest of many critics since it was published because of its application of gothic style and symbolism.Beyond that,Em...A Rose for Emily presents Miss Emily’s tragic life in a patriarchal society.It has long been the interest of many critics since it was published because of its application of gothic style and symbolism.Beyond that,Emily’s rebellion against the patriarchal society is also reflected in the story and deserves more concern from scholars.So to analyze Emily’s rebellion from feminism perspective could provide a new perspective for understanding this classic short story.展开更多
As one of renowned English novelists,Thomas Hardy concerns about the nature and the living environment.In his sixth published novel,The return of the Native,Thomas Hardy puts human being’s fate into nature,sets the h...As one of renowned English novelists,Thomas Hardy concerns about the nature and the living environment.In his sixth published novel,The return of the Native,Thomas Hardy puts human being’s fate into nature,sets the heroine’s fate into her attitudes to nature and suggests that just like nature’s destroy and tragedy,nature and women are ruled and conquered by pa triarchal society.展开更多
The Woman Warrior" is an influential book in the 20th century making a thunder of voice in the world to accuse the stereotype of patriarchy and racism, which also shows the Chinese Americans’ difficulty of being...The Woman Warrior" is an influential book in the 20th century making a thunder of voice in the world to accuse the stereotype of patriarchy and racism, which also shows the Chinese Americans’ difficulty of being edged to the cultural cliff. This article analyses the content and the style of the novel to see inside what the writer wants to express and to figure out the real reason of the inequality between sexes and reveal the truth of the western culture dominance. Feminism, Patriarchy and culture are the main factors considered in the article.展开更多
文摘The content of current third-wave feminism differs significantly from that of previous feminist movements,which sought equal human and civil rights for women.In third-wave feminism,gender is primarily understood as a social category that is linguistically constructed.The now classic work Gender Trouble(1990)by philosopher Judith Butler is decisive for this“linguistic turn”in the social sciences.However,Butler’s work is systematically based on two philosophical traditions that are already highly controversial in themselves:sophism and existentialism,linked to a pre-modern magical worldview.The following essay is a critique of these lines of tradition,followed by the question of the extent to which they can serve citizens of an enlightened society in naming and constructively addressing actual social grievances.
文摘Chungking Express is a Hong Kong film directed by Wong Kar-Wai in 1994.The film consists of two unrelated story lines,with vibrant scenes and unforgettable music.Chungking Express can be discussed from different angles,however,it is the perhaps unintentional and sometimes subdued portrayal of third wave feminism,which is the focal point of this review.This review compares the depiction of female characters in Chungking and other Chinese female led classics.Finally,this review juxtaposes the male and female characters to actual social gender norms.
文摘Weibo,one of China’s largest digital media platforms,has become a major platform for women’s voices to fight for equality.However,misconceptions of feminism on Weibo have become obstacles to women’s voices,for which the platforms did not post women’s views prominently.From the perspective of women themselves,this paper adopted a questionnaire to study the misunderstanding of feminism and its impact on women’s expression on Weibo.
文摘William Shakespeare is the most well-known playwright in the world.The Merchant of Venice is one of the four great comedies by William Shakespeare.It is set during the Elizabethan period with rapid economic development and wide spread Renaissance humanism.Kindness and love are the main themes of the play.Against the backdrop of the spirit of humanism,the female characters in the play have preliminary feminist spirit and subject consciousness though there are some limitations.This article analyzes the feminist spirit in the play and women’s progress on their road of liberation.It suggests that while reflecting the initial emancipation of women in the West in the 16th century,the play also reveals the reality of the enormous social barriers on the road of women’s emancipation.The emancipation of women is an enduring topic in the development of society and a goal that people all over the world are still striving for.
