مجلة علوم الإنسان والمجتمع
Volume 12, Numéro 2, Pages 397-424
2023-06-20

Female Survival Through Gender Performance In Dystopian Aftermath: The Case Of Katniss Everdeen In Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games Trilogy

Authors : Djouhri Rania . Saihi Hanane .

Abstract

The main objective of this paper is to investigate the importance of gender performance to attain female survival in dystopian narratives through the protagonist of Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games Trilogy. The article first attempts to distinguish between sex and gender in addition to understanding the meaning of traditional gender roles. Moreover, it analyses the totalitarian aspects in the trilogy. Finally, Judith Butler’s theory of Gender Performance is applied to understand Katniss’ gender performance through the course of the trilogy.

Keywords

Feminist dystopia ; Totalitarianism ; Gender Roles ; Gender Performance ; masculinity ; Femininity