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Exploring The Stereotypes Of Gender And Sexuality In Ballet And Its Impact On The Dance Community, Ava Jackson
Exploring The Stereotypes Of Gender And Sexuality In Ballet And Its Impact On The Dance Community, Ava Jackson
Audre Lorde Writing Prize
Ballet has been deemed a feminine sport for hundreds of years. The famous words of choreographer George Balanchine, “Ballet is Woman,” remind us of this. While some may see classical ballet as a feminized birthplace of dance for queer men and women, the art form as a whole denies more flexible roles of masculinity. For men, the majority of roles are limited to strong princes, played by cis-gender men who fit the model of hegemonic masculinity. Dance is not exempt from oppression with intersectionality between dancers. An intersectional approach is imperative for understanding the exclusion dancers face, by challenging these …
Hosts/Saints/Witches: Women And Food Under Catholicism In Love Medicine, Blake Traylor
Hosts/Saints/Witches: Women And Food Under Catholicism In Love Medicine, Blake Traylor
Audre Lorde Writing Prize
In her novel Love Medicine, among her other works, Louise Erdrich displays an overt interest in American religions. She especially probes the tensions between Christianity, imported by European colonizers, and indigenous spiritual traditions. Gender is another prominent concern of Erdrich's writing; here also, she juxtaposes native and settler concepts of gender, underscoring indigenous women's struggles in the twentieth century. Both of these topics have already been explored, though often separately. Erdrich curiously places food imagery, sometimes unassuming and sometimes bizarre, at the intersections of religion and gender throughout the novel. Erdrich draws on Catholic traditions solidified in medieval Europe …
Where Do Women Stand? Attitudes Towards Female Political Participation In India And The Us, Grace Anne Carlson
Where Do Women Stand? Attitudes Towards Female Political Participation In India And The Us, Grace Anne Carlson
Audre Lorde Writing Prize
This paper aimed to study attitudes towards gender inequalities in politics, both in the United States and India. Using original survey research and World Values Survey data, American and Indian attitudes towards women in politics were analyzed and compared. Ultimately, the project found that respondents in both countries still hold distinctly unequal views on women in the political sphere.
The Public Vs. The Private, Elise "Alice" G. Roberson
The Public Vs. The Private, Elise "Alice" G. Roberson
Audre Lorde Writing Prize
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