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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"gendered politics"”.
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In the Service of Columbia: Gendered Politics and Manifest Destiny Expansion
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GENDERED POLITICS AND THE SECONDARY STATUS OF FEMALE BUREAUCRATS IN CAMEROONIAN GOVERNING INSTITUTIONS
… women. For this reason, I argue that Cameroonian politics is gendered because the construction of masculinity and femininity are intertwined in the daily culture of its governing institutions. My study's main contribution to knowledge is the detailed insider accounts of the gendered politics of …
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Social discourse in the media interpretation of Christiane Pflug's doll paintings
… Gallery from May to June 1964 and uncovers the gendered politics behind the art discourse surrounding the critical interpretations of Pflug's works. I consider how the reviewers establish the painter as a mother and housewife, suggesting that she produces in a domestic sphere, thus removing her …
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Piecing together creativity: feminist aesthetics and the crafting of quilts
… In this thesis, I aim to understand the gendered politics of the separation between art and craft, and to analyze how the forces shaping the definitions of "art" and "artist" are drawn along lines of gender, class, race, and nationality. I utilize feminist aesthetics, craft aesthetics, …
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An amazon in Athens : gendered correlation and political association in Sophocles’ "Trachiniae"
This thesis seeks to explore the gendered politics in Sophocles’ Trachiniae. In particular, in the first chapter, I suggest that Deianeira’s Amazonian prehistory introduces from the outset a paradoxical and unstable symbol of similarity and difference that creates tension between masculinity and …
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Gender, Power and Local Water Governance in Rural Uganda
… communities. This thesis investigates the gendered politics of access to water and participation in water governance, using a case study of Makondo Parish in rural Uganda. It empirically explores the micro political and institutional mechanisms that gender access and management of water …
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(Im)mobility, digital technologies and transnational spaces of belonging: an ethnographic study of Somali migrants in Cape Town
… in a digital world. It investigates the gendered politics and ethics of being and belonging in a world of mobility and migration where digital technologies have become significant to social organisation and sociality, both within and across borders. The dissertation presented probes the …
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“Cookie Mom-ster,” “Mom in Chief,” and “Sugar Mommy” : [de-] constructing ideal femininty of Presidential candidate wives
A 2004 New York Times’ article regarding the role of potential First Ladies at political conventions wrote, “The public will someday accept a fully independent first lady, Ms. Gibbons predicted, 'I don't see how we can go backwards.’'' (Purnick, 2004) That isn’t to say, however, we have continued …