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dc.contributor.advisor | Coleman, Daniel | - |
dc.contributor.author | Roschman, Melodie | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-11-10T18:33:20Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2016-11-10T18:33:20Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/20795 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This thesis examines how patriarchal dystopian societies attempt to control their citizenry through the homogenization of discourse and the employment of Foucauldian panopticons. In the context of these power structures, I argue that nonviolent storytelling and restorative memory are more effective in resisting oppression than violent, openly subversive forms of rebellion. In my discussion of The Handmaid’s Tale, I examine how Gilead’s manipulation of public discourse through religious hegemony and restrictions on literacy suppresses the efficacy of individually heroic acts by characters such as Ofglen and Moira. I assert that Offred’s playful deconstruction of language, defiant remembering of her past experiences, and insistence on bearing witness to Gilead’s atrocities without the promise of a listener allows her to successfully resist power and maintain a distinct self. In the analysis of Salt Fish Girl that follows, I study how the Big Six employ a series of cooperative hegemonies to promote neoliberal policies, dehumanize Othered bodies, and rob people in diaspora of cultural memory. Though protagonist Miranda fails in a conventional sense, I conclude that she succeeds due to her remixing of Western texts, hybridization of histories and values, and role in birthing a new, more hopeful future. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | nonviolent resistance | en_US |
dc.subject | The Handmaid's Tale | en_US |
dc.subject | Larissa Lai | en_US |
dc.subject | Margaret Atwood | en_US |
dc.subject | storytelling | en_US |
dc.subject | feminist dystopia | en_US |
dc.subject | Salt Fish Girl | en_US |
dc.title | Nonviolent resistance through counter-narrative in Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and Lai’s Salt Fish Girl | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | English | en_US |
dc.description.degreetype | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.degree | Master of Arts (MA) | en_US |
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