Date of Award
Spring 5-9-2017
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
English
First Advisor
Kelly Nims
Second Advisor
Cristina Alfar
Academic Program Adviser
Amy Robbins
Abstract
Grounded in the necessity of upending the economic base as it is defined by Louis Althusser, this paper seeks to express a possibility for the creation of a feminine voice, that when expressed as itself, independent of the pervasive nature of patriarchal power and significance, could be the very event that engenders the first real “violent” attack on the base. Using Zora Neale Hurston’s, Their Eyes Were Watching God, as an example of a uniquely feminine voice, this paper also seeks to empower the experience of the Black female aesthetic as a perspective capable of tapping the multiplicity of human identity and inspiring a redefinition of the very nature of power.
Recommended Citation
Logan, Caitlin, "The Feminization of Violence" (2017). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/169
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