Patriarchal Control and Women Empowerment: An Existential Feminist Analysis of Tara Westover’s Educated

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2026
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Abstract
The article examines Tara Westover’s memoir Educated in the thought of Simone de Beauvoir’s Existential Feminism. The memoir tells how Westover grew up as an isolated survivalist in a rural part of Idaho and then became one of the most highly educated professors at the Cambridge University. The study is qualitative in nature; data is gathered through close reading of the memoir. The analysis is directed by de Beauvoir's ideas of ‘the Other’, transcendence, freedom and self-creation, emphasizing Tara's courage to question roles imposed by society and build upon a sense of self through education and choice. The findings ascertain education as a strong instrument of liberation whereby the dependence and marginalized position of Tara could be transformed to self-awareness and autonomy. Thus the epiphanic use of Existential Feminism in Educated provides a richer comprehension of the problem of women in terms of their journey toward freedom, identity and self-redefinition.
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Authors Saima Bashir
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Journal Pakistan Languages and Humanities Review
Year 2026
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10.47205/plhr.2026(10-III)15
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https://ojs.plhr.org.pk/journal/article/view/1427
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