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Showing 1 to 20 of 44 for “"Gender Theory"”.
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The matter of sex and gender: A dialogue between trans bodies and feminist theory
… social and political gains derived from gender theory, feminist scholars, progressive thinkers, and those in the transgender community do not critically examine the pre-supposed meanings of sex in gender theory. Instead, they simply assume its significance, thus erasing its complexity and …
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Warrior Women and the Shaping of Narrative in Medieval French Literature
… Through close textual analysis and by using gender theory and historical methods to frame the question, the dissertation investigates the ways that the character of the warrior woman informs the text. Through the lens of gender theory, the dissertation examines the ways warrior women interact …
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The discursive construction of hegemonic and pariah femininities in the spoken accounts of a group of Japanese women
… This study makes a contribution to both gender theory and critical discursive psychology. It contributes to gender theory by empirically investigating the theoretical constructs of ‘hegemonic’ and ‘pariah’ femininities. The results of this study indicate that a full-time homemaker is a …
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Yasumasa Morimura: Appropriator of Images, Cultures, and Identities
… as Rrose Selavy, focuses on issues such as gender theory and queer theory. The third case study investigates Morimura’s interest in the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, exploring the realm of self-portraiture, gender theory, and the identity crisis that both faced. Through this approach to the …
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Identities on the Page - Literary Gender Performance in US/Latino Immigrant L
Modern Gender Theory proposes that gender is a behavior based construct that is constantly negotiated and renegotiated interpersonally. This behavior is difficult to analyze due to the fleeting nature of behavior and any knowing recording of behavior is bound to be less than authentic (per the male …
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Patriarchal theory reconsidered: torture and gender based violence in Turkey
Gender theory in general, and patriarchal theory in particular, have been explored in this research to describe the procedures, processes, norms, values and, most importantly, structures that define the subject. Patriarchal theory mostly perceives men as the abusers and women as the abused. …
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Keeping Up Appearances: Cosmetics in Sulphur, Nevada
… use reflected changing values regarding gender and identity. In the context of gender theory and world systems theory, cosmetics provide insight into how Sulphur residents responded to and connected with the larger world. The cosmetics discovered at Sulphur demonstrate that Sulphur …
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Romancing the new evangelical woman.
… the first chapter through the lens of women and gender theory to amplify the voices of women within the research. Chapter Three utilizes the theory in Chapter Two to analyze Family Values from the perspective of women as they helped cement the rise of the Christian Right. This thesis adds new …
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Examining the quality of gender measurements in criminological and criminal justice research: pervasive apathy or bad research methods?
… has often been criticized for its lack of gender inclusivity and ‘androcentrism,’ particularly by feminist and queer criminologists who note that the field rarely uses separate measures of gender and sex assigned at birth or ones that extend beyond the binary, severely limiting the …
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Minorities, gender, managerial jobs, and income, 1960-1990
… and 1990 in race and ethnic inequality, and in gender inequality within each race/ethnic group. Insights from gender theory are applied to minority group inequality and insights from minority group theory are applied to gender inequality with some degree of success. Economic change is uneven …
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Subversión femenina en una época pre feminista: análisis de la serie de televisión “Anne with an e”
… “Anne with an E” revealing the wide range of gender issues it tackles. The methodology employed here examines the narrative and female characters through a sample of episodes, classifying the results within a set of criteria based on gender theory. It was found that female characters became …
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Women and World War One: Perspectives on Women's Role in WWI Literature
<p>This thesis analyzes the changing gender roles of British women who served as caretakers in World War One. Often overlooked for their contributions, the women who worked on the frontlines of the war defined the changing role of women during and after the war in several crucial ways: 1) the …
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Thomistic feminism.
… Aquinas to think through questions about sex and gender in light of contemporary thinking, particularly questions drawn from feminist and gender theory. In chapter two, I present the metaphysics of sex differentiation as an accidental difference between humans, and I propose that much of the …
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Beyond Nature and Nurture: The Influence of Implicit Gender Theories on Attitudes and Behavior
… research, we examined how peoples' beliefs that gender is biologically or socially constructed affected their attitudes toward women and their tendencies to describe themselves using stereotypically feminine traits. Based on previous work on implicit personality theories and psychological …
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A gendered musicological study of the work of four leading female singer-songwriters: Laura Nyro, Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush, and Tori Amos
This thesis investigates the role of gender in popular music, exploring the possibility of a feminine mode of writing. It focuses on the work of four leading female singer-songwriters, namely Laura Nyro, Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush and Tori Amos, whose songs are analyzed as textual entities. Building …
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Breaking the Boundaries: Decision Factors That Lead Male Students to Enroll in Associate Degree Nursing Programs in Illinois Community Colleges
… a multi-theoretical framework encompassing gender theory (GT) and career developmental theory (CDT). These theories were further broken down by discussing, in particular, Holland’s Theory (HT) of Personality and Vocational Choice and Krumboltz’s Social Learning Theory (KSLT) under CDT. Nine …
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Josephine Lang’s Goethe, Heine and Uhland Lieder: Contextualizing her Contribution to Nineteenth-Century German Song
… and reception is carried out in terms of gender theory in order to shed light on her unique musical contribution to the Lied. Socio-cultural issues for the woman composer of song in the nineteenth century are considered, mainly revolving around such dichotomies as public/private, …
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Styles Make Fights: Fashioning the Male Boxing Body in Contemporary British Boxing Ring Dress
… of boxing dress can also be considered as gendered and classed material culture. Boxing ring dress can also operate as a subtle form of resistance and cultural activism, and in effect, can give a voice to marginalised men. The research methods for this study are qualitative and mixed, …
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The alchemy of the dhikr ritual: South African Sufi women experiences
… these within the historical, cultural, and gendered frameworks that have long shaped religious and social life in South Africa. Situated in feminist theory, the study adresses the historical marginalisation of women's voices in both Islamic and South African socio-religious discourses, …
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Immigrant Mothers--American Daughters: Context and Meaning of Relationships
Life course and gender theorists emphasize the importance of contextual factors on human development and family life, including social structural positions, assignment of meaning to events, and cultural beliefs and practices. In addition, life course theorists punctuate the relevance of event …
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