Writing women's space : changing reflections on gender and identity : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Creative Writing at Massey University, Manawatū, New Zealand. EMBARGOED until 30th January 2025.

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dc.contributor.authorOfford, Rachel Joy
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-18T23:14:47Z
dc.date.available2023-07-18T23:14:47Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.descriptionEmbargoed until 30/01/2025eng
dc.description.abstractWoolf challenged her gendered lack of access to spaces through her writing and essays, becoming an important feminist voice who substantiated women’s existence and questioned the social construction of identity. Challenging power dynamics that limit access to spaces by creating counter-sites and that press at the borders can produce new ideas and perspectives. Michel Foucault described these transformative spaces as heterotopias. Using the concept of Foucault’s heterotopias to explore Woolf’s “The Lady in the Looking Glass: A Reflection” (1928) alongside A Room of One’s Own (2015 [1929]) provides a useful lens for looking at how Woolf manipulated space to transform ways of seeing women and make us look at ourselves. In contemporary environments, social media has become a particularly powerful space for marginalised groups to not only share information and support each other but to imagine new worlds and create movements for change. In heterotopic spaces such as fiction and online environments, we can deconstruct gender binaries, substantiate the existence of marginalised people and choose our own identities. The usefulness of heterotopic spaces and their power to subvert dominant power structures allow marginalised narratives to be heard.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/19060
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherMassey Universityen
dc.rightsThe Authoren
dc.subject.anzsrc360201 Creative writing (incl. scriptwriting)en
dc.titleWriting women's space : changing reflections on gender and identity : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Creative Writing at Massey University, Manawatū, New Zealand. EMBARGOED until 30th January 2025.en
dc.typeThesisen
massey.contributor.authorOfford, Rachel Joy
thesis.degree.disciplineCreative Writingen
thesis.degree.levelMastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Creative Writing (MCW)en
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