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Oppression of Obesity
… of obesity as well as the lived experiences of oppression were identified through the analysis of participant responses to constructed interview questions. The following cultural studies tenets guided the construction of the questions: (a) articulation; (b) hegemony; (c) ideology; and (d) …
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Identity, Oppression, and Group Rights
<p>The dissertation argues for a conception of group rights based on Habermasian discourse theory, as an alternative to the dominant multicultural liberal approach to group rights, which treats group rights as instrumental to individual rights.</p>
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From Oppression to Education: Transgressing to Freedom?
… and voice are central to this research. From Oppression to Education: Transgressing to Freedom? is a narrative inquiry research, an epistolary autoethnography from the daughter to her mother, to elicit a story of powerlessness and oppression and an immense desire for liberation. The life …
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Hyperkrasia: structures of agency in self-oppression
… oppress oneself. On an initial description, self-oppression is a form of agency in which the agent, though exercising self-control, compromises her own choices in doing so. But, as such, self-oppression seems paradoxical and thus impossible: how can an agent be both the oppressor and the …
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A Theory of Racial Oppression and Liberation
… position, and moves directly into an analysis of oppression, appealing to five basic ""premises"" which delineate the boundaries within which any adequate theory of oppression must function. The chapter concludes by claiming that a successful theory of oppression, which must be understood in terms …
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The Hidden Hand: Systematic Oppression Cloaked as Education
Peterson, Wynona Abstract This qualitative study examines how urban middle-school policies and routines form a “compliance architecture” that prioritizes order and measurable performance, shaping student agency. Using Michel Foucault’s theory of disciplinary power, this analysis examines how …
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Unrecognized Citizenship: Statehood and the Oppression of Nonrecognition
… that nonrecognition is a form of international oppression, which continuously exerts power and reinforces invisibility. In exploring citizenship in unrecognized states, this dissertation provides a starting point to talk about and understand the nuances of citizens’ experiences in unrecognized …
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Resisting internalized oppression: Black women's perceptions of incarceration
<p>In 2010, I attended two anti-incarceration events where formerly incarcerated Black women spoke against incarceration. While it seemed to me that the motivation to engage in anti-incarceration resistance could only allow for so much variation, I soon became painfully aware of the vital …
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Self-respect and The Obligation to Resist Oppression
… that the oppressed have an obligation against oppression and that the bare minimum of this obligation is to resist internally. I will demonstrate that resisting internally leaves space for the oppressed to affirm the oppressors' false beliefs. Affirming the oppressor's false belief causes the …
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A Theological Framework for Assessing Verbal Oppression in Marriage
… language is love that builds up, verbal spousal oppression constitutes egregious violations against God, the spouse, and the marital covenant itself; such speech carries the power to detrimentally impact the spouse in both soul and body. Chapter 1 introduces the topic and presents my thesis and a …
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Buried Alive: Gothic Oppression in the Novels of Edith Wharton'
<p>Edith Wharton is undoubtedly one of American literature's foremost critics of society; however, little has been written of her use of the Gothic as part of her social commentary. Within all of Wharton's fiction, ranging from her ghost stories to her more celebrated classics such as The House of …
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Limiting Heteronomy : An Account of Autonomy to Deal with Oppression.
Is it possible to limit heteronomy under oppression through critical self-assessment and self-transformation? I answer by testing available models of autonomy in light of their capacity to deal with the forms of heteronomy which typically characterise oppression. Drawing from Foucault’s analysis of …
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Crafting Oppression of Women in Novels by Writers of Color
<p><em>CRAFTING OPPRESSION OF WOMEN </em></p> <p><em>IN NOVELS BY WRITERS OF COLOR</em></p> <p><em>Abstract: </em></p> <p><em>This thesis explores methods used by the writers of five realist novels, to create oppressive situations for female characters in their work. In writing about these novels, …
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Theory meets practice: Intersectional anti-oppression in art and activism
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-02-04 without embargo terms
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Black women at the crossroads: Agency, interruptions, and oppression in education
… and case studies to explore Black women’s oppression in education. This research study contributes to a growing body of work on Black females’ experiences of marginalization socially and educationally. The aim of this research was threefold: (a) to provide a theoretical analysis on the …
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Investigating Kurdish Women’s Experiences With Education in Kurdistan With Respect to Oppression
… women’s education in Kurdistan with respect to oppression? The study was framed within a postcolonial feminist framework to investigate Kurdish women’s lived experiences within education in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). The study used feminist research methods to collect and analyze data. …
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An Exploration of Feminist Family Therapists' Resistance to and Collusion with Oppression
… of, resistance to, and collusion with, oppression. I explore qualitatively the critical dialogues, both inner, and with others, that feminist family therapists employ to address oppressive systems. My research questions are: a. How do family therapists who identify as feminist describe …
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