Feminist Shaw - Shaw and the Contemporary Literary Theories of Feminism

This book takes us through the life and works of George Bernard Shaw as a feminist. It critically explores his major plays to showcase how his works discuss ideas, practices, discourses, and ideologies that are considered to be antecedents to the modern feminist movements.

List of contents

Part I: History, Philosophy, and Influence 1. George Bernard Shaw, the Forgotten Feminist: An Introduction 2. Oppression/Re-presentation of Literary Myths, Archetypes and Stereotypes 3. Decoding Life Force and Recognising “Shavian Superman” Part II: Ideology 4. Shavian New Woman: Redefining Femininity 5. Shavian Women on Marxist Feminism 6. Platonic Sisterhood of Ecofeminist Interests 7. The Third Wave Women Questions: the concerns of Black feminism, Post-colonial feminism and LGBTQ Theory

About the author

Nishtha Mishra has a PhD in English Literature, from the University of Allahabad, India. She has received the UGC PG Rank Holder Fellowship for University Rank Holders (2011–13), and has received gold medals for academic excellence at graduate and post-graduate levels. She has formerly worked as Guest Faculty at the University of Allahabad, India from July 2016 to April 2020. She is a published author of two anthologies of poems, a collection of biographies, and several international research papers, while two of her books are currently under publication. Apart from this, her articles and poems have also been published in leading Indian dailies like Hindustan Times and JagMarg.

Summary

This book takes us through the life and works of George Bernard Shaw as a feminist. It critically explores his major plays to showcase how his works discuss ideas, practices, discourses, and ideologies that are considered to be antecedents to the modern feminist movements.

Product details

• Authors: Nishtha Mishra, Nishtha (University of Allahabad Mishra
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780367210748
• ISBN: 978-0-367-21074-8
• No. of pages: 166
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; English, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Ireland, Feminism & feminist theory, Feminism and feminist theory, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights