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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"women’s studies"”.
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Women's Studies Worldwide: Cartographies of Transnational Academic Feminism
This dissertation retells the history of women’s studies from a global perspective, challenging traditional U.S. and Eurocentric narratives about this emerging interdisciplinary field. Beginning with questions about why women’s, gender, and sexuality studies has incited backlash across a range of …
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An Analysis of Feminist Care Networks in the Editorial Intern Position at Women's Studies Quarterly
… my experience working as an Editorial Intern at Women’s Studies Quarterly from September 2022 to December 2022. I will begin by examining my onboarding process as a new member of an already-established team. This exploration will allow for my observation of how Women’s Studies Quarterly has been …
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Shiahrazad's Daughters
… developed both in undergraduate and graduate studies. While pursuing my undergraduate degree in Middle Eastern Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, I focused primarily upon Literature and Women’s Studies. During the course of my studies for a Masters in Humanities at Dominican …
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Creating the Appalachian Woman: An Anthology of Appalachian Women Writers, 1865-1884.
<p>This anthology of nineteenth-century women’s regional fiction, written in the mode of canon revision, explores how persistent stereotypes of Appalachian women originated. These stereotypes are not merely identified but are also considered in the context of women’s studies. Works by the following …
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Locating linguistic power relationships: A glimpse into transnational feminist dialogue through comparison of major feminist publications in the US and China (2000-2012)
… in the transnational feminist dialogue empower women globally? In what way does English shape the flow of conversation by circulating some feminist knowledge while neglecting others? Through conducting content analysis research on major feminist publications in both China and the US, this thesis …
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Gender Equity in High School World History Curriculum Support for a Balanced Perspective
… World History Survey Course and an Elective Women’s History Course.</p> <p>With the Passage of Title Nine in the 1970s there was a rise in supporting women’s programs in education. However, the focus was on bridging the gap in math, science and sports. History was virtually untouched. While …
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WoCA projects, building communities through exhibitioning: Curating and spaces for women artists of color
… curating exhibitions that feature the works of women of color (WoC) artists. In this study the researcher explores the ways in which viewers interpret exhibitions by the non-profit arts organization, WoCA Projects, an alternative curatorial initiative in Fort Worth, Texas, that highlights the …
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Performing Queer-Femininities: Passing, Playing, and Camp
… to the existing literature in gender and women’s studies. It is imperative for women and gender studies scholars to learn how feminine performances contribute to our understandings of sexuality more broadly. When everyone can express her gender more freely, we are all more liberated and …
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Plain & Simple: The Will to Live Sustainably in an Unsustainable World
… come (Gilman 1). This research focuses on three women who engage in voluntary simplicity— “simplicity that is voluntary-consciously chosen, deliberate, and intentional- [and] supports a higher quality of life” (Elgin 4). The complexity of the subject of sustainability is why I chose to narrow my …
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Engendering Power: Dynastic Women And Visual Culture In The Hellenistic World (fourth-First Centuries Bce)
… archaeology of Hellenistic royal and dynastic women (4th-1st c BCE). The study examines how their visual and material culture expressed political power and conceptions of femininity throughout the Hellenistic world, with a focus on the eastern Mediterranean, Egypt, Anatolia, and the Middle …
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Mamas of Invention: Popular Education, Gender and Development among Womens Organizations in Kenya
… and leadership development among grassroots women’s organizations in Kenya. This study was based on ethnographic research among women’s organizations in the Nairobi, Taita and Lamu Districts of Kenya from 2007 to 2008. Data were collected through participant observation, focus groups, …
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Recalling trauma: the legacy of slavery and colonialism in contemporary black women’s fiction
… examines key literary representations of black women’s historical trauma linked to colonialism and slavery. Through comparative readings of contemporary fiction by black women writers from two continents, I explore the intimate links between the historical traumas of colonialism and slavery and …
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Maiden’s Fashion As Eternal Becomings: Victorian Maidens and Sugar Sweet Cuties Donning Japanese Street Fashion in Japan and North America
… subculture. It is worn by teenage girls and women of a wide range of ages, and through the flow of related media and clothing aided by the Internet, Lolita style has become a global phenomenon. Wearers of the style are known as Lolitas, and local, national, and global communities can be found …
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The Performance of Intersectionality on the 21st Century Stand-Up Comedy Stage
… wave of intersectional activism at the National Women’s Studies Association conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Her call continues to challenge current stand-up comics to acknowledge intersectionality, particularly the perspectives of women of color, and to encourage comics to actively intervene …
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Badnaam Women of Bollywood: The Combative Sexual Politics of Item Songs in India
… lyrics and hypersexualized imagery of dancing women, as a crucial cultural artefact reflecting the gender and sexual uneasiness in India. Sex avoidance is a common theme in Bollywood films and in the country, where media and people are heavily censored and policed by anti-Romeo squads under the …
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"""Circle more before you land"": An ethnography of feminist leader Dr. Charlotte West"
… through the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators (NACWAA) she has retained her drive and passion for protecting and extending opportunities for women in sport and athletics. Her humble approach to life is recounted through her actions and stories; over the course of …
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Space, Gaze and Femineity: Representation of Women in Architectural Spaces in Persian Miniature Painting (Timurid to Safavid eras)
… in critiques of the cultural construction of women, the agential role of architecture has largely been overlooked. Using architecture as a lens, this art-historical thesis examines the representation of female figures in Persian miniature paintings as a tactic to reveal and interpret the …
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A very dim light, a very steep hill: women in the Victorian Branch of the Australian Labor Party
… to the problem of the lack of recognition of women in Australian society and politics using the Australian Labor Party (ALP) as background and the Victorian Branch of the Australian Labor Party as a test case. It examines the paradox that women have had the vote in Australia for over a hundred …
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Women Writing Folklore: Politics of Folk and Fairy-tale Collections from Italian and Irish Islands (1870-1920)
… linguistic thought by focusing on the works of women writers and folktale collectors in Italy and Ireland. Sharing a mutual interest in reviving the culture and traditions of their native islands, women such as Laura Gonzenbach (1842-1878) in Sicily, Grazia Deledda (1871-1936) in Sardinia, Lady …
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Black girl gaze: A visual (re)membering of black girlhood as an act of resistance
… African American Policy Forum, 2015; National Women’s Law Center, 2014). Saving Our Lives, Hear Our Truths (SOLHOT) is an arts-infused, afterschool space housed within a public middle school that is dedicated to documenting the lived experiences of Black girls for the purpose of collectively …