scholarly journals BEDOUIN WOMEN STATUS UNDER THE PATRIARCHAL SYSTEM IN MIRAL AL TAHAWI’S THE TENT

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-20
Author(s):  
Zainab Abd Ali Hammood ◽  
Lajiman Bin Janoory
Keyword(s):  
Feminist Theory ◽  
Female Characters ◽  
Radical Feminist ◽  
Patriarchal System ◽  
Women's Identity ◽  
The Status ◽  
Status Of Women

This research investigates the status of female characters under the oppressive patriarchal system of Bedouin in the novels of Miral Al Tahawi through the lens of radical feminist theory. Miral Al-Tahawi explains in her novel "The Tent" how women are marginalized and exploited in the context of parental restrictions imposed on them in Bedouin society, which is governed by harsh customs and values. The rationale comes from an understanding of the influence of this patriarchal authority over Bedouin women that reveals the status of women as oppressed and subject to the conditions that control women's identity and limit their freedom. This research will critically analyze the status of women in a gender-focused society. The current study found that Miral al-Tahawi embodied the suffering of Bedouin women through the suffering of the female characters in her novel. She reveals the extent of the suffering and patriarchal oppression that Bedouin women are subjected to in silence.

scholarly journals Obraz kobiety w twórczości Anandy Devi

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Szkonter-Bochniak
Keyword(s):  
Artistic Expression ◽  
Female Characters ◽  
Postcolonial Feminism ◽  
Modern Writer ◽  
Patriarchal Society ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status ◽  
Western European ◽  
Place And Identity ◽  
Status Of Women

Ananda Devi, an accomplished modern writer from Mauritius, creates texts that are difficult to classify according to their style and genre. The author is reluctant to accept the treatment of her writings as feminist, particularly Western European feminist, they are surely closer to postcolonial feminism and eco-feminism. Nevertheless, the status of women, their rights and tolerance for otherness are the key elements of Devi’s artistic expression. Her characters rebel against the patriarchal society, they endeavour to discover their own place and identity, which frequently means regaining control over their bodies in the first stage of the transformation. Devi’s female characters live close to nature, where they find comfort, some of them go through a regress to the world of animals and plants.

Liberal Feminism: Individuality and Oppositions in Wollstonecraft and Mill

2002 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 794-810 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gal Gerson
Keyword(s):  
Feminist Criticism ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Individual Rationality ◽  
Rational Agents ◽  
Liberal Feminism ◽  
Radical Feminist ◽  
The Status ◽  
Social Product ◽  
Status Of Women

The essay explores liberal feminism by matching Wollstonecraft's and J. S. Mill's works against radical feminist criticism. Though censured by radicals for perceiving society in binary terms modeled on the male-female distinction, liberal feminists subscribe to a worldview that is variegated and dynamic. Liberal feminism does not oppose nature to culture or individuality to society, but rather sees the ability to achieve autonomous personhood as dependent on social conditions. This insight underpins liberal feminism's attitude to the status of women: to form as rational agents, humans have to be provided with social safeguards such as education and the vote. Far from being starkly individualistic, this agenda is based on liberal feminism's perception of individual rationality as a social product.

scholarly journals Unveiling Women Marginalization in Our Lady of Alice Bhatti by Mohammed Hanif

2021 ◽  
Vol VI (I) ◽  
pp. 84-89
Author(s):  
Saira Siraj ◽  
Muhammad Tahir Anjum ◽  
Abdus Samad
Keyword(s):  
Textual Analysis ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Female Characters ◽  
The West ◽  
Class Differences ◽  
The Status ◽  
Theoretical Foundations ◽  
Status Of Women ◽  
Better Than

The present study pursues the primaeval customs of patriarchy and its tormenting effects happening in the lives of women in Pakistan. The purpose of this research is to explore how patriarchal traditions, class differences, and their triple marginalization in the novel played chaos in the lives of females. Though the existing status of women is traditionally much better than that of women in the West but still they are not empowered and are deprived of basic rights. GC Spivak provides the theoretical foundations for this research through her theory, can the subaltern speak (1988). This research is based on qualitative textual analysis. The present study explores the status of women in Pakistan through the characterization of various female characters in the novel. This study concludes that they are portrayed as compliant and deserted beings deprived of every kind of individualism.

scholarly journals Analyzing George Bernard Shaw’s Portrayal of Women in the Light of Postfeminist Theory

sjesr ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 438-443
Author(s):  
Dr. Shahid Abbas ◽  
Dr. Ijaz Asghar ◽  
Qamar Hussain
Keyword(s):  
Female Characters ◽  
Women In Academia ◽  
The Past ◽  
Women In Islam ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Holy Quran ◽  
Status Of Women

