
Published online:
19 May 2022
Published in print:
27 July 2021
Online ISBN:
9781479827916
Print ISBN:
9781479804368
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Radical Feminist Understandings of The Handmaid’s Tale Radical Feminist Understandings of The Handmaid’s Tale
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Female Defenders of Patriarchy: Feminist Pornographers and Aunts Female Defenders of Patriarchy: Feminist Pornographers and Aunts
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Parallels between The Handmaid’s Tale and Real Life Parallels between The Handmaid’s Tale and Real Life
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Chapter
6 Understanding The Handmaid’s Tale: The Contribution of Radical Feminism
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Pages
82–95
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Published:July 2021
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DeKeseredy, Walter S., Andrea DeKeseredy, and Patricia DeKeseredy, 'Understanding The Handmaid’s Tale: The Contribution of Radical Feminism', in Jonathan A. Grubb, and Chad Posick (eds), Crime TV: Streaming Criminology in Popular Culture (New York, NY , 2021; online edn, NYU Press Scholarship Online, 19 May 2022), https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479804368.003.0007, accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
Abstract
This chapter provides a radical feminist interpretation of The Handmaid’s Tale. One of the key points made here is that there are strong similarities between this series and what some people refer to as feminist pornography, which is just as degrading and violent as male-directed and produced porn. Additionally, parallels between the series and real life are identified, especially those involving the oppression of women.
Subject
Criminology and Criminal Justice
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