scholarly journals Patriarcado y construcción social de la feminidad en la novela El amor en los tiempos del cólera

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Malena Andrade Molinares
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Open Space ◽  
Female Character ◽  
The Novel ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Times ◽  
Siglo Xx

Resumen: El presente artículo analiza a una protagonista(Fermina Daza) de la novela de García Márquez, Elamor en los tiempos del cólera. Se la ve atada a ciertosvalores socio-culturales, impuestos por la herencia patriarcal;sin embargo, ella puede librarse de las cadenasdel poder opresor, en una ineluctable necesidad de lamujer de transcender situaciones en procura de consolidarsu identidad, su ideología y su preponderante alteridad.Se expone como idea central la construcción socialde la feminidad ligada a un patriarcado que se opone acualquier capacidad intelectual femenina, donde el matrimoniofue una de las pocas alternativas para la mujerde comienzo de siglo XX. El artículo también se proponemostrar la presencia de un feminismo incipiente en lanovela contra el dominio patriarcal en esa época, cuandola situación de la mujer correspondía a un esquemamental reducido, pues se le consideraba un objeto máspara ornamentar la casa, adornar la cocina con su trabajoy criar los hijos; cualquier otro dominio del espacioabierto y del afuera le estaba tácitamente prohibido. Deigual forma se analiza el aspecto de la maternidad comosujeción identitaria y la forma idiosincrática como fueasumida por Fermina y, a su vez la poca importancia quele concede el narrador en la vida de este personaje, pueses solo un artilugio necesario para recordar los convencionalismosde época.Palabras claves: patriarcado, literatura, feminismo,García Márquez, El amor en los tiempos del cólera.Patriarchy and the Social Construction of Femininity In the Novel Love in the Times of CholeraAbstract: This article analyzes a female character (FerminaDaza) in the García Márquez novel Love in theTimes of Cholera. She appears tied to certain socio-culturalvalues imposed by the patriarchal heritage. Nevertheless,she is able to throw off the shackles of oppressivepower in an ineluctable need for women to transcendtheir condition, as she seeks to consolidate her identity,her ideology and her dominant otherness. The centralidea revolves around the social construction of femininitylinked to a patriarchy that opposes any female intellectualpowers, at the beginning of the twentieth centurywhen marriage was the only alternative for women. Thearticle also proposes to show the presence of an incipientfeminism in the novel opposed to patriarchal dominationat the time, when woman was considered a decorativeobject, a kitchen drudge and someone to raise the children;any other domain of open space outside the homewas tacitly forbidden. The issue of motherhood as sourceof identity, idiosyncratically assumed by Fermina, is analyzed,as well as the slight importance given to it by thenarrator, who merely uses it to show the conventions ofthose times.Keywords: patriarchy, literature, feminism, GarcíaMárquez, Love in the Times of Cholera

scholarly journals Dismantling the Patriarchal Hierarchy in Willa Cather’s A Lost Lady

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-30
Author(s):  
Ramesh Prasad Adhikary
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Willa Cather ◽  
Social Hierarchy ◽  
Radical Feminism ◽  
Female Character ◽  
The Novel ◽  
The Social ◽  
Separate Identity ◽  
Lost Lady

This research paper is focused on how Willa Cather portrays the inner rebellion and the passion of a female character, Marian Forrester in her novel A Lost Lady. She walks against the social norms and she is presented as a rigid character who dismantles the male created hierarchy woman as a subordinate being in the society. Though she is married and living happily with her husband, somewhere deep down in her heart she is not happy with her husband. Marian seems to transcend her husband’s order. At that time female were not allowed to enjoy their freedom like the males. Marian goes against male hegemony and to create her separate identity. As a qualitative research, by using radical feminism as a tool of interpretation, the researcher collected textual evidenced from Cather’s novel and interpreted them to fulfill the objective of this research. This research concludes that Cather’s Marian has dismantled the social hierarchy created by the male superiority or patriarchy in the novel.

scholarly journals Dismantling the Patriarchal Hierarchy in Willa Cather’s A Lost Lady

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-26
Author(s):  
Ramesh Prasad Adhikary
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Willa Cather ◽  
Social Hierarchy ◽  
Radical Feminism ◽  
Female Character ◽  
The Novel ◽  
The Social ◽  
Separate Identity ◽  
Lost Lady

