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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Herstory"”.
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Feminist Herstory Through Indian English Literature
<p>This project explores how the definition of femininity is deeply intertwined with the concept of nationalism, and the performance of cultural duty in order to protect the sanctity of marriage and family. Beginning with investigating how laws and policies have held women back in their status as …
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Herstory : Maidei Chivi, an HIV positive Zimbabwean woman
The thesis is based on the story of a 36 year old HIV positive middle class black Zimbabwean woman, Maidei Chivi (pseudonym). Maidei is well educated, financially secure and wields enormous power both within her family and at her workplace. She therefore, unlike many women, does not fall into the …
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Herstory: intergenerational transformational learning in upwardly mobile African American women
The intricate dynamics and tensions of social histories--the realities of adversity-and anticipations of African American women greatly inhibit many of them from reaching their potential. Despite the adverse experiences, African American women have succeeded in achieving socioeconomic upward …
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A Narrative Herstory of Women's Studies at the University of North Texas
In the late 1960's the academic field of Women's Studies was created to give women a more equal education and a more accurate reflection of their history and impact on society. At the University of North Texas the effort to implement Women's Studies was not begun seriously until the late 1980's. …
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"History" vs. "Herstory:" The Jobs and Roles of Women During World War II
… in the past that was written down be called “herstory?” The most interesting part of history, to me at least, has been the study of World War II. Throughout all of my course work in high school, undergraduate, and even graduate work, men have claimed most of the honors for their efforts in …
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The Ageing of the Archives: Community, Conflict, and Queer Potential at the Lesbian Herstory Archives
<p>The Lesbian Herstory Archives is the oldest and largest lesbian archives in the</p> <p>world. This dissertation project examines the role of this community archive in</p> <p>building, defining, redefining, and sustaining community over time. More</p> <p>specifically, this dissertation seeks to …
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Negotiating access and buy-in from communities in the context of a South African combination HIV prevention intervention for adolescent girls and young women
… young women in 10 high priority districts. The HERStory study evaluated the combination HIV prevention intervention after two years of implementation. Using the findings of the HERStory evaluation, this study aims to contribute towards the literature related to understanding factors related to …
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The Zimbabwean Women's Movement, 1995-2000
… the Zimbabwe women's movement. It reconstructs a herstory of Zimbabwe Women's organising with the aim of reinstating a herstory in order to challenge malestream narratives that seem intent on disappearing women. In doing this it seeks to examine the nature of women's movement in Zimbabwe during …
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Herstory : exploration of the lived experiences of women who were first to lead an HBCU 1994 to 2014
There is increasing scrutiny and accountability being placed on colleges and university in American higher education. Historically black colleges and universities are not exempt from that scrutiny, and in some regards may face it with a higher degree of risk. The criticism and questions of …
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The madness of the Black man on his own: an analysis of the silences of history, in search of herstory
The primary purpose of this thesis is to examine the autobiographical works of three Black South African women -- Mamphela Ramphele, Bessie Head, and Ellen Kuzwayo -- to see if and how they were impacted by the masculine discourse of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM), which was articulated in …
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Herstory, subjectivity and the public sphere in female narratives of the liberation struggle in Namibia: The case of Ndeshi Namhila, Lydia Shaketange, Libertine Amathila and Tshiwa Trudie Amulungu
… how the autobiography genre was used to depict ‘herstory’, subjectivity and the public sphere in these female narratives. Herstory in this study portrays autobiography as a tool of narrating women’s personal history, analysed from the postcolonial-feminist perspective; subjectivity depicts how …
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The evolved radical feminism of spoken word : Alix Olson, C.C. Carter, and Suheir Hammad
… three poems: "Womyn Before" by Alix Olson, "The Herstory of My Hips" by C.C. Carter, and "99 cent lipstick" by Suheir Hammad to discuss the manner in which each uses coalitions. Olson's poem provides an analysis of the performative and textual aspects of the poem as a way to envision an activist …
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Bearing witness: essays, stories, and a novel in progress
… symphony, the loving, hating, religion, history, herstory, shouting the chorus of existence seeking harmony with all the living on the earth and beyond.