Dissertation
Exploring Sisterhood
University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Doctor of Creative Arts, University of the Sunshine Coast
2010
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25907/00459
Abstract
Sisterhood' (Original Novel) is accompanied by an exegesis detailing the research undertaken to provide a historically and culturally relevant foundation for the concepts explored by the novel. Drawing upon Eisler's Cultural Transformation Theory as a framework, an in-depth literature review investigates the construction of relationships (human or otherwise) based on Eisler's theory of Androcracy, which exposes a system of ranking that privileges one aspect or participant in an interaction above another. Central to this investigation is the long-established practise of suppressing, confining and controlling female sexuality. Of particular interest, and of significance to the novel, is the participation of women in their own suppression; an issue approached through the analysis of philosophy, art, narrative, religion, family and Australia's colonial history. The power relationships exposed in these milieu are encapsulated in an exploration of the epistolary form and the influence of first person narration on the interaction between the writer and reader of fiction - a partnership that Sisterhood endeavours to foster in its audience.
Details
- Title
- Exploring Sisterhood
- Authors
- Maria Arena
- Contributors
- Gary Crew (Supervisor)
- Awarding institution
- University of the Sunshine Coast
- Degree awarded
- Doctor of Creative Arts
- Publisher
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- DOI
- 10.25907/00459
- Organisation Unit
- School of Business and Creative Industries; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Creative Industries - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449885102621
- Output Type
- Dissertation
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