The paper aims at investigating the critical opinions about Bernard Shaw’s ambivalent relation to feminism. In this regard, the researchers highlight the emerging role of postfeminism and its overlapping elements with the Islamic portrayal of womanhood. Shaw differs from his predecessors drastically – he portrays independent female characters as compared to the invisible and submissive females of the past. Thus, one of the striking features of Shaw’s drama is the depiction of liberated women. The Shavian women do not consider men folk as their rivals. There is a shift from powerless to empowered women in academia. The researchers find out that there is an ideological conflict between feminism and Islam but as far as postfeminism is concerned, there is none. Rather, postfeminism propagates and supports the Islamic concept of womanhood thoroughly. It is also worth noting that feminist ideas and ideology have greatly dented the social and political fabric of mankind and human civilization in general. Whereas, postfeminism propagates in favor of maintaining a balanced position for womanhood in life which is a balance between social and individual life, and a balance between professional and family life. The purpose of this article is to promote a better understanding of the status of women in Islam and its overlapping and common areas with postfeminism, that is, God has equated female folk at par with their male folk. The research is significant as it challenges the western notion of women in Islam and dispels the erroneous notions of suppression of women in Islam. The prime finding of this research is that postfeminism proclaims equal footing for men and women in life, as enshrined in the Holy Quran.  Further, the researchers lament that just because of myopic-minded people, the world is not making any progress intellectually. The researchers recommend that there is a dire need to promote liberal intellectuals like Shaw who harbor no bias against Islam and Muslims to maintain peace and order in the world.

scholarly journals SOME ILLUSTRATIONS OF FEMALE CHARACTERS IN ATSIZ'S BOZKURTLAR NOVEL

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (76) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Political Identity ◽  
Young Girl ◽  
Turkish Woman ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Female Characters ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Status ◽  
Turkish Society ◽  
Status Of Women ◽  
Better Than

In this article, the place of Turkish female characters in society is explained in Hüseyin Nihal Atsız's novel Bozkurtlar. The article consists of three chapters; the life of Hüseyin Nihal Atsız, the place of the ancient Turkish woman in society and Turkish female characters in the novel Bozkurtlar. In the first part of the article, information about Atsız's life, literary aspect and political identity is given. In the second part, the place of women in ancient Turkish society is explained in detail. In the third part, Bozkurtlar novel written by Atsız is discussed and Turkish female heroes in the story are depicted considering their various features. These women reflect to the reader as an ordinary woman who can hunt better than her husband when necessary, a young girl who is protected by the laws and who can resist the orders by relying on these rights, a sovereign who has gained the respect and love of her own people or a woman who loves her homeland enough to leave her title. In the conclusion part, it is emphasized that the woman who is the companion of her man in the difficult steppe life in the ancient Turkish society is respected as a valuable being in contrast to other societies in the same period. This article was written to reveal the status of women in ancient Turks. Keywords: Description, woman, Turkish, status, Atsız, Bozkurtlar

scholarly journals PANDANGAN EMPAT TOKOH PEREMPUAN TERHADAP VIRGINITAS DALAM NOVEL GARIS PEREMPUAN KARYA SANIE B. KUNCORO: PERSPEKTIF FEMINIS RADIKAL

Kandai ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 281
Author(s):  
Ery Agus Kurnianto
Keyword(s):  
Feminist Theory ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Female Characters ◽  
Radical Feminist ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Pull Out ◽  
Patriarchal Society ◽  
Good Woman

In a patriarchal society, virginity is a symbol of personality for a woman. If a woman is able to keep herself virgin and serve it later to her husband after marriage, then she is valued as a “good” woman. On the other side, if a woman lost her virginity before marriage she will be labeled as “bad” woman. Furthermore how the opinions about virginity be seen through the four female characters glasses contained in the novel by Sanie B. Kuncoro? This article will discuss women’s point of view interpreted from four female characters in Garis Perempuan novel by Sanie B. Kuncoro. This research is a descriptive research. Therefore, this article is aimed to describe the different views of four female characters regarding virginity issue. Radical feminist theory is being applied to interpret the views of four female characters as identifying the character as the first step. The result shows that the virginity is a negotiable commodity to pull out women from the issue of life. Virginity is also seen as a dignity which is priceless. Virginity is a born treasure. Therefore, a woman has a right to give her virginity to whoever she wants without any interferences from patriarchal society.  

scholarly journals Philosophy Comes Our of Lives

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilyn Frye ◽  
Ashli Godfrey
Keyword(s):  
Feminist Theory ◽  
Michigan State University ◽  
Teaching Philosophy ◽  
State University ◽  
The Status ◽  
Status Of Women

Marilyn Frye is a noted philosopher and feminist theorist whose works include The Politics of Reality: Essays in Feminist Theory and Willful Virgin: Essays in Feminism as well as various other essays and articles.Frye recently retired from teaching philosophy at Michigan State University. On February 26, 2013, the Stance staff met with Marilyn Frye to talk about her work, her life, and the status of women in the field of philosophy

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