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Showing 1 to 20 of 67 for “"Feminist research"”.
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Twenty-First Century Working-Class Girls' Imagined Futures: A Child-Centred Socialist Feminist Research Project
… girls from working-class backgrounds this research adapts Mitchell’s (1971) spheres of subjection to explore how young working-class girls imagine their futures in relation to media socialisation. Drawing on socialist feminism and intersectionality this revives class and gender debates …
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Gloria E. Anzaldúa’s "art as a mode of research": Applications in feminist research methods and feminist rhetoric
… inform social-justice efforts, contribute to feminist research in feminist rhetoric, and operate as a tool to analyze her sketches. Despite Anzaldúa’s visual art training and prevalent use of images in her writing, few scholars have analyzed her artwork or her writings on creativity. Drawing …
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An exploration of accredited learning for the domestic violence sector in Ireland.
… in Ireland. This study is located within a feminist research perspective that sees feminist research being connected in principle to struggle for social change. A multiple cross cultural case study was chosen as the research method. Employing a multiple case study as a research strategy, I …
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Ritos personales que señalan la transición de las mujeres a la segunda mitad de la vida
This study explored, though qualitative feminist research methodology, what are the personal rites which mark the transition of women into the second stage of life. Six women, who lived in the city of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México, were the participants whose voices reflect the significance of …
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Caring from the margins: Community HIV/AIDS care work as social reproduction in the era of HIV/AIDS
I come to my research interest through experiences as an activist, holding firm to the belief that community HIV/AIDS care work is profoundly deprivational for the women who do it. With a commitment to feminist research, I was interested in exploring what care work meant for gender equality and …
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Girlie Girls Aren’t “Real” Athletes: A Critical Examination of Girls’ Experiences of Aesthetic Sports within a Post-Feminist Masquerade
The purpose of this feminist research was to understand the experiences of adolescent females currently participating in aesthetic sports. Specifically, I aimed to critically examine the ways in which the new feminine ideal and a post-feminist girl culture shape girls’ experiences. A social …
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When Being Sick Makes Us Sicker: A Black Feminist Approach to Financial Toxicity
… with health care. In this thesis we take a Black Feminist approach towards understanding the mechanism of financial toxicity using the Healthy Neighborhood Study, a participatory action research study in nine Massachusetts communities. We observe a significant relationship between health status, …
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Black women at the crossroads: Agency, interruptions, and oppression in education
… critical race feminism (CRF), Black feminist research and case studies to explore Black women’s oppression in education. This research study contributes to a growing body of work on Black females’ experiences of marginalization socially and educationally. The aim of this research was …
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Controversies and contradictions: approaches to the study of Harriet Martineau 1802-76
… a reassessment of Harriet Martineau's place in feminist and mainstream scholarship. It focuses on Harriet Martineau, first, as a subject of research and, second, as an object of text. The importance of Harriet Martineau as a subject of research is explored through consideration of her social …
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The Constructions of Sexual Identity and Women at the Intersection of Science, Technology and Cultural Curriculum Studeis: A Feminist Inquiry
… impacting women’s sexual identity. My feminist research has sought to illuminate some of these noteworthy changes which not only challenge conventional societal boundaries within the realms of science and technology but also serve as powerful shapers of both popular culture and women’s …
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The pedagogical significance of the life and work of artist Helen Grey-Smith
… this are explored in the introduction to this research and in the literature review. The research will examine aspects of the lived experience and work of a Western Australian woman visual artist within a context of the traditional cultural and educational paradigms which influenced her …
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An exploratory study of women's experiences and place in the church: a case study of a parish in the Church of the Province of Southern Africa (CPSA), diocese of Cape Town
… in the Diocese of Cape Town. Using qualitative feminist research methodologies, this study sets out to explore how this group of non-ordained women perceives their roles in the church structure. The study examines what initially attracted the participants to this parish and what motivates them, …
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Accumulating Cares: Women, Whiteness, and the Affective Labour of Responsible Reproduction in Neoliberal Times
… in neoliberal conditions. Building on important feminist research in the fields of citizenship, care, and the welfare state, I ask how are mothers being socially responsibilized toward multiple forms of labour simultaneously and to what effect? By engaging feminist theories of citizenship and …
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Investigating Kurdish Women’s Experiences With Education in Kurdistan With Respect to Oppression
… The study was framed within a postcolonial feminist framework to investigate Kurdish women’s lived experiences within education in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). The study used feminist research methods to collect and analyze data. Through purposeful sampling, 5 Kurdish women living in …
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A feminist anthropological study on women's mediumship in Florida
… leadership positions. It is now the role of feminist scholars to undertake research into religious movements and activities to consider how religious marginalization affects practitioners. Historically, American mediumship (through the religion of Spiritualism) provided an outlet for women to …
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A Feminist Approach to Understanding ESL Identity Development: A Case Study of Korean Women in U.S. Universities
… elements from sociocultural theory and feminist research methodology. The participants narratives, collected via interviews and email exchanges over a period of a year, have revealed that when these ESL students moved from their native country, Korea, to America, they were not only …
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Where is my geography, where is your geography.
This research attempts to explore the plurality of voices of everyday lives of three immigrant women who are seeking to be settled in Ireland. The connection between thinking and living with the prospect of space and self are seeing in the paper in dialectical division of self and space, which …
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Changing the Landscape: Toward Equitable Programming Highlighting Choral Works by Women Composers
… view that this gap perpetuates not for lack of feminist research or artistic output, but for lack of an established tradition and lack of exposure (e.g., choral literature texts, choral conference concert programming, reading sessions). Conductors have more access than ever before to a myriad of …
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Towards a transdisciplinary model for social change: feminist art research, practice and activism
… representation and participation. Numerous ‘feminist art’ researchers, practitioners and activists working in an interdisciplinary tradition have critically addressed social inequality in the arts. However, even research, practice and activism that challenge dominant norms can serve an …
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A feminist analysis of mental health providers' perspectives of Latina women
Researchers have documented that Latina women involved in the mental health system face a number of barriers to access to services and ongoing use of services. Latina women involved in the mental health system are often viewed as at-risk. This study challenges traditional pathological views of …
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