Feminine Features as Political Tools: the Cases of Femen and Women of Liberia

This paper is an analysis of the different ways in which feminism can be understood, using as examples the cases of the feminist movements Femen and Women of Liberia. Both are distinguished by using feminine features as political tools, and both have been an issue of interest for audiovisual product...

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Published in:Araucaria (Triana) 2017, Vol.19 (38), p.121-140
Main Author: Caviedes, Gabriela
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Documentary films
Femen
Feminism
Feminismo
Mujeres de Liberia
Politics
Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Ukraine Is Not a Brothel
Woman of Liberia
Women
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Summary:This paper is an analysis of the different ways in which feminism can be understood, using as examples the cases of the feminist movements Femen and Women of Liberia. Both are distinguished by using feminine features as political tools, and both have been an issue of interest for audiovisual productions. Each one is the main subject of two documentaries: Ukraine is not a Brothel, that concerns Femen movement; and Pray the Devil Back to Hell, that concerns Women of Liberia movement. I shall use this material in order to present each. After presenting them I will analyze them in light of the definition and division of feminism that Karen Offen, scholar of the University of California, does. I will then conclude that Femen is an example of what she calls 'individualistic feminism', and Women of Liberia an example of what she named 'relational feminism'. I will also conclude that the political position they achieve is also due to the branch of feminism they represent.
ISSN:1575-6823
2340-2199
2340-2199
DOI:10.12795/araucaria.2017.i38.06