This research paper is focused on how Willa Cather portrays the inner rebellion and the passion of a female character, Marian Forrester in her novel A Lost Lady. She walks against the social norms and she is presented as a rigid character who dismantles the male created hierarchy woman as a subordinate being in the society. Though she is married and living happily with her husband, somewhere deep down in her heart she is not happy with her husband. Marian seems to transcend her husband’s order. At that time female were not allowed to enjoy their freedom like the males. Marian goes against male hegemony and to create her separate identity. As a qualitative research, by using radical feminism as a tool of interpretation, the researcher collected textual evidenced from Cather’s novel and interpreted them to fulfill the objective of this research. This research concludes that Cather’s Marian has dismantled the social hierarchy created by the male superiority or patriarchy in the novel.

scholarly journals Stigma as an Attribute of Oppression or an Agent of Change

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 119-131
Author(s):  
Darja Zorc Maver
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Female Characters ◽  
Fictional Narratives ◽  
The Social ◽  
Agent Of Change

The purpose of this paper is to describe the processes of stigmatization and oppression of women as presented by Bernardine Evaristo in her book Girl, Woman, Other. The book features twelve female characters who are very different from each other, but what they have in common is that they each, in their own way, face stigma, misunderstanding and social exclusion. The social construction of stigma causes various kinds of social inequalities of the stigmatized. Through the fictional narratives of the stigmatized and the reflection of their position in the novel, stigmatized women become the bearers of change and not merely the victims of oppression.

Dolls and Dead Babies: Victorian Motherhood in May Sinclair’s Life and Death of Harriett Frean

May Sinclair ◽  
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte Beyer
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Social Inequality ◽  
Social Constructions ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
The Social ◽  
Maternal Affect ◽  
Cultural Constructions

This chapter examines representations of mothering, class, and maternal affect in May Sinclair’s 1922 novel Life and Death in Harriett Frean, paying particular attention to the critique of social constructions of motherhood articulated in the novel. The discussion focuses specifically on social and cultural constructions of femininity and class and the portrayal in Sinclair’s novel of mothering practices and the (in)visibility of maternal figures. As part of my investigation of Sinclair’s critique of the social construction of motherhood, I examine her portrayal of the maternal in relation to class and marital status. Here, my chapter focuses on what I see as Sinclair’s couched portrayal of the controversial practice of baby-farming. I argue that baby farming is implicitly referred to in Sinclair’s Life and Death of Harriett Frean, through the figure of Harriett’s maid, Maggie, and the fate of her baby born outside wedlock. My chapter demonstrates that Sinclair’s portrayal of this topic foregrounds the hypocrisy at the heart of Victorian constructions of femininity and motherhood, and forms a central part of her critique of class and social inequality for women.

scholarly journals Pembentukan Identitas Sosial Perempuan pada Zaman Orde Baru dalam Novel Saman Karya Ayu Utami

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 208
Author(s):  
Zalifa Nuri ◽  
Susi Machdalena
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
State Policy ◽  
Social Group ◽  
Strong Influence ◽  
New Order ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Women's Identity ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Times

