Woman and Gender in Renaissance Tragedy: Study of King Lear, Othello the Duchess of Malfi and the White Devil |
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... patriarchal norms are compensatory for the vulnerability of men to the powers of women.'52 Patriarchal fantasies of feminine power can be instruments of oppression and must be clearly distinguished from women's resistance , which ...
... patriarchal norms are compensatory for the vulnerability of men to the powers of women.'52 Patriarchal fantasies of feminine power can be instruments of oppression and must be clearly distinguished from women's resistance , which ...
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... patriarchal bard : feminist criticism and Shakespeare : King Lear and Measure for Measure ' , in Jonathan Dollimore ... Patriarchal Structures in Shakespeare's Drama ( Berkeley : University of California Press , 1985 ) , p . 114 . Part ...
... patriarchal bard : feminist criticism and Shakespeare : King Lear and Measure for Measure ' , in Jonathan Dollimore ... Patriarchal Structures in Shakespeare's Drama ( Berkeley : University of California Press , 1985 ) , p . 114 . Part ...
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... patriarchal body by purging it of the feminine . In fact , what presents itself as exorcism is really the logical conclusion of the process of differentiation . Patriarchal social structures construct woman as outsider , and place her ...
... patriarchal body by purging it of the feminine . In fact , what presents itself as exorcism is really the logical conclusion of the process of differentiation . Patriarchal social structures construct woman as outsider , and place her ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Centrality of Gender | 7 |
Feminism and Tragedy | 9 |
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