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A Research On Sexual Politics

Posted on:2011-04-08Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:T T XiangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155330338477490Subject:Literature and art
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" Sexual Politics" was the US feminism criticizes representative personage Kate Millet (Kate Millett) a doctoral dissertation which completed in the US Columbia University in 1970. Mr Zhong Liangming translated and introduced it into our country in 1998. This book has had the very tremendous influence. "Sexual politics" starting from the analysis of gender roles, that the root causes of gender inequality─patriarchy, and from the ideology, biology, sociology, economy, class and education, anthropology, psychology and other aspects of analysis, reveal male-dominated system of ideological oppression of women in nature, and opened the new ponder space for both sexes relations.The thesis divides into three parts: First, introduction: Introduces "Politics" author's biography, background and significance of research into a book. "Sexual politics" as the classic works of feminist criticism, whether the West or China, feminist criticism has merit reflection and reference value. Second, "Politics" content explanation. Studies this book, makes a comprehensive summary to its content is necessary. In the book the first half part introduced that regarding the male authority and legality conjugal family system, the two stages of sex revolution's has implemented the different measure separately, is for the purpose of maintaining the male authority and legality the foundation. The lower part is called by Millet"the monster","the hybrid"the literary criticism. Millet successfully unifies the cultural criticism and the literary criticism, established the feminine principle criticism words. She insisted that politics and literature which is reflected in the concept of power and domination, while the literary descriptions of sexual behavior among the power and the dominant idea is to play a role in the results. To prove his point, Millett selected period of reaction in the sexual revolution of representative writers and works, works by analyzing gender relations, patriarchy reveals the fact that the social oppression of women. Third, value and limitation of theory. This book theory value expression in three aspects: First from political angle revelation both sexes relations essence: A group to another group's control; The next; Explains the male authority and legality culture classical work, constructs the feminine principle criticism words; subversion tradition reading custom, establishes the negativistic reading way.Although "Politics" has achieved the great achievement, but also has the limitation: It is not equal both sexes sums up completely has in the cultural system loses biased; By covers entire, with replaces universally specially; Analyzes when the work neglected the literature to fictionalize the factor.
Keywords/Search Tags:Sexual politics, Patriarehy, sexual revolutionary, feminist movement, sexual counter-revolutionary
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