Representations of femininity and masculinity within socio-cultural contexts.
In the “Introduction” to Women in Literature: Reading Through the Lens of Gender, Jerilyn Fisher and Ellen Silber define feminist criticism in the following terms: “Feminist criticism, as it is practiced today, critiques inequalities and oppressions in the context of various and diverse interpersonal, sexual, and social relations. Feminist critics move easily from analysis of the female into examination of images of oppression in its various forms, connecting gender bias to other forms of domination.”