Louise Erdrich ve Toni Morrison eserlerinde postfeminist unsurler

Postfeminism as a term has emerged in a cultural, academic, and political context in the late twentieth century. Notwithstanding, many critics and scholars have claimed and appropriated the term for a variety of definitions, indeed, the term has no one single definition. The critical study of popular and culture and literature is necessary in order to understand how popular literary works to establish post-feminist ideologies of womanhood. Since there is no ultimate definition of postfeminism it is important to analyze post-feminist contexts in literature and try to define the characteristics and typology of post-feminist fiction. Unlike feminism which hundreds of books were written and studies are done, it is a bit hard to find recourses for the current study. In the literary context some studies have been done in post-feminist fiction, however, we can notice that these studies are mostly defined post-feminist literature as chick lit – nonserious, popular culture - literature. The significance of this study is that, in this thesis, I will try to analyze the works of authors accepted in academic level. The authors I chose are highly recognized and glorified in the literary and academic level. The post-feminist elements in the works of two prominent writers of America – Louise Erdrich and Toni Morrison - and explore whether and how postfeminism represented in their works. These writers differ from many of their counterparts as they depict alternative history far away from dominant perceived history allowing the reader to see the history through nonwestern eyes. They also challenge feminist ideology in a number of ways. I will analyze the works according to three themes – post-feminist representation of femininity, post-feminist representation of masculinity, and post-feminist representation of maternity. Keywords: Postfeminism, feminism, femininity, masculinity, popular culture, maternity