Deconstructing women : reclaiming their identity and culture.
In the post-colonial period, women are often said to suffer from “double-colonization”; by both the male gender and by the “previous” colonial power. Just like the colonized people, women are classified as being the “Other” or to be “lack” of [something]. In What is Woman, the author Heinamma explai...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-151802019-12-10T13:46:41Z Deconstructing women : reclaiming their identity and culture. Lee, Eugenia Li Xuan. Sim Wai Chew School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Family, marriage and women In the post-colonial period, women are often said to suffer from “double-colonization”; by both the male gender and by the “previous” colonial power. Just like the colonized people, women are classified as being the “Other” or to be “lack” of [something]. In What is Woman, the author Heinamma explains how women are defined and differentiated with reference to man and not he with reference to her; she is the incidental, the inessential as opposed to the essential, thus is the “Other” while he is the “Subject” (16). A man is both the positive and the neutral, and a woman, represents only the negative. Thus, being a woman means a deviation from their male counterpart, hence implying that they are of the weaker sex. Bachelor of Arts 2009-04-09T06:15:17Z 2009-04-09T06:15:17Z 2009 2009 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/15180 en Nanyang Technological University 33 p. application/msword |
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In the post-colonial period, women are often said to suffer from “double-colonization”; by both the male gender and by the “previous” colonial power. Just like the colonized people, women are classified as being the “Other” or to be “lack” of [something]. In What is Woman, the author Heinamma explains how women are defined and differentiated with reference to man and not he with reference to her; she is the incidental, the inessential as opposed to the essential, thus is the “Other” while he is the “Subject” (16). A man is both the positive and the neutral, and a woman, represents only the negative. Thus, being a woman means a deviation from their male counterpart, hence implying that they are of the weaker sex. |
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