<p><em>This paper discusses the formation of women's identity in the novel Saman. Lately, women's social identity has changed in meaning with the times, so the author wants to analyze the identity of women in this novel. This novel has a background in the New Order era, the author wants to analyze how the formation of women's identity at that time. This </em><em>paperis a </em><em>qualitative </em><em>approach with descriptive</em><em> study by the writer reading the novel. The author uses Henri Tajfel's Theory of identity which explains that social identity is part of the concept of each individual who comes from his membership and is in a social group where the social group has the same values </em><em></em><em>and emotional significance in the membership. The results of the analysis show that there is a strong influence from the socialization stage of parents to children because parents are the first and foremost people who carry out social interactions with children. In addition, in the novel, during the New Order era, there was a state policy towards women or mothers/parents with the five dharma program so that it had an influence on the formation of women's identity, besides that the influence of the environment and policies in the New Order era had a strong influence on the formation of women's identity.</em></p><p><em><br /></em></p><p>Tulisan ini membahas tentang pembentukan identitas perempuan dalam novel Saman. Akhir akhir ini identitas sosial perempuan menjadi berubah arti seiring berkembangnya zaman, oleh sebab itu penulis ingin menganalisis tentang identitas perempuan pada novel ini. Novel ini berlatar belakang waktu pada zaman orde baru, penulis ingin menganalisis bagaimana pembentukan identitas perempuan pada zaman itu. Tulisan ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif dengan studi deskriptif dengan cara penulis membaca novel tersebut. Penulis menggunakan Teori identitas Henri Tajfel menjelaskan terkait identitas sosial yaitu sebagai sebuah konsep pada setiap individu yang asal muasalnya dari keanggotaan komunitas dan berada dalam komunitas sosial tersebut, komunitas tersebut merupakan kelompok sosial yang memiliki kesamaan nilai serta kesamaan emosional dalam keanggotaan komunitas tersebut. Hasil analisis menunjukkan adanya pengaruh kuat dari tahap sosialisasi orang tua pada anak dikarenakan orang tua adalah orang pertama dan utama yang melakukan interaksi sosial dengan anak. Selain itu, dalam novel itu di masa orde baru ada kebijakan negara terhadap para perempuan atau ibu/orang tua dengan programnya panca dharma sehingga memberikan pengaruh pada pembentukan identitas perempuan, selain itu pengaruh lingkungan dan kebijakan pada zaman orde baru memberi pengaruh kuat dalam pembentukan identitas perempuan.</p>

scholarly journals “A greisse shishke has arrived”: Jewish Humor as a Key to Understanding Social Change in A. Mryi’s Novel “Samson Samasuy’s Notes”

2021 ◽  
pp. 89-108
Author(s):  
Marharyta Fabrykant ◽  
◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Mutual Understanding ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Social Transformations ◽  
Social Experiments ◽  
The Social ◽  
Jewish Humor ◽  
The Times

The paper is dedicated to the representations of Jewish humor as a space of developing an understanding of the social experiments of the social change of the 1920s as depicted in a satirical novel “Samson Samasuy’s Notes” written by a Belarusian writer A. Mryi in 1929. The novel’s main character, an ambitious civil servant, simultaneously naïve and unscrupulous, struggles to grasp the ever elusive spirit of the times and discerns its clearest shile also the most painful manifestations in the humor expressed by his Jewish neighbors as a reaction to his endeavors. The novel shows how the Jewish humor is intuitively understood by Jews and Slavs alike, even to those who are being laughed at and who are otherwise immune to any kind of critique directed at them. In this regard, the Jewish humor appears simultaneously a mode of mutual understanding between the Jewish and Slavic parts of the population and shared understanding of the social transformation, because it unmasks the often invalid claims of novelty in the agents of the local implementations of the social experiments of the 1920s. At the same time, this understanding gives limited yet quite reliable ways of checking the consequences of these experiments and recreating, even beyond the façade of the radical social transformations, of the former unity of collective and individual identity.

scholarly journals “I´ve Always Known…” La Mística de la Feminidad en Revolutionary Road de Richard Yates

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Macarena García Avello-Fernández
Keyword(s):  
Gender Roles ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Female Character ◽  
Final Decision ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Dominant Discourse ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Feminine

Resumen:El presente artículo propone analizar el malestar de April, el personaje femenino de Revolutionary Road (1961) de Richard Yates, en relación con el discurso dominante de la época conocida como “la mística de la feminidad”. A lo largo de este trabajo se profundizará en el inconformismo de April ante los mandatos sociales que como mujer recaen sobre ella, así como las diferentes estrategias mediante las que busca liberarse de los opresivos roles de género y el intento por parte de su marido de subyugarla cuando ve peligrar el “status quo”. Finalmente, se concluirá con las lecturas que se derivan de su decisión final de quitarse la vida.Palabras clave: Revolutionary Road, mística de la feminidad, discurso, género, inconformismo.Title in English: “I’ve always known…” The mystic of femininity in Revolutionary Road by Richard YatesAbstract: This article aims to analyse the prevailing sense of unease manifested by April, the female character in Richard Yates´ Revolutionary Road (1961) with regard to the dominant discourse of the “feminine mystique”. The novel displays April´s nonconformance to the social order imposed on women during that age. This work focuses on the strategies she devises in order to free herself from the oppressive gender roles, along with the reactions that her efforts imply. Finally, it will conclude with the readings derived from her final decision of committing suicide.Keywords: Revolutionary Road, feminine mystique, discourse, gender, nonconformance.

