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Othello Through Critical Lens: Feminist

Keywords for Feminist Theory

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Wildcard:  The query behavi?r finds the behavior or behaviour.

Truncation:  The query organiz*= organization, organize, organizational

Put a phrase in “quotes”. For example, “Gender roles”.

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For example: media AND violence, teens OR adolescents, psychology NOT clinical

Examples of keywords/concepts:

Gender roles, Patriarchy, Androcentrism, Subjectivity, Sexuality, Gender stereotypes, Language, Subjugation of women, Race, Class and cultural differences, Institutionalized sexism, Liberation, Violence towards women, Misogyny, Power dynamics, Feminist movement, Female empowerment

Philosophers: Simone de Beauvoir, Judith Butler, Gloria Steinem, bell hooks Writers: Virginia Woolf, 
Gertrude Steinem, Toni Morrison
Artists: Frida Kahlo, Georgia O'Keeffe, Judy Chicago

Databases

Example of an article:

Levin, Richard. “Feminist Thematics and Shakespearean Tragedy.” PMLA, vol. 103, no. 2, 1988, pp. 125–38. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/462429.

Example of an article:

Wayne, Valerie. "Historical Differences: Misogyny and Othello." Shakespearean Criticism, edited by Lynn M. Zott, vol. 68, Gale, 2003. Gale Literature Criticism, link-gale-com.i.ezproxy.nypl.org/apps/doc/EPVYVD447079133/LCO?u=nypl&sid=bookmark-LCO&xid=59166e57. Originally published in The Matter of Difference: Materialist Feminist Criticism of Shakespeare, edited by Valerie Wayne, Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1991, pp. 153-179.

Example of an article:

Shahwan, Saed. "Gender Roles in The Merchant of Venice and Othello." Theory and Practice in Language Studies, vol. 12, no. 1, 2022, pp. 158-164. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/gender-roles-merchant-venice-othello/docview/2620024617/se-2, doi:https://doi.org/10.17507/tpls.1201.19.

Example of an eBook:

Garner, Shirley and Madelon Sprengnether. Shakespearean Tragedy and Gender. Indiana University Press, 1996. Project MUSEhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/113353.

Example of an article:

"Feminism Is All About Equal Opportunities." The Professional Medical Journal, 24 May 2024, p. NA. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A795248776/GPS?u=nysl_me_nyc72_bh&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=ac31fe92

Example of an article:

"Feminism and Feminisms." The Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History, edited by Wilma Mankiller, et al., HarperCollins, 1998, p. NA. Gale OneFile: Gender Studies, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A176833459/PPGB?u=nysl_me_nyc72_bh&sid=bookmark-PPGB&xid=17037626