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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Overall, what is the author's approach to presenting feminist ideas in this book?
2. In the author's view, how should the beliefs about motherhood that she discusses be dealt with?
3. How does consumerism relate to the author's discussion of power?
4. What do early feminist concepts of sexual liberty represent for the author?
5. What is the author's opinion of the early feminist belief about creating change?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Essay on Ch. 9: Violence and the media.
Fighting violence against women has been one of the mainstays of the feminist movement since it's inception. One of the forms this has taken more recently, has been to address the problem through looking at media images that display violence against women.
1) The author claims that men and women are desensitized to violence. What are the repercussions of this phenomenon and how does she explain it?
2) In what ways does the media make violence against women seem normal? for example, by makig it sexually appealing, or associating it with love, etc.
3) Discuss several examples from film and other media, such as fashion magazines or video games, in which you have noticed images of violence against women. Analyze your examples.
4) Have you seen signs in the media that violence against women is discouraged? Discuss your examples.
Essay Topic 2
Essay on the two Prefaces: Purpose and reception of author's work.
In the Prefaces to the first and second editions of Feminist Theory From Margin to Center by bell hooks, the author discusses the reasons for her work and how its reception has evolved.
1) Discuss the author's primary reasons for writing the book. Why is a perspective from the margins important? How might a person from the margins see things differently?
2) Next, discuss the book's initial reception and the possible reasons for it.
3) Has the attitude towards analyses of gender, race, and class changed within the feminist movement? Why and how?
Essay Topic 3
Essay on Ch. 12: The process of feminist-oriented change.
The final chapter of the book looks at the process of feminist-oriented change and what is required to enact that change. This essay will provide an overview of the author's critiques and her prescriptions for revolutionary feminist change.
1) Discuss the author's analysis of early feminist approaches to creating change. In what way do these approaches fall short?
2) Discuss the author's recommendation for enacting change: What kind of social analysis does the author call for? What kind of action does she call for?
3) Discuss the author's view of the process of change: What attitude is called for? Why is the process of change difficult for Americans in particular?
4) Do you believe that the change the author calls for is possible?
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