Guerrilla Warfare

Both texts discuss the results of standing up or standing idly by, thereby explaining how taking action is important when faced with injustice. In “Las Mantillas” the women take action for what they believe in and stand up to the government. In the end, they prevail and a new regime is born as the “revolution rain[s] down on the capital” (Channer 193). Since they are active in standing up for their rights as well as the rest of the citizens, they succeed in changing the government. In contrast, in “It is Dangerous to Read Newspapers” the author explains that because of her “passive eyes” nothing ever changes

In the following paper, we will see the role of women change from a submissive role during the Inca Empire to an activist in the present.

While reading through the memoirs in Engel and Rosenthal’s “Five Sisters,” you can see that all the women share similar goals. They all are fighting against the autocracy in hopes of betterment of life for those in the middle and lower classes. While all of the sisters have many aspects of the revolutionary lives in common, each has a slightly different upbringing, which impacts the revolutionary road they choose to take. Comparing and contrasting Vera Figner and Elizaveta Kovalskaia, you can see how different ways of life in their younger years shapes the values and ideals that guide them in the path to revolution. While they have many parts of their lives in common in their later years, their childhood experiences were vastly different.

The complex web of cultural determinations and predefined ideological system are predominant in the lives of the female characters named Tita, Gertrudis, and Frida Kahlo in the movies Like Water for Chocolate and Frida. Furthermore, throughout history, the development of female idealizations and norms, which powerfully influences the behavior of women throughout society, has derived from a masculine structure that is imposed onto the female gender. Although this is still prevalent in modern culture, throughout the years surrounding the Mexican Revolution, women were perceived as subordinate to men due to particular cultural determinants and predefined beliefs that existed within the structure of society. Specifically, this structure played a leading role in the lives of women, which regarded them as inferior to men while characteristically portraying women in traditional domestic roles, thereby influencing the social norm of femininity throughout civilization. Predominantly, throughout the films, the existence of the complex web of cultural determinations and the predefined ideological system within social and family traditions largely impacts the dominant character and behavior of Tita, Gertrudis, and Frida. As such, in order to break free from the complex web of cultural determinations, and challenge the predefined ideological systems in their lives, the female characters of Tita, Gertrudis, and Frida behave in rebellious ways that reject the given traditions amongst their

The article is unique due to the concentration of a specific topic (drama) and its effects on the battle for women’s political recognition, whereas, the other authors provide a generalized perception of the women’s suffrage (Dassori, 2005, p. 4). Therefore, Dassori depicts drama as the main catalyst for seeking an audience; while the other author’s claims that, the annual parades were the chief resource for seeking an audience. However, Dassori justifies her claim by providing specific events as the parlor games to display how a large mass of individuals can be brought to attention. To clearly clarify the issue, the author should have compared and contrasted the main activities, provided an audience, and present justification as to why drama and sporting events effect contributed heavily to providing

The second chapter of this book is, Petimetria, women’s work and the economics of desire. She opens up this chapter, with that this man, Pedro Rodriquez, Conde de Campomanes in 1775 told them, well reminded them, the Madrid Economic Soceity that women in nicer terms belong in the sphear of home and not that laws have very little influence with concern by the inerna, government inside household of families. While; it goes to mention that the Spanish government of the time was clueless about the reality of what was going on with the poor and working middle class of women in Spanish society during this time, that they were doing labor and were stuggling to earn money for the fact that their family could survive. She goes on to explain what the path petimetras and the questions about credit, value productive

The description of women in the novel is fundamental, as it characterizes the position they embody in society, therefore their expected behavior. As the story begins women are not mentioned in the first ten pages, and up until the presentation of the characters they are never addressed as independent begins; they are only spoke as “men and women” (pg. 7, 10, 13). Lenina, one of the main female characters, is introduced

Subsequent to this argument, readers got a more descriptive understanding on nationalism and the formulation of Catalan feminism. At first, we are informed that by 1910, the word feminism was used quite commonly and exclusively by the women on the Catalan bourgeoisie, in order to define their movement. Throughout this time period, Catalan feminism was defined as social feminism, which was regarded towards the achievements of women’s rights in civil society. Due to many Catalan women being aware of their role in developing cultural identity, they used this achievement to obtain further educational and cultural amenities. Although the Catalan women’s movement caused conflict due to it generating tension between traditional views of life and the new feminist ways, in the mid 1900’s, 71% of the female population had high literacy rates.

This is evident with the inclusion of woman in the revolution not only in combat but in society as well. Fidel Castro highlights the role of women in the Cuban revolution in, The Revolution Within the Revolution, “Many of the plans that the revolution is today drawing up and beginning to carry out could not have been conceived until the great reservoir of human resources that our society possesses in its women was clearly seen for what it was. These plans, which stand for extraordinary contributions to the economic development of our country, to the increased well-being of our people, could not have been conceived without he mass incorporation of women into the work force”(54). The revolution saw a shift in the roles of women in Cuban society. The popular belief in Cuba pre-revolution was that women’s place should revolve around the house. The inclusion of women in society and into the work force redefined the roles of women. Although there still remained prejudices of women, there was an effort to make women a big part of society and the revolution. The prejudices that remained after the revolution didn’t undermine the inclusion of women in society it rather spoke to beliefs and values that men carried with them that were rooted in centuries of capitalism and

Many of the women in the group had very difficult times at home due to their involvement with the group, many were beat, cheated on, and abused for belonging to a group, which took them away form, their family duties. Maria herself went through a very difficult time after her husband severely beat her because of her work with CO-MADRES. But the women remained strong; Maria kept working with the CO-MADRES and organizing political protests

The idea of rebellion was treated by the authors as, people would get into trouble if they show an act of rebellion. If women showed an act of rebellion, they would get arrested and sometimes killed in certain places or countries. Three stories why the idea of rebellion is treated by the authors as a way to get women in trouble in certain places is “Cairo: my city my revolution”, “reading Lolita”, and “Persepolis 2”. These three stories explain what the authors think of the idea of rebellion is and how it effects women in certain countries.

Among these themes is the idea of “instrumentality”, which is the view and treatment of a person, in this case, women, as a sort of tool or instrument for men to use. These uses

The seventeenth century in Mexico didn’t know anything about equal rights for women. Women devoted their lives to the building of families and marriage or instead gave their life to God and became nuns. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz chose to live her life as a nun for different reasons, must specially because of her desire for the opportunity to study. She expresses this choice in her Reply to Sor Filotea. She defends her own right, as well as women’s rights in general, to pursue a life of education in this response to one of her critics Sor Filotea, whom is believed to be the bishop of Puebla. Maria Luisa Bemberg also portraits her point of view of Sor Juana’s life in the film “I, the worst of all”.

The essay is a representation of why the women’s movement and reasoning behind the revolt against sexism was so important during this era. Throughout the entire essay the wife is catering to the needs of the husband at the end he takes another wife leaving the old in the past and the responsibility then is to the wife to care for the home. Therefore, it is important for women to gain educational skills, “with school and have a job” to support herself and her children if the husband decides that he wants to leave. We achieve respect when women have sense of equality and the idea of support from men. The author has a clear-cut decision and tone when it comes to what rights women should have that are equal to

Lavinia enters the architecture firm’s front doors with the hope of starting her career as an architect but instead ends up falling to the guerilla lifestyle of el movimiento of Faguas where she helps overthrow the Great General. Gioconda Belli’s bildungsroman The Inhabited Woman, follows Lavinia in her process of becoming an inhabited woman and her process of ‘conscientizacion’. Through these two journeys, the reader and Lavinia see the forms in which oppression from both the dictatorship and the patriarchy impact her life. Through these journeys, the privilege and oppression tied to Lavinia’s various identities begin to paint a clear picture of just how influential they are in molding Lavinia’s experience. Lavinia’s various identities such as being a woman, coming the upper class and being a part of the movement, all intersect with one another to culminate into who Lavinia is. Lavinia’s identities are all identities because of the impact they have on her life. Her identities allow her to relate to a particular experience, they allow her citizenship into certain communities. These various communities built on different identities allow individuals to relate to unified shared experiences. These similar experiences allow nations to form based on identity. In Lavinia’s case, she has participated in the shared experience of being a woman, being a part of the upper class, and being a part of the movement, therefore making her a citizen of those nations. Belli’s novel depicts the