scholarly journals uso del concepto cáncer como metáfora social. Análisis a través de la prensa escrita (1903-1912)

STUDIUM ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Almudéver Campo ◽  
Ramón Camaño Puig
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Social Problem ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Key Words Cancer ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
The Social ◽  
Spanish Press ◽  
The Times ◽  
Siglo Xx

El objetivo de este artículo es analizar el uso del término cáncer desde una perspectiva social y su representación en la prensa española a comienzos del siglo xx (1903-1912), en los periódicos La Vanguardia y ABC. A partir de la hemeroteca digital de ambos medios se seleccionaron todas y cada una de las veces que se pudo identificar el término «cáncer» y su aplicación metafórica desde una perspectiva de problemática social, procediéndose a la descripción de los rasgos significativos y al análisis del discurso. Encontramos un uso de la palabra cáncer como metáfora social a lo largo del periodo estudiado, siendo común extender la metáfora del cuerpo enfermo a situaciones de orden político o social. El cáncer es una enfermedad con un gran impacto en nuestra sociedad, cuya utilización metafórica es descriptiva y expresa el deseo del cambio, pero su empleo puede comportar la estigmatización de los enfermos afectados por esta patología. Palabras clave: cáncer, metáfora, sociedad, prensa, España.   Abstract The objective of this article is to analyze the use of the term cancer from a social perspective and its representation in the Spanish press at the beginning of the 20th Century (1903-1912), in the newspapers La Vanguardia and ABC. From the digital mass media library, each and every one of the times that the term «cancer» and its metaphorical application could be identified from a perspective of the social problem was selected, proceeding to the description of the essential features and the discourse analysis. A use of the word cancer as a social metaphor was found throughout the studied period, being common to extend the metaphor of the sick body in situations of political or social order. Cancer is a disease with a great impact on our society, metaphorical use is descriptive and expresses the desire for change, but its use may involve the stigmatization of patients affected by this pathology. Key words: cancer, metaphor, society, press, Spain.

scholarly journals CALABAI DAN BISSU SUKU BUGIS: REPRESENTASI GENDER DALAM NOVEL CALABAI KARYA PEPI AL-BAYQUNIE

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 89
Author(s):  
Alfian Rokhmansyah ◽  
Irma Surayya Hanum ◽  
Dahri Dahlan
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Gender Variation ◽  
Library Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
Phase Data ◽  
Gender Variations

This research focuses on disclosing things related to the existence of calabai as a variation of gender in Bugis culture which is illustrated in the Calabai novel by Pepi Al-Bayqunie. This research is a library research with a qualitative approach so that it is focused on the text of the Calabai novel by Pepi Al-Bayqunie. Data analysis is done through the data classification phase, data analysis, and conclusion of the analysis results. The results of this study indicate the existence of gender variations depicted in the Calabai novel by Pepi Al-Bayqunie. In the Calabai novel by Pepi Al-Bayqunie, the gender variation in the Bugis tribe described is calabai. In Bugis culture in Sulawesi the existence of calabai is a form of gender variation in addition to men or women. Calabai who was described by the author in the novel was a Calabai who had privileges and finally he became a bissu. The main character is described as a calabai who later becomes bissu. In relation to the existence of calabai and bissu as illustrated in the novel, it turns out that there is a rejection from the group that considers these two gender variations to be incompatible with human nature. The existence of calabai is a problem because it is contrary to the social construction that already exists in the community. However, unlike Calabai, the existence of bissu is considered more respectable because it plays an important role in Bugis culture.

Die Offenlegung der konstruierten Systeme. Der Weltzusammenhang als zufällige naturwissenschaftliche Maschine und menschliche Konstruktion in Peter Adolphsens Machine

2013 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens Gmeiner
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Natural Science ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Social Construction Of Reality ◽  
Short Novel ◽  
Main Emphasis ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract: In this article the postmodern elements in Peter Adolphens short novel Machine are closely analyzed. Different fields and areas in the novel like the relationship between natural science and contingency, religion, politics and language will be contextualized with essentials of postmodern styles. The main emphasis will be put on the social construction of reality by means of language, religion and the writing of the novel itself. Thus, the novel Machine can be interpreted as a self-reflexive, metafictional text that ironically points out the construction of reality based on literature.

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