文摘The study explores Feminism by focusing broadly on its history and further examining using Marxism and critical discourses by other feminists.Feminism refers to the idea that women and men ought to have equal rights.In 1734,the Swedish Civil Code gave women more rights,most notably prohibiting husbands from selling their wives’possessions without their approval.In her 1790 essay“On the equality of the sexes,”American women’s rights campaigner Judith Sargent Murray claimed that women are just as bright as men.British author Mary Wollstonecraft responded to philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau and other 18th-century Enlightenment intellectuals who did not extend their concepts of freedom to women in her 1792 book A Vindication of the Rights of Women.She challenges the idea that women are less logical than males and opposes the injustice.“Who made man the exclusive judge?”she demands.However,Frenchman Charles Fourier coined the term“feminisme”in 1837,marking the beginning of the concept of feminism.The Victorian Social Convention exalted and imposed the domestic roles of wife and mother on most married middle-class women in 19th-century Britain.Career aspirations were restricted because they were not allowed to receive an education on par with that of males.In The Communist Manifesto,German philosophers and revolutionary political theorists Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels contend that a bourgeois man regards his wife as nothing more than an apparatus of production.According to Engles,the family is at the core of the violence and oppression that women experience.Marxist feminists saw capitalism and patriarchy as the two fundamental systems that supported the subjugation of women.The British writer and social theorist Harriet Taylor Mill underlined that a lady who could support the family financially and had a good education would be respected by her husband and treated as a partner.However,men utilize rape as a means of controlling women,as seen by the social inequities that still affect women today.It’s shocking to learn that rape was a taboo topic until 1975 when Susan Brownmiller authored Against Our Will:Men,Women,and Rape.There was a notion that said women’s sexuality encourages rape,hence the guilt was frequently placed on the female victims.Nonetheless,postcolonial feminists such as Chandra Talpade Mohanty contend that regardless of their status as powerful or marginal,wealthy or not,women residing in non-Western nations are presumed to be impoverished,uninformed,uneducated,sexually restricted,tradition-bound,and victims.FGM(female genital cutting)has been a custom for at least 2,500 years,still practiced in thirty countries,mostly in Africa,Indonesia,and the Middle East.It is not connected to chastity and purity,guaranteeing that women remain virgins until marriage and remain faithful afterward.In this essay,Finally,I have looked at how women have faced discrimination in a variety of settings,including the home and the workplace,for millennia due to their gender.
文摘With the development of globalization,people have paid more and more attention to feminism.But under the influence of traditional androcentric society for thousands of years,it' s hard for women to strive for equal rights with men and to completely change women' s humble and androcentric image in society overnight.Tracing back to the emergence and the development of feminism,this thesis intends to reveal feminism in the movie Desert Flower by exposing African women' s suffering of a cruel torture—circumcision.
文摘Ernest Hemingway is always regarded as masculinity by the critics.His early stories won wide critical praise for their stoic,understanding"masculine"study and their graphic depiction of male pursuits and attitudes.However,in addition to his male depiction in his novels,Hemingway,in fact,is also a writer who cares and shows sympathy and concern towards women.Then Cat in the Rain is one of his typical work which focuses on the aspirations of women.With analysis on the characters,plot and description of settings etc.in the story,Hemingway’s real attitude toward female is explicated.
文摘By the brief introduction of Kate Chopin and her achievement, this paper elaborates the awakening of consciousness of the feminism of the protagonist in Kate Chopin's The Story of an Hour. In the short story, the author uses many literary elements to describe the characters, especially the irony and imagery. This thesis uses those rhetorical devices to vividly describe the characters and to criticize the inequality between men and women in the late 19th century.[1]
文摘Emma is a novel by Jane Austen,first published anonymously in December,1815. Emma Woodhouse,handsome,clever,and rich,with a comfortable home and happy disposition; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her.Such a perfect young lady who seems like that devotes herself to making matches for the people around her,for she appeals to the equal rights betw een men and women,and advocates love marriage; This thesis,by making an analysis of the heroine,Emma,is aimed at finding Austen's feminist concerns reflected in the novel.
文摘Within the framework of eco-feminist theory,this paper,taking Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress" as a specific example,to explain how women and nature are marginalized and reduced to aphasia condition in literature.The paper presents a detailed analysis of the language of the poem,reveals men's anthropocentric-andocentric attitudes toward nature and women and proposes the decentralization or the relation of "anotherness" as a possible way to reestablish a healthy culture(men)-nature(women) relationship.
文摘As a female Chinese American writer,Maxine Hong Kingston was influenced by the development of the new feminism.In The Woman Warrior,she expressed her deep sympathy for the tragedy of the No Name Woman,rewrote Hua Mulan as a new woman warrior,and endowed Brave Orchid with courage,strength and wisdom to give her own response to the new feminism.
文摘A Rose for Emily presents Miss Emily’s tragic life in a patriarchal society.It has long been the interest of many critics since it was published because of its application of gothic style and symbolism.Beyond that,Emily’s rebellion against the patriarchal society is also reflected in the story and deserves more concern from scholars.So to analyze Emily’s rebellion from feminism perspective could provide a new perspective for understanding this classic short story.
文摘As one of renowned English novelists,Thomas Hardy concerns about the nature and the living environment.In his sixth published novel,The return of the Native,Thomas Hardy puts human being’s fate into nature,sets the heroine’s fate into her attitudes to nature and suggests that just like nature’s destroy and tragedy,nature and women are ruled and conquered by pa triarchal society.
文摘The Woman Warrior" is an influential book in the 20th century making a thunder of voice in the world to accuse the stereotype of patriarchy and racism, which also shows the Chinese Americans’ difficulty of being edged to the cultural cliff. This article analyses the content and the style of the novel to see inside what the writer wants to express and to figure out the real reason of the inequality between sexes and reveal the truth of the western culture dominance. Feminism, Patriarchy and culture are the main factors considered in the article.
