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Showing 1 to 20 of 101 for “"Patriarchal society"”.
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Feminism by proxy: Jane Austen’s critique of patriarchal society in Pride and Prejudice and Emma
… as women of agency who desire more than the society of Regency England offered women. Through such comparisons, Austen brilliantly displays her critique of the patriarchal society and the limitations that it set on women. Her critique is further established in the two novels through her …
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The dilemmas of womanhood and belonging in a Patriarchal Society: A Stiwanist analysis of Selected Radical Female African Novels
… and belonging in environments influenced by patriarchal beliefs. Based on the theoretical framework of STIWANISM (Social Transformation Including Women in Africa), the study examined two chosen texts: Woman at Point Zero (1983) by Nawal El Saadawi and The Girl with the Louding Voice (2020) by …
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Dissonansie in die digkuns van Antjie Krog
… the fact that, as a feminist poet in a strongly patriarchal society, she rejects the marginal position of women in a phallogocentric world.
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Women and the Violent Workplace
… primarily because women exist within a patriarchal society, and many are deemed of a lesser value than men. A patriarchal society has elevated men into positions of power whilst women have more generally remained subordinate, and it is this which has led to many of the experiences of …
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Magritte and the Muse
… viewers women's all too often role as victim in patriarchal society.</p>
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St. Joseph Iconography In Fifteenth Century Florentine Painting
… indication of the shift in culture towards the patriarchal society endorsed by this prominent family. The use of the saddle and traveler's items is mostly relegated to Florence during a relatively short period. These items do not readily appear in art from other regions, and their use falls off …
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Styles and Themes Supporting a Feminist Perspective in 'Verfuehrungen.' by Marlene Streeruwitz
… formed from the male's perspective in a patriarchal society.
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Styles and Themes Supporting a Feminist Perspective in 'Verfuehrungen.' by Marlene Streeruwitz
… formed from the male's perspective in a patriarchal society.
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Aspects of feminine mythology and related pictoral imagery as source for the development of a personal sculptural iconography
… representation of the female figure in Western society has been moulded by such diverse forces as religion, economy and geography, nonetheless, certain images of the female form and representations of feminine qualities appear to be archetypal. One example is that of the Venus of Willendorf …
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Competitive Mothers: An Experimental Study of Female Competitiveness and Polygamy in Togo (West Africa)
<p>Are women in a patriarchal society like Togo as competitive as men? How does being a parent, in a polygamous vs. monogamous marriage and having high income affect one’s willingness to compete? With an incentivized experiment, we explore whether there are gender differences in selecting into …
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Ladies of the Country House: Irish Aristocratic Women, 1870-1918
… roles within their country homes and in wider society. This research, which focuses on the period of great social, political and economic change, 1870-1918, examines the role of women in relation to their feminine duties, how aspects of their social lives including marriage arrangements and …
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An Examination of Changing Perceptions of Singlehood.
<p>In a patriarchal society where women are viewed as a weaker sex and are compelled by ideology and social norms to attach themselves to men through romantic relationships and the institution of marriage, how do never-married women fare? In particular, how do never-married women over the age of 30 …
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Privately deviant, publicly disciplined: the violent seizure of female narratives in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, The Woman in White, and Lady Audley’s Secret
… England, women were subjects within their patriarchal society. What Anne Brontë, Wilkie Collins, Mary Elizabeth Braddon emphasize and “sensationalize” is the subjugated marriage relationship, violently portraying men forcing their wives into submission. Brontë’s Tenant of Wildfell Hall, …
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Gendered Representations of Jazz Vocal Artists: A Critical Discourse Analysis of CD and Performance Reviews, and Interviews
… explicate the unequal distribution of power in society as represented by the institutions of jazz and mass media, in discourse about jazz vocal artists. Specifically, the study focuses on the way the genres of jazz CD review, jazz performance review, and interviews with jazz artists – …
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Cold War Pulp: Gender And Fiction In The Age Of Liberation
… women working to escape the confines of patriarchal society, that they were not alone and that their desires were not morally profane. Two such works that represent the ethos of this body of fiction are Erica Jong's fear of flying and Jay Greene's behind these walls.
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From the Disordered Mind to the Socialized Lived Body: Agoraphobia Through the Lens of a Radical Feminist Phenomenology
… Young's account of women's bodily existence in a patriarchal society through Sarah Lucia Hoagland's theoretical framework of "protection and predation". The early lived experiences of agoraphobic women are then read through this theoretical framework, suggesting that agoraphobic women are …
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Direito ao grito (explosão): Representações da violência de gênero em contos de Clarice Lispector
… the structural nature of gender violence in patriarchal society and its elements highlighted in the writer's texts. To this end, a bibliographical research was carried out on literature and gender studies, gender violence, feminist literary criticism and theory, feminist criminology and part …
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The woman as a victim of patriarchy
Patriarchal Discrimination and other forms of Discrimination and related intolerance continue to threaten women's' enjoyment of their rights and fundamental freedoms. In situations of poverty, economy, education violence against women, power and decision making, Human Rights of women, and Health …
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The Political Act of Writing Feminism- Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain and the Utopian Vision
… against the oppression women faced from the patriarchal society and reimagined their gendered position in society. Rokeya wrote two novels, <em>Sultana’s Dream</em> and <em>Padmarag</em>, both set in feminist utopian societies. In these works, Rokeya expresses that the problem to the …
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Leveling the Playing Field: Curriculum Studies and Fast Pitch Softball
… This research examines the expectations a patriarchal society places on young women who play sports competitively and how such expectations with regards to femininity in both behavior and appearance influence a young female athlete's identity formation. Through the lenses of gender studies …
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