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Showing 1 to 20 of 70 for “"Female Identity"”.
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Female identity and landscape in Ann Radcliffe's Gothic Novels
… is to chart the development of an ambivalent female identity in the Gothic genre, as exemplified by Ann Radcliffe's late eighteenth century fictions. The thesis examines the social and literary context of the emergence of the Gothic in English literature and argues that it is intimately tied …
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Body/sexuality/control : female identity in four Fay Weldon novels
This thesis explores the manner in which female identity is depicted and the concept itself deployed in four novels by Fay Weldon (1931- ), a contemporary English writer. The novels examined are Puffball (1980), The President's Child (1982), The Cloning of Joanna May (1989) and Growing Rich (1992). …
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Sexual objectification, self-objectification, self-efficacy, and female identity development: A preliminary study
… and self-objectification, self-efficacy and identity status were investigated using data collected from undergraduate and graduate classes from West Virginia University. Subjects were 267 females, ages 18--23. The four variables were measured as follows: (a) Cultural Sexual Objectification …
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Lebanese Cinema as Resistance: Nadine Labaki’s Rejection of Orientalism and Reclamation of Female Identity
… to broader discussions on orientalism and female representation in Arab cinema.
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Aspects of the construction of a politicised female identity in South African fashion photography
Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Master's Degree in Technology: Fashion, Durban Institute of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2006.
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Belinda Lee: fame and female identity in British and Continental cinema of the 1950s
… Lee to present a study deliberating on fame and female identity in British and Continental cinema of the 1950s. Changes in societal values and Lee’s screen roles are juxtaposed to indicate many of the populist and progressive trends of the era and the ways in which these may have influenced her …
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Feminine Values, Interpersonal Orientation, and the Evolution of the Female Identity in College Students
… The importance of interpersonal issues to female identity achievement has been noted by a number of researchers (e.g., Gilligan, 1982; Bardwick, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1979; Thorbecke & Grotevant, 1982). This study attempted to determine what degree of compatibility existed between higher …
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The Construction of Female Identity in Mughal Painting: Portraits of Women from the Shah Jahan Period (ca. 1628-1658)
… of Mughal women within a larger scope of female imagery in Indian art to show that Mughal paintings encompass just one part of a much bigger story. Paintings of Mughal women are not only aesthetic works of art—they are historical artifacts.
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Artistically Unfolding: The role of ‘the maternal’ in the construction of British-Indian female identity amongst women in the author’s matrilineal line 1914 - 2023
… investigates the construction of British-Indian identity among women in my matrilineal line between 1914 – 2023, mapping this development across India, Kenya and Britain. It is informed by my experiences, as a British-born Indian woman whose body maps her dual identity, its perception and …
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The Real and the Digital: Female Agency and Resisting the Male Gaze in Lynn Hershman Leeson’s Works
… grapple with the construction and potential of female identity. Considering the works within the context of Laura Mulvey’s seminal text “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema,” this paper will attempt to elucidate how Hershman Leeson’s works have engaged with the male gaze and its social and …
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Things That Send Women Running
… of poems that explores the cultivation of the female identity by the way of ordinary life experience, including domestic responsibilities, familial relationships, and interaction with men. The majority of the poems are written in free verse, though a few loosely follow the tradition of the …
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You Take the Good and Leave the Rest Behind: Northern Thai Adolescent Girls and Their Narratives of Future Possibilities
… Thailand. By focusing on how local notions of female identity, sexuality, family, education and the sex trade are negotiated by the younger generation on a daily basis I found that the future possibilities perceived by these girls are in constant dialogue with global flows of labor, images, and …
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La revolución de la estrella polar. La evolución del ideal de feminidad ante el cambio de la mentalidad española en la segunda mitad del siglo XIX
… of 'The Angel in the House' model and female identity in the Spanish mentality of the second half of the 19th century. With this purpose in mind, it examines the changes in the perception of educational, political, occupational and prívate countermodels and the dialogue established in …
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Maladamatjuate and the theatre of difference : staging the female body in South Africa
… theatre. I interrogate representations of the female body of' difference' and the theatrical interpretation of complex identity in South Africa. Imperative questions are raised around the renegotiation of perceptions of division and stereotype (especially regarding women) in performance in …
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The Dynamics of Sisterhood In the Modern Chinese Imaginary, 1890S-1930S
The (re)construction of female identity in modern China has attracted much academic attention in recent years. While these studies usually highlight such key terms as “women” (<italic>fun├â┬╝</italic> 妇女 or <italic>n├â┬╝xing</italic> 女性) “women's rights” (<italic>n├â┬╝quan</italic> 女權), “new women” …
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The Feminine Metamorphosis
… in order to survive. Eight narratives see their female protagonists grapple with challenges such as the pressures of society, the corrosion of girlhood, or the perils of a difficult home-life. The feminine ability to persevere intrigues me, because it never takes the same shape twice. Rather than …
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Exploring the role of resilience and perceived organizational support in the secondary trauma experience of Canadian post-secondary student affairs professionals
… predictive relationship between the variables of female identity, Indigenous identity, and working in an ancillary or enrollment services function, and secondary trauma. A stronger predictive relationship was found between resilience and secondary trauma, while perceived organizational support was …
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