Resistance to Patriarchal and Capitalist Ideologies in Jackie French's Slave Girl

Abstract

The present research seeks to foreground on resistance to patriarchal and ncapitalist Ideologies in Jackie French's Slave Girl. While analyzing the text, it makes use of the theoretical insights of Marxist Feminism. Marxist Feminism helps to analyze resistance to patriarchal and capitalist ideologies in Jackie French's Slave Girl. The basic thrust of this research is to withdraw the capitalist ideologies which is dominant in the text, as per female are subjugated and isolated by the patriarchal values. This research heavily relies in the theoretical insight of Valerie Bryson. Keeping this theoretical insight in mind, it is argued that Valerie Bryson changes the opinion and adapts the dominant commodification of the feminine subjectivity values. The feminine self of Elizabeth has been made subject to the absolute power that of the male practice. Sandra Bem, Monica Biernat, Peter Burke and Nancy Chodhrow are some of the thinkers of masculinity studies, on the strength of whom the research aims to find the dialectics of the masculine society which is keeping the special attention to the female protagonist being underestimated. The purpose of changing the male opinion and behaviour towards feminine existence is always silenced in terms of the opportunities and rights. The dream of equality always remains as the soap bubble as regards in the treatment towards the female race in general. The aim of the research is to uncover the dialectics of the patriarchal ideology. The masculinity in the novel tames the feminine self in terms of commodification. In order to assert the superiority of masculinity over femininity in the society the males do not allow the females to know everything about them and they use females as the workers, which the research attempts to dig out. The feminine self has been thwarted with the absolute power that of the males practice.