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“A Woman’s Place”: Myth, Body, and Nation in Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale
Title
“A Woman’s Place”: Myth, Body, and Nation in Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale.
Creator
García, Madeline Elizabeth, Sim, Gerald, Miller, Andrea, Florida Atlantic University, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Abstract/Description
This thesis investigates the role of myth in Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale. Through an analysis of concepts such as the body and nation, I investigate the mythical underpinnings of gender, race, social reproduction, and capitalism in Gilead as well as the veritable history of oppression and imperialism in the United States that informs the Gileadean imaginary. I interrogate myth’s utility in creating nations and worlds, real or imagined, and the mechanisms of myth that make this possible. Using...
Show moreThis thesis investigates the role of myth in Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale. Through an analysis of concepts such as the body and nation, I investigate the mythical underpinnings of gender, race, social reproduction, and capitalism in Gilead as well as the veritable history of oppression and imperialism in the United States that informs the Gileadean imaginary. I interrogate myth’s utility in creating nations and worlds, real or imagined, and the mechanisms of myth that make this possible. Using the works of authors such as Roland Barthes, Kalindi Vora, Achille Mbembe, and others, I read The Handmaid’s Tale series as a text that reveals how truth can be distorted by myth but can be demythologized to belie intention, historically contextualize, and inspire resistance. Written in the midst and wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, this thesis is also a meditation on auto-ethnographic and textual resistance.
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Date Issued
2022
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014111
Subject Headings
Women's studies, Gender Studies
Format
Document (PDF)
Gender Issues in Art Education and Art Production
Title
Gender Issues in Art Education and Art Production.
Creator
Sandoval, lliana M., Novak, James, Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description
This inquiry will address some of the inequities that exist regarding women in the visual arts and art history, and how that impacts art education practice. The influence of popular visual culture on the construction of gender identity, and differences between the sexes in areas of learning and creativity, will be considered. Teaching strategies developed by educators, which lead towards greater gender equality in art education, will also be discussed. Finally. because my experiences as an...
Show moreThis inquiry will address some of the inequities that exist regarding women in the visual arts and art history, and how that impacts art education practice. The influence of popular visual culture on the construction of gender identity, and differences between the sexes in areas of learning and creativity, will be considered. Teaching strategies developed by educators, which lead towards greater gender equality in art education, will also be discussed. Finally. because my experiences as an art teacher and my current artwork have lead to this gender related research. this discussion will include a brief autobiographical section, a thorough description and analysis of my artwork, and my major artistic influences.
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Date Issued
2007
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000959
Subject Headings
Art--Study and teaching, Visual communication in art, Gender identity in education
Format
Document (PDF)
spider woman rules no more? The transformation and resilience of Aztec female roles
Title
The spider woman rules no more? The transformation and resilience of Aztec female roles.
Creator
Rogers, Rhianna C., Florida Atlantic University, Cruz-Taura, Graciella
Abstract/Description
Archival documents have shown Spain's attempts at Christianizing the Aztecs and illustrated Spanish justifications for the destruction of traditional Aztec beliefs and gender roles. Analyzing these documents, it becomes apparent that female roles were transformed along the lines of Spanish and Christian ideologies of a proper woman. An examination of the initial nature of Aztec-Spanish relations, with a specific emphasis on the religiosity and mentalities of both the conquered and the...
Show moreArchival documents have shown Spain's attempts at Christianizing the Aztecs and illustrated Spanish justifications for the destruction of traditional Aztec beliefs and gender roles. Analyzing these documents, it becomes apparent that female roles were transformed along the lines of Spanish and Christian ideologies of a proper woman. An examination of the initial nature of Aztec-Spanish relations, with a specific emphasis on the religiosity and mentalities of both the conquered and the conquerors, provides a direct correlation between transformation of native women's social status and initial contacts with European patriarchal customs. Focusing on the reciprocating system of duality existing between men and women in Aztec life and religion, Spain's persistence at adopting a patriarchal structure for all indigenous peoples, the andocentric mentality of Christianity, and the resilience of native women's roles in the post-Conquest era, this thesis illustrates the various factors contributing to the transformation and preservation of Aztec female roles.
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Date Issued
2004
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13173
Subject Headings
Mexico--History--Conquest, 1519-1540, Aztec women--Social life and customs, Sex role--Mexico--History, Gender identity--Mexico--History, Aztec women--Cross-cultural studies
Format
Document (PDF)