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"We Are Two-Legged Wombs" : The Paradigms of Objectification of Women in Margaret Atwood's Dystopia.

Maral. Askarisirchi ProQuest Information and Learning Co.; Clark University. English. 2020

Masters Abstracts International 81-11.

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  • Title:
    "We Are Two-Legged Wombs" : The Paradigms of Objectification of Women in Margaret Atwood's Dystopia.
  • Author: Maral. Askarisirchi
  • ProQuest Information and Learning Co.; Clark University. English.
  • Subjects: American literature; Womens studies; British & Irish literature; Atwood's dystopian literature; Commodification of women; Dystopian literature; Feminism; Religion in dystopias; Women in theocracies; Electronic books
  • Is Part Of: Masters Abstracts International 81-11.
  • Description: Margaret Atwood in her novel "The Handmaid's Tale" depicts a fundamentalist patriarchal society in which women are treated as commodities whose values are based on their ability to reproduce. Atwood depicts, in many ways, the dehumanization of women in Gilead's society and their transformation into mere objects to be exchanged among men depending on their value as reproductive tools. The following research paper will be looking at different aspects of the novel that manifest these premises in the dystopian narrative of Atwood. I intend to survey the plausibility of Atwood's plot in various contexts and using Foucault's theories of subjectivity in feminism and Luce Irigray's contention of commodification of women, I introduce a framework of consideration to examine the rationality of the tale. I examine the role of religion in commodification of women to establish the prophylactic nature of Atwood's narrative in conceptualizing Gilead's theocracy. Furthermore, this paper will attempt to examine the potency of Atwood's tale as a possible future through the framework of female commodification and commodification of women in theocracies. Examining the role of religion and expanding on distinct aspects of commodification of women in theocracies, the paper concludes that Atwood's narrative is a far more plausible future than previously thought.
  • Publisher: Thesis (M.A.)--Clark University, 2020.
  • Creation Date: 2020
  • Format: 1 online resource (97 pages)..
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN9798641903552
  • Source: NUTN ALEPH
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