Summary of Lois Tyson's account of Feminist Theory and Criticism

1. To understand literature
--from Lois Tyson Using Critical Theory
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2. • Feminism as human rights
criticism
• Text can criticize or affirm
patriarchal ideology
• Sometimes a text does both

3. Components of patriarchy—
• Traditional gender roles
• Objectification of women
• Sex vs gender
• “Cult of True Womanhood”
• Exceptions to these rules
based on race and class