Feminist Art
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We got talking about feminism at the book club meeting, and I thought I'd put together a list of some relevant narrative art (books and movies). I'd consider a work to be feminist if it either shines a light on the oppression of women, either historically or worldwide, or if it tries to convey the consciousness of a woman---that is, tell a story from inside a woman's perspective.
1. The Magdalene Sisters (movie): The virtual enslavement of young women in nun-administered laundry facilities in Ireland as late as the 1960s.
2. North Country (movie): Sexual harassment of women trying to enter the mining industry.
3. The Dollmaker (movie and novel): A woman in Appalachia tries to lift herself out of poverty.
4. The Color Purple (movie and novel): I read the novel long ago, but just recently saw the movie, which was wonderful and heartbreaking.
5. Possessing the Secret of Joy (novel): A far-ranging novel that takes as its departure female gential mutilation in Africa.
6. A Thousand Splendid Suns (novel): The author was inspired to write this novel after he visited his homeland of Afghanistan and walked into a room where two women were being brutally raped.
7. The Bookseller of Kabul (memoir): Tells of the author's friendship with a progressive bookseller in Afghanistan, and what exactly "progressive" means when she gets to know his family life.
Please add your own picks!
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We got talking about feminism at the book club meeting, and I thought I'd put together a list of some relevant narrative art (books and movies). I'd consider a work to be feminist if it either shines a light on the oppression of women, either historically or worldwide, or if it tries to convey the consciousness of a woman---that is, tell a story from inside a woman's perspective.
1. The Magdalene Sisters (movie): The virtual enslavement of young women in nun-administered laundry facilities in Ireland as late as the 1960s.
2. North Country (movie): Sexual harassment of women trying to enter the mining industry.
3. The Dollmaker (movie and novel): A woman in Appalachia tries to lift herself out of poverty.
4. The Color Purple (movie and novel): I read the novel long ago, but just recently saw the movie, which was wonderful and heartbreaking.
5. Possessing the Secret of Joy (novel): A far-ranging novel that takes as its departure female gential mutilation in Africa.
6. A Thousand Splendid Suns (novel): The author was inspired to write this novel after he visited his homeland of Afghanistan and walked into a room where two women were being brutally raped.
7. The Bookseller of Kabul (memoir): Tells of the author's friendship with a progressive bookseller in Afghanistan, and what exactly "progressive" means when she gets to know his family life.
Please add your own picks!
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