critical

Question 1

Karl marx

Answer 1

Communist manifesto(1848)
the economically powerful exploit and dominate the economically disadvantaged

Question 2

Terry Eagleton

Answer 2

Marxism and literary criticism (1976)
- The notion identity is inherently coercive
- Once conscious of our identity and worth

Question 3

Adrienne Rich

Answer 3

‘Compulsory heterosexuality and lesbian existence’ (1980)
“society’s acceptance of heterosexuality as the norm”

Question 4

Judith butler

Answer 4

Gender trouble (1990)
- Questions the importance of gender identity (whether it is performative or predetermined)
“you only trust those who are absolutely like yourself”
“signed a pledge of allegiance to a specific identity”

Question 5

Spivak

Answer 5

Can the subaltern speak? (1988)
- focuses on Eurocentric subject as they disavow the problem of representation

Question 6

Germain Greer

Answer 6

“sexist stereotypes undermine rationality”
“manufacturing of a women’s sexuality by western society is demeaning”

Question 7

frantz fanon

Answer 7

“systematic denial of all humanity of the colonised people”