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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Women travel"”.
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’Only a Woman’: women travel writers and imperialism
My study of women travel writers and imperialism is informed by four inseparable concerns, namely the distinctive characteristics of travel writing by women; how these reflected and reproduced spatial differentiation, notably between spheres of patriarchal and imperial power and authority; how the …
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Tourists and travellers: women's non-fictional writing about Scotland 1770-1830
In this dissertation I consider the travels, and the travel and other non-fictional writings, of five women who travelled within Scotland during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century: the anonymous author of A Journey to the Highlands of Scotland; Sarah Murray (later known as Sarah …
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THREE TRAVELING WOMEN WRITERS: CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES OF BRAZIL, PATAGONIA, AND THE U.S., 1859-79
… progress of the nineteenth century made travelling across the seas and the publishing of travel narratives both possible and desirable. Women used this as an opportunity to gain greater freedom of mobility and authorship. Instead of focusing on solitary travelers, this dissertation brings …
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Ultramarooned : gender, empire and narratives of travel in Southern Africa
… in the first half of this study. British women’s travel writings from the nineteenth century are the topic of the second part of the study, as these later texts yield the first important female perspectives on contact. Both subgenres are crucial to formulating a feminist reading of the …
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Travel and adherence to antiretroviral therapy among postpartum women living with HIV in South Africa: a cross-sectional study
In sub-Saharan Africa, women are disproportionately affected by HIV. Sustained adherence to lifelong antiretroviral therapy (ART) is needed to ensure their own health and prevent transmission of HIV to their partners and their children. However, non-adherence to ART remains a substantial challenge …