scholarly journals Postmodern Feminist Perspectives in Eat Pray Love

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Surabhi Basotia ◽  
Arpit Kothari
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Female Self ◽  
Postmodern Feminism ◽  
Feminist Perspectives ◽  
Self Discovery ◽  
Scholarly Attention

Postmodern Feminism is the epitome of two massive movements, Postmodernism and Feminism, in literature. It inculcates the features of Postmodernism into Feminism, hence urging feminism to confront and reconstruct its framework. Elizabeth Gilbert’s memoir, Eat Pray Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything across Italy, India, and Indonesia (2006), deserves scholarly attention as it allows us to apply the notions of the theory on the text and analyze it in the light of the theory. This paper evaluates the points of similarities and/or differences found during the discourse analysis of the chosen text with a focused emphasis on the aspects of ‘Non-Essentialism’, ‘De/Reconstructing the Female Self’, and ‘Breaking free from the boundaries of cliché Feminism’. The study reveals results which satiate the expectations of a Postmodern Feminist in the form of the protagonist, Elizabeth Gilbert. Gilbert breaks free from her ‘Essential’ mundane life and embarks on her inward and outward journey of self-discovery and in the process Deconstructs and Reconstructs one’s own self.

scholarly journals Black Women's Groups, Life Narratives, and the Construction of the Self in Late Twentieth-Century Britain

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Jessica White
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Black Female ◽  
Black Liberation ◽  
Female Self ◽  
Black British ◽  
Late Twentieth ◽  
Self Discovery ◽  
White Gaze ◽  
Late Twentieth Century

Abstract Black British women's centres and groups evolved out of black women's combined exclusion from male-dominated anti-racist activism and the resurgent feminist movement of the late 1960s. And yet, despite their stable presence in many of Britain's inner cities, black women's centres and groups, and the lives of the women who forged them, have evaded historical interrogation. This article explores how black women's centres provided women with the space and time to nurture their personal experiences of sexism and racism, achieve a sense of self-sufficiency, and celebrate their heritage, which placed every member on a path towards self-discovery. This centring of the black female self was not, as black male activists believed, set on undermining the Black liberation movement, but was considered as a vital tool in the overarching mission to defeat white global supremacy. Drawing on a collection of oral history interviews, this article explores how black female activists constructed a sense of self that turned away from the homogenizing white gaze of post-war Britain. Teasing out the complexities around black female activism, selfhood, and memory, this article contributes substantially to the growing body of literature on late twentieth-century black British history.

scholarly journals The Laugh of the Medusa and the Ticks of Postmodern Feminism: Helen Cixous and the Poetics of Desire

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-63
Author(s):  
Mohammed Al-Mahfedi
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Ecriture Feminine ◽  
Postmodern Feminism ◽  
Poststructuralist Theory ◽  
Feminist Writing ◽  
New Form

This paper aims to explore Helen Cixous’ postmodernist trends in her formulations of a new form of writing known as ecriture feminine. The paper attempts to validate the view that Cixous’ “The Laugh of the Medusa” is regarded as the manifesto of postmodern feminism. This is done by attempting a critical discourse analysis of Cixous' narrative of ecriture feminine. Deploying a multifaceted-framework, ranging from postmodernism to psychoanalysis through poststructuralist theory and semiotics, the study reveals Cixous' metamorphosing and diversified trend of feminist writing that transposes the subversion of patriarchy into a rather bio-textual feminism, known as bisexuality. The paper highlights the significance of Cixous’ essay as a benchmark of postmodern feminism.

scholarly journals Portraits of Veganism: A Comparative Discourse Analysis of a Second-Order Subculture

Societies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allison Christopher ◽  
John Bartkowski ◽  
Timothy Haverda
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Animal Rights ◽  
Cultural Theory ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Cultural Relevance ◽  
Personal Health ◽  
Documentary Films ◽  
The Past ◽  
Scientific Arguments ◽  
Scholarly Attention

Veganism has enjoyed increasing popularity and more sustained scholarly attention during the past several years. Using insights from cultural theory, this study conducts a qualitative discourse analysis of two vegan-promoting documentary films: Forks over Knives (2011) and Vegucated (2010). Each of these popular vegan-promoting films renders a different portrait of vegans and advances distinct motivations for the adoption of a vegan lifestyle. Forks over Knives promotes health veganism rooted in scientific arguments about the dietary benefits of veganism. By contrast, Vegucated promotes holistic veganism that, while encompassing personal health benefits, also promotes animal rights advocacy and environmental consciousness. These competing portrayals reveal an important fissure line within veganism, one that may have implications for the growth of this movement. Veganism is a distinctive second-order subculture situated within the broader vegetarian subculture. However, veganism maintains cultural relevance by drawing on quintessentially American discourses of individualism, science, healthy living, and environmental awareness.

Plasticity of the neural coding metaphor: An unnoticed rhetoric in scientific discourse

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giulia Frezza ◽  
Pierluigi Zoccolotti
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Neural Coding ◽  
Scientific Discourse ◽  
Convincing Argument ◽  
Unified View ◽  
Brain Behavior

Abstract The convincing argument that Brette makes for the neural coding metaphor as imposing one view of brain behavior can be further explained through discourse analysis. Instead of a unified view, we argue, the coding metaphor's plasticity, versatility, and robustness throughout time explain its success and conventionalization to the point that its rhetoric became overlooked.

Discourse Analysis and Catch-22

2002 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-205
Author(s):  
Richard J. Gerrig
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Catch 22

Discourse Analysis and Family Interaction

1983 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-61
Author(s):  
Dell Hymes
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Family Interaction
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