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Showing 1 to 20 of 69 for “"Colette"”.
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The Making and Unmaking of Colette: Myth, Celebrity, Profession
… dissertation takes the paradoxical role of Colette in the canon of French and women's writing, from her earliest works to present, as an entry into a radically new interpretation of her life and literary oeuvre. This work is distinguished from previous works on Colette both in its approach …
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Needling the system : the textile art of Colette Whiten, Barbara Todd, and Ann Newdigate
… by three women: Ann Newdigate, Barbara Todd and Colette Whiten who, through their respective mediums of tapestry, quilting, and embroidery, challenge existing systems of meaning through a strategic critique of dominant cultural ideologies. Simultaneous to this discussion it seeks to examine how …
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Exploring Sapphic Discourse in the Belle Epoque: Colette, Renee Vivien, and Liane De Pougy
… with social tradition, Liane de Pougy, Colette, and Renee Vivien experimented with various innovative yet often confusing manners of presenting Sapphic love, which would help pave the way for further writing on lesbian relations. This dissertation explores the contradictory ways in which …
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Colette et sa venue à l’écriture. Le phallocentrisme, les oppositions binaires et l’écriture féminine dans le cycle des Claudine
… af fjórum skáldsögum eftir frönsku skáldkonuna Colette (1873-1954) sem hún skrifaði í félagi við fyrsta eiginmann sinn, Willy. Ásamt þeirri fimmtu, La retraite sentimentale, sem Colette skrifaði ein eftir skilnað sinn við Willy, mynda skáldsögurnar heild sem líta má á sem eins konar þroskasögu …
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C'est de la faute de Colette: L'Intertextualité dans trois ouvrages de Régine Detambel (La Modéliste, Le Jardin Clos, Elle ferait battre les montagnes)
… in Detambel's works derive from the influence of Colette, who commenced her writing career at the tum of the 20th century a writer whose profound effect on Detambel caused her to devote her essay Colette - comme une Flore; comme un Zoo to a study of the botanical and zoological metaphors for the …
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Queer American expatriate writers in France and the birth of the gay modernist subject
… sexuality through writers like Proust, Gide, and Colette, and French cultural spaces in which a vibrant underground queer culture was present, were integral to the imagination of American gay identity and culture in the early to mid 20th century. This dissertation contends that through modernist …
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Art as Research: Untangling the Ecological Citizen
… The art practices of Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Colette Urban, Pat Aylesworth, Helen and Newton Harrison help move this critique along. Then, taking Judith Butler’s thinking on the bond between speech and action, or speech acts, Figge situates her art practice and thesis writing as an account of …
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Magic City Mischief
… Nabokov, Anaїs Nin, and Sidonie Gabrielle Colette. And because my stories are grounded in such a vehemently bold locale—not to mention a bolder present—I aimed for language as bold. To alert the reader that this is a different sort of read, a Sexual Relationship Tree—as opposed to the more …
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An analysis of 'The Gold Diggers' (1983) by Sally Potter : feminist film, Julia Kristeva and revolutionary poetics
… narrative film. Casting Julie Christie and Colette Laffont as co-stars, the film explores the relationship between the female spectator and two cinematic portraits: the over-exposed white female star and the under-represented black woman. Mobilised by their mutual desire for change, the …
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Tornar-se diarista : a percepção das empregadas domésticas sobre seu trabalho em regime de diárias
… teórico- metodológica, representada por Colette Guillaumin, Danièle Kergoat e Jules Falquet, que compreende o grupo das mulheres enquanto uma “classe social”, não se apropriando dessa denominação de forma rigorosa nos termos marxistas, mas de maneira heterodoxa com objetivo de designar …
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The Bridging Education and Licensure of International Medical Doctors in Ontario: A Call for Commitment, Consistency, and Transparency
The widely acknowledged doctor shortage in Canada has recently motivated a more critical look at the licensure rates of International Medical Doctors (IMDs), also known as International Medical Graduates (IMGs). However, very little research has been conducted on the experiences of IMDs before they …
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AN URBAN BIOETHICS APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING DISPARITIES IN NEURODEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common birth defect and often resultsin neurodevelopmental impairments and psychological problems which impede educational and occupational attainment and decrease overall quality of life into adulthood. While morbidity and mortality outcomes have improved …
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Public health nurses' experiences of training in Marte Meo communication skills.
Aim: The aim of this research study was to explore with Public Health Nurses their experiences of training in Marte Meo communication skills. Method: A qualitative design using a phenomenological approach was used. Data analysis was guided by a hermeneutic circle of understanding and drew upon …
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A Quasi-Experimental, School-Based Intervention Study with Pre-Test, Post-Test and Retention Measures
Rationale: This dissertation investigated the effectiveness of an eight-week SKIP (Successful Kinesthetic Instruction for Pre-schoolers) intervention on the development of fundamental motor skills (FMS) in Year 1 secondary pupils aged 11–12. The study aimed to address three main research questions: …
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The Effect of More and Less Relevant Details and Teacher Voice on Student Retention and Problem-Solving Transfer in Teacher-Created Multimedia
<p>Many teachers create multimedia resources for their students, but most are uncertain as to what factors to consider regarding the design of multimedia instructional materials. Prior research identified instructional design principles for multimedia including the coherence principle and voice …
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The impact of antipsychotic drugs on the expression of genes associated with obesity
Schizophrenia is a severe and debilitating disorder, primarily treated with antipsychotic medication. Weight gain is a serious side-effect associated with most second generation antipsychotic drugs such as clozapine. The mechanism behind clozapine-induced weight gain remains poorly understood, but …
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Aptamers as biosensors
Aptamers are short, single strands of artificial nucleic acids which bind to specific targets. This binding is similar to the binding exhibited by antibodies but aptamers offer improved properties and consequently are replacing antibodies in some applications. This first part of this project …
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Continuous manufacture of enabling formulations for a poorly soluble compound using hot melt extrusion technology
Over the past few decades, hot melt extrusion has emerged as a tremendously useful and versatile technology within pharmaceutical research and development. As a well-established technique in the production of oral solid dosage formulations, its operating capacity has the capability to address …
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