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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Matriarchs"”.
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TOWNIES: MATRIARCHS AND MAYHEM
<p>This thesis is a collection of eleven short fiction stories written in a combination of genres including speculative, young adult, Southern gothic, and horror. It explores the experiences of Iranian diaspora and young women in rural communities such as East Texas. All the pieces in this …
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Transgressive matriarchs: an exploration of female agency and resistance in South African telenovelas
This study explores the concept of transgressive Black womanhood in two South African telenovelas, examining whether acts of transgression disrupt existing depictions of the matriarchal figure onscreen. Drawing on the works of Sisonke Msimang, Pumla Gqola and Sabine Binder, specifically their …
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Effect of Matriarchs on Group Interactions, Kinship Fitness, and Differences In Chemosensory Behavior of African Elephants (Loxodonta Africana)
… matriarchal effects on group fitness: a) older matriarchs provide greater access to resources, b) older matriarchs lead more social groups, or c) there is no behavior-fitness relationship and differences in behavior represent behavioral signatures. Matriarch presence in an approaching family …
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Colonial matriarchs in the British slavery economy: exploring the socioeconomic landscape of mixed-heritage women in Jamaica from 1750 - 1850.
This thesis explores the lives of mixed-heritage women in Jamaica from the mid-eighteenth century to the emancipation period; the abolition of slavery in 1834 and the apprenticeship period to 1838. The study challenges the silence that pervades the lives of mixed-heritage people who lived within …
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Behind the Meatball: A Reflection on Italian Cuisine, Lost and Found
<p>This thesis is a memoir about the lives of the matriarchs of my family: my grandmothers, Carmina and Marie, but in many other ways the memoir becomes a point of entry for a personal essay that explores the culture of authenticity in American cuisine. As a memoir, I offer a personal history of an …
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Aging Ragefully: A Look at Aging Women in Four Contemporary American Dramas
… Letts’ August: Osage County. Each of the aging matriarchs in these dramas plays a different role within her family structure; however, all employ others’ perceptions of them as a means of gaining or keeping control over their own situation. Chapter 1 examines Mrs. Bett from Zona Gale’s Miss Lulu …