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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"masculine authority"”.
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Nursery of the Nation: Mothers, Midwives and National Identity on the Eighteenth-Century Comedic Stage
… perpetuation of a more appropriate version of masculine authority. These positive representations of female authority challenge popular beliefs about women's duplicity by presenting strong female figures who responsibly fulfill their maternal roles without the tyranny that characterizes men in …
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Abijail de Andrade: artísta plástica do Rio de Janeiro no século xix
… neoclassicism as a predominant style. As masculine authority ruled society, it was difficult for women to exceed in the fine arts. In this context, we present the biography of the artist Abigail de Andrade, precursor of Social Realism was this painter's forro of expression and style and …
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Masculinities in the Motherland: Gender and Authority in the Soviet Union During the Cold War, 1945--1968
… about the recovery and renegotiation of masculine authority after the war. Applying historical and sociological masculinities theory to Cold War geopolitical institutions, I argue that Soviet culture saw a postwar divergence from the ideal of the ""New Soviet Man"" popularized in both …
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Rumor, gender, and authority in English Renaissance drama
… an action that becomes an agent of specific masculine authority and identity. However, rumor's inherent ambiguity and indeterminacy poses the greatest threat to discerning listening. The paradox that emerges is that while the drama posits men as superior authors of information, it is …
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Ignited Curiosity and Failed Dreams: Nineteenth-Century Masculine Fears of Females in Guy de Maupassant's 'Une Aventure Parisienne'and 'Le Signe'
Guy de Maupassant's short stories "Une Aventure Parisienne" and "Le Signe" tell the tales of two female protagonists caught by curiosity. In "Une Aventure Parisienne," a notary's wife (the petite provinciale) leaves her home and ventures to Paris in search of an affair with a celebrity. After …
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Gender, Body and Parenthood in Muscovite Russia
… existing social norms and hierarchies: namely, masculine authority and feminine subservience and responsibility for childrearing. This social gender hierarchy was maintained through the regulation of bodily practices (breastfeeding and growing a beard) rather than by an idea of sex as a fixed …