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Untitled, 1982. Photogaph by Barbara Kruger

Feminisms and Gender Studies: Major Concepts

Main Issues

Major Feminist Schools

Further Reading

Main Issues:

1. women's positions in patriarchal society and discourses:

Patriarchy and the History of Feminist Writings
history of subordination and marginalization of women (women as the second/weaker sex);
women's absence from mainstream discourse;
objectification of women: "angel and whore/femme fatale" polarity in literature; male voyeurism in paintings, Hollywood film and music video

2. history of feminist writings and feminisms

French Feminisms

3. women's discourse (part of male discourse or against it and its binarisms) & gender difference: the female and the feminine; sex and gender (Gender Difference and Women's Writings)

Further Reading

Feminism in Taiwan
Taiwanese feminist painters
Male Voyeurism and Female Spectatorship: John Berger and psychoanalytic feminism.

Contemporary Images of Women and Feminist Artists: 1. Cindy Sherman & Madonna and Barbara Kruger; 2. Contemporary Images of Women on the Ads

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