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Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

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2019

Feminism

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Alchemical Feminism : The Power And Authority Of Women In Shakespeare's Pericles, Kathryn Corah Jan 2019

Alchemical Feminism : The Power And Authority Of Women In Shakespeare's Pericles, Kathryn Corah

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

William Shakespeare and George Wilkin’s romance play, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, is an example of a Renaissance narrative that includes alchemical subtext. There have been many academic articles and dissertations written on this subject; I seek to build upon these previous arguments to expand upon their premises to argue that this alchemical diction and iconography of alchemical emblems allows for Marina and Thaisa to promote the power latent in feminine-coded virtue as it resists against patriarchal violence and reforms a masculinist patriarchal system. The lens I utilized to analyze the text in my exploration of this topic, which I named …


This Brain Had A Mouth: : Lucy Gwin And Her Path To Disability Activism, James Michael Odato Jan 2019

This Brain Had A Mouth: : Lucy Gwin And Her Path To Disability Activism, James Michael Odato

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Author, advocacy journalist, disability rights activist, and magazine founder Lucy Gwin


Unbecoming : A Collection Of Short Fiction, Angélica Luisa Valentín Schubert Jan 2019

Unbecoming : A Collection Of Short Fiction, Angélica Luisa Valentín Schubert

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

This collection contains nine short stories addressing various concepts and issues relating to contemporary femininity in the United States.