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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"male roles"”.
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Willa Cather: Male Roles and Self-Definition in My Antonia, The Professor's House, and "Neighbor Rosicky"
<p>Gender roles are a tool used by society to set acceptable boundaries and ideals upon the sexes, and during the early part of the twentieth century in America those gender boundaries began to blur. As a result of the 19th Amendment, men must have felt their decreasing importance because women …
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How did Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart adjust his compositional technique when writing for a Mezzosoprano en travesti? A comparison between the roles of Cherubino and Sesto
Heroic male operatic roles were not always limited to what is today mainly known as male voices (tenor or baritone/bass). In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries prepubescent boys were often castrated in order to keep their voices within the treble range. Some of these boys were extremely …
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Fitzgerald in the Late 1910s: War and Women
… act as usurpers and destroyers, infiltrating male territory and taking on traditionally male roles. Fitzgerald reacts to changes in the status of women that had been occurring since the late 1800s. But the late 1910s, when the author composed these works, witnessed a hastening of women's …
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Toward the Development of the Stereotypical Roles of Black Young Men Scale
… such construct is the presence of stereotypical roles. The primary purpose of this study was to create a reliable and valid measure of the stereotypical roles of African American young men. This study explored the relationship between the endorsement of stereotypical roles, stigma consciousness, …
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Redefining the roles and relationships of men in their families and communities during Covid-19: a time of crisis in Ocean View, Cape Town
This study explores the redefinition of men’s roles and relationships within their families and communities in Ocean View, Cape Town, during the Covid-19 pandemic. Drawing on the concept of hegemonic masculinity and its intersection with other forms of masculinities, this research investigates how …
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Revisiting the connection between masculinites and gender-based violence: The Case of Thulamela Municipality, Vhembe District, Limpopo Province
… attributes that constructively create current male roles and identities that play a significant part in gender discrimination and oppression around the world. The way masculinities shape gender role stereotypes have left a legacy whereby women are disadvantaged in relation to men. Masculinities …
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(N)Onomastics and Malory: Anonymity and Female Characters in Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'arthur
… examines the approximately 700 anonymous female characters who appear in Sir Thomas Malory's <italic>Le Morte D'Arthur</italic>, expanding the possibilities for how gender roles might be interpreted based on a wider range of female roles. Primary named female characters such as Guinevere and …