Women Between Oppression and Resistance in a Totalitarian Society in The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

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General Introduction
Chapter One: Dystopian Societies and Totalitarian Regimes
1.1 Introduction
1.2. From Utopia to Dystopia
1.2.1 Utopia
1.2.2 Dystopia
1.3 Dystopian Literature
1.4 Types of Dystopian control
1.4.1 The Power of Ideology
1.4.2. Propaganda and Surveillance in Dystopian Societies
1.5 Characteristics of The Dystopian Society
1.6 The Power of Totalitarianism in Dystopian Societies
1.6.1 The Ultimate Tragedy of Oppression in Dystopian Societies
1.6.1.1. The Predominate Faces of Oppression
1.6.1.1.1 Exploitation
1.6.1.1.2 Marginalization
1.6.1.1.3 Powerlessness
1.6.1.1.4 Cultural Imperialism
1.6.1.1.5 Violence
1.6.2 Patriarchal Oppression in Dystopian Societies
1.7 Gender Oppression
1.7.1 Sexual Oppression
1.7.2 Feminist Reaction to Oppression
1.8 Margaret Atwood and The Female Body
1.9 Conclusion
Chapter Two: Women and Resistance in Gilead
2.1 Introduction
2.2 From a Perfect to a Nightmarish Gilead
2.3 Women Under Patriarchal Oppression
2.3.1 Female Docile Body “Tool of Oppression”
2.3.2 Sexual Violence in Gilead
2.3.3 Loss of Identity in Gilead
2.4. Brainwashing and Control of Women in Gilead
2.4.1 Control of Relationship and Communication
2.4.2. Surveillance and Silence
2.4.3 Influence of Religion in Gilead
2.5. Resistance in the Gilead
2.5.1 “Mayday” Provenance of Resistance
2.5.2 The Female Body “Another kind of Resistance”
2.6 Conclusion
General Conclusion
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