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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"The matriarch"”.
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You Are My Sunshine: Writing and Testimonio as Coping When Mamá Is Diagnosed with Breast Cancer
… explores how Mexican American families shift in their dynamic following a breast cancer diagnosis of the matriarch. An exploratory, descriptive, and qualitative study examines the process of three different women, including myself, whose mothers were diagnosed with the disease, and certain …
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Classical Masculinity in Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra
<p>This thesis uses the formula of classical masculinity to examine Marc Antony’s value as a Roman man in Shakespeare’s <em>Antony and Cleopatra</em>. Examining Antony’s history as a Roman hero, I distinguish how his reputation is destroyed through his romantic involvement with Cleopatra. …
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"""They'll Not Love You if You're Witty"": The Literary Humor of American Women Before 1900"
"This study redefines and expands the boundaries of American literary humor to encompass the many female writers who both contributed to and were shaped by the genre. Examining the most widely published, influential, and financially successful humorists of the nineteenth century, it identifies a …
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Aging Ragefully: A Look at Aging Women in Four Contemporary American Dramas
<p>Despite the growing feminist discourse in America, ageism continues to be a problem, partially due to stereotypical representations of aging women in the media and in literature. This thesis examines the portrayals of aging women in four American dramas: Zona Gale’s Miss Lulu Bett, Edward …
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Effect of Matriarchs on Group Interactions, Kinship Fitness, and Differences In Chemosensory Behavior of African Elephants (Loxodonta Africana)
… multiple levels of social organization with the family as the functional social unit. Families consist of related females and the oldest female is the matriarch. Related family groups that frequently fuse are termed kinship groups, led by the grand matriarch. I examined matriarch …
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Imagined nation and imagined womanhood in the Shaw Brothers' musicals
My dissertation looks at Shaw Brothers’ historical epics and huangmei musicals that dominated the Chinese film market in the 1960s. Shaw Brothers’ historical epics and huangmei musicals often center on female characters. Sometimes the male protagonist is cross-dressed by actresses. Hence they are …
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Multiple Community Services: One Family's Experience
The family support movement in the United States has its roots in the early years of the 20th century when progressives like Jane Addams worked to improve the lives of disadvantaged children and their families. Family support today is provided by multiple public and private agencies. How families …
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Effect of Lion Calls on African Elephants (<i>Loxodonta Africana</i>) in Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa
… behavior. This shift in behavior often comes at the cost of attaining resources. Generally, African elephants (<em>Loxodonta africana</em>) experience little predation pressure; however, the risk of predation by lions (<em>Panthera leo</em>) increases other prey species are less abundant. In …