Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"Misogynist"”.
-
The Exodus: How Young Men Exit the Manosphere
With the emergence of a collection of online misogynist groups called the Mansopshere there has been a recent influx of research regarding the groups' recruitment process and ideology. In both the psychological and sociological research on these groups, however, the experiences of men who have …
-
Misogynistic Language in the Comedies of Ben Jonson: Jonson's Social Commentary on a Degenerating London
… negative view of women; the plays are full of misogynistic language and their portrayal of women looks bleak. The good women in his comedies, such as Celia in <em>Volpone</em> or Dame Pliant in <em>The Alchemist</em>, are passive, weak characters who subject themselves to the rule of men, while …
-
Catastrophic Progress: A Queer Materialist Analysis of the 2023 Trans/Bud Light Controversy
… disrupt the xenophobic, white supremacist, and misogynist forces that fuel our capitalist economy.</p>
-
They Blush Because They Understand: The Performative Power of Women's Humor and Embarrassment in Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, and Emma
… societal or patriarchal constructs (religion, misogynist men, marriage, the feminine ideal) and do so artfully. An indirect speech act--a play on words, an insult, even a laugh--is often far more effective than a more direct one, especially when wielded by characters for whom a direct …
-
Gender, Form, and Interiority in the Novels of Thomas Hardy
… lens of form, the debate over Hardy’s “unfair” (misogynist) or “progressive” (feminist) representations becomes less polarized and allows for broader examinations of Hardy’s experimental impulses. It is my contention that Hardy is relentlessly engaged with female representation – and narrative …
-
Oscillating Boundaries Between Binaries: Narrative Tools for Understanding Judges 4 & 19
… that these tales are simply reflections of a misogynist society is replaced with a proto-feminist reading; rather, these stories display the danger of a world where too much unchecked power is left in the wrong hands. The finite message of these stories is this: a civilized society needs a …
-
Challenging identity hierarchies in Julie Taymor’s Tempest
… as Taymor changes the dynamic to lessen misogynist stereotypes. Editing provides her with a weapon to accent her other moves with lighting and sound in ways that add to the classic story instead of distracting from them like her Tempest predecessors Derek Jarman and Peter Greenaway. This …
-
Elizabeth Tudor: Reconciling Femininity And Authority
… succeeded to England's throne during a time when misogynist societal ideology questioned the authority of a female monarch. Religious opposition to a woman ruler was based on biblical precedent, which reflected the general attitude that women were inferior to men. Elizabeth's dilemma was …
-
A feminist reading of la Vieille's speech in Jean de Meun's portion of Le roman de la rose
… to this text as well as to other notoriously misogynist texts. The first chapter consists of a review of the literature on the Rose and brings to light the diverse ways in which this text has been read by critics. The second chapter focuses on a structural feature of the text as a whole, …
-
Locating the Indian Gendered Subaltern on Digital Platforms: Digital Activism in #section377 and #metooindia
… through far-right nationalist, homophobic, and misogynist discourse, and work to actively decenter marginalized voices online in English and regional Indian languages such as Hindi that occur both in the form of textual and visual rhetoric. Ultimately, this research disrupts and troubles the …
-
Narrating Hospitality: Salons in French Fiction, 1789–1848
… soften some past assessments of his fiction as misogynist, while noticing the limitations of his wish to see hospitable women valued more highly. Finally, the third chapter explores three texts from Balzac’s Comédie humaine, asking whether even Balzac’s most eulogistic writings on the salon do …
-
Luke and the marginalized : an African feminist's perspective on three Lukan parables (Luke 10: 25-37; 15: 8-10 ; 18: 1-8)
… convincingly that the androcentric and misogynist bias of patriarchal tradition is serious. Then again, American, European African women theologians realize the need has arisen to establish alternative norms and sources of tradition to challenge these biases, and women seek a …
-
La recepción de los discursos higienistas: urbanismo, género y clase en Bilbao (XIX-XX)
… and gender relations, as well as the creation of misogynist stereotypes in the Western world. This part of the research begins with a preliminary study of how industrialisation brought about profound economic, urban and social transformations that altered the face of cities and social relations. …
-
Fear and Fascination: A Study of Thomas Hardy and the New Woman
… have led many to accuse Thomas Hardy of being a misogynist, harshly punishing women for their open defiance of Victorian social expectations. However, by writing about sexually-charged issues at a time when subjects such as premarital sex, rape, illegitimate children, adultery, and divorce were …
-
Raw Feelings: Ecologies of Race and Sexuality in Contemporary American Literature
… or even bad weather—in response to racist and misogynist gaslighting. Drawing on phenomenology, affect theory, and queer studies, I argue that these moments of interspecies comparison enable characters to reclaim the truth content of their perceptions by new means. I contextualize how this …
-
Beyond mourning and melancholia: depression in the work of five contemporary North American women writers.
… surrounding it, women writers challenge misogynist constructions of femininity within contemporary literature.
-
Searching for a pragmatic aesthetic: the rhetorical strategies of gansta rappers -- myths, rituals, and dramas of an outlaw music
… charge Gangsta rap focuses on violent, racist, misogynist lyrics and calls for the censorship, rejection and condemnation of this sub-genre abound. This exploration considers alternative communication perspectives which emphasize the culture created and maintained by the music via use of the …
-
La réécriture des mythes et le combat des femmes pour leur libération: étude de Maïéto Pour Zékia de Bohui Dali, de La guerre des femmes de Zadi Zaourou, de La révolte d'Affiba de Régina Yaou et de Assémien Déhylé, roi du Sanwi de Bernard Dadié
… to education is the best 'weapon' against old misogynist myths. 'Education' will lead people to more independent thinking and change the way they look at the world and see themselves in it as well.
-
Divination in 1 Samuel 28 and Beyond: An African Study in the Politics of Translation
… their own Christian, imperial-colonial, and misogynist interests, all of which have been particularly problematic in the African missionary context. Translators steeped in such ideology, whether consciously or unconsciously, mistranslated what is fundamentally a heteroglossic, polyvalent, …
-
James Thurber's Little Man and the Battle of the Sexes: The Humor of Gender and Conflict
… humor. Thurber is often thought of as a misogynist, for his personal behavior and for his unflattering literary portrayal of women as unimaginative nags. This thesis also examines the complexities and developments of Thurber's attitudes toward women. Most importantly for Thurber, his …
Page 1 of 2