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Male Patriarchy and "Othering": Brave New World from a Postcolonial and Feminist Perspective
University of Gävle, Faculty of Education and Business Studies, Department of Humanities, English.
2021 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

This paper aims to show how Brave New World, a dystopia by Aldous Huxley, has strong postcolonial traces within it. Edward Said's concept of Orientalism and Gayatri Spivak's analyses of Bertha Mason, the fictional representation of the colonial female subject in nineteenth-century English literature, tie up the similarities in how the Reservation and Linda are portrayed within the book. Comparing Gayatri Spivak's theories with Huxley's writings adds a new perspective to the novel. This essay will also include a close reading of the book and aims to unveil how specifik events concerning Linda and the part of the world referred to as "the reservation" are in link with "Orientalism", "othering" and feminism. The argument will be that both Linda and "the reservations" description in the novel are in frame with British imperialistic writings and male patriarchy.

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2021. , p. 25
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Brave New World, Postcolonialism, Orientalism, Othering, Feminism 
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-37599OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-37599DiVA, id: diva2:1626754
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Available from: 2022-01-13 Created: 2022-01-12 Last updated: 2025-10-02Bibliographically approved

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