Feminism: Elaine Showalter and Gayatri Spivak

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Gender dynamics play very vital role in the 21st century. Specifically speaking of feminism, it has emerged as a protest against men and as a movement to fight for equal rights for both genders. Feminism is often read in derogatory manner. If someone says, "hey you're so feminist" then it's not a good word for compliments! It shows the false definition of feminism which has been deeply engraved in our subconscious mind. In this blog, the correct meaning of feminism is given and along with that, the views of Elaine Showalter and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak about feminism are also explained. Click Here to be redirected to the reference blog.

* What is Feminism ?

According to Wikipedia, feminism is a range of social and political movements and ideologies that aim to define, establish and achieve political, economic, personal and social equality of sexes.
some examples

* What do they think ?
showalter and spivak's views on feminism and video...

Beauvoir, Cixous and Showalter: The Trio of Feminist Literary Thought

Showalter is the founder of


* Can the Subaltern Speak ?

Spivak wrote the essay namely Can the Subaltern Speak ? in 1988. She found from the essay that postcolonial study helps to give voice to the colonized group of people especially the subalterns, the marginalized people. Spivak propounded the argument against most work created by whites, especially male writers. She explains that the way subaltern feels can hardly be understood by the people who are in power or standing at distance. Many of them are trying to give the voice to the subalterns but they're just showcasing their single sided story. The academic study of postcolonial discourse or subaltern studies can't give the full justice for their betterment. As Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie also explained the dangers of the single sided story.

In a nutshell, it can be said that both the feminist critics attempted to give

References:
(1) “Feminism.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 9 Feb. 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminism.
(2) “Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 7 Jan. 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gayatri_Chakravorty_Spivak.
(3) “Elaine Showalter.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 12 Jan. 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_Showalter.

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