Feminine gospels gender shaped by society PDF

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Notes on Feminine gospels. How gender is shaped by society....

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Duffy’s agenda is to show how gender is always shaped by society In Duffy’s feminine gospels, the idea that gender is always shaped by society is explored in the poems ‘Beautiful’ and ‘The woman who shopped’. She highlights the pressure put on women to look and act a certain way based on societal expectations. However, Loud demonstrates a woman breaking against gendered norms of being passive and quiet through her new found voice. Woman who shopped  “Her skirts were glass doors, opening and closing”  Links the female body to consumerism- controlled by patriarchal society Beautiful “The camera loved her…adored the waxy pouting of her mouth’- unnatural image of women- society adore actions that reinforce her femininity  Monroe changed her hair colour from brown to platinum to suit her acting roles- fake beauty –society forcing her to conform to image of an actress Loud  Presents gender as shaped by society TO AN EXTENT- she defies stereotypes and finds her voice Media- plays huge part in all three poems Media advertising leads to woman in twws to buy unnecessary products Media acts as a constraint on gender in beautiful and the woman who shopped Acts as an awakening factor for woman in Loud because she is able to show her righteous rage of the way in which the media manipulates issues and over report issues...