Technological Determinism and Feminism in Aldous Huxley's Essays, Brave New World, and Island

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dc.contributor.advisorEvans, Patricia A.
dc.contributor.authorDouglas-McMahon, Sukyi E.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMorrison, Susan Signe
dc.contributor.committeeMemberRosenberg, Teya
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-24T10:04:19Z
dc.date.available2012-02-24T10:04:19Z
dc.date.issued2008-08
dc.description.abstractThe last two decades have marked significant change for feminists, especially in the mode of their interaction, as they have adjusted their activism to keep with rapid technological developments on the cusp of the twenty-first century. As they have established an international community with the help of advanced communication technology, their focus now encompasses transnational issues and problems that hamper the liberation of the individual. Indeed, they have found support and contributions from the most unlikely and unexpected places, namely in the literature and scholarship of male feminists. This study asserts that Aldous Huxley, a long-presumed misogynist in the minds of past and contemporary feminists, was quite contrarily aligned with present-day standards of feminism, as reflected in his Hindu spirituality, perceivable in his unorthodox views of mainstream culture, and projected into his essays and writings. Thus, the goal of the following thesis is to induct Huxley as a transnational feminist, to credit his works as praiseworthy additions to the growing library of transnational feminist literature, and to add to the history of cooperation between genders in attaining the liberation of the individual. By doing so, Huxley’s ideas, namely on technological determinism, have the potential to lead transnational feminism, and, in turn, the interconnected techno-culture, in a completely new and humane direction.en_US
dc.description.departmentEnglish
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dc.format.extent83 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationDouglas-McMahon, S. E. (2008). <i>Technological determinism and feminism in Aldous Huxley's essays, Brave New World, and Island</i> (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/2645
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectTechnologicalen_US
dc.subjectDeterminismen_US
dc.subjectHuxley, Aldousen_US
dc.subjectBrave New Worlden_US
dc.subjectFeminismen_US
dc.subjectTransnationalen_US
dc.subjectIslanden_US
dc.subject.classificationEnglish Language and Literatureen_US
dc.titleTechnological Determinism and Feminism in Aldous Huxley's Essays, Brave New World, and Islanden_US
dc.typeThesis
thesis.degree.departmentEnglish
thesis.degree.disciplineLiterature
thesis.degree.grantorTexas State University-San Marcosen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Liberal Artsen_US
txstate.departmentEnglish

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