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Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History, Mary Sue Backus
Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History, Mary Sue Backus
Mary Sue Backus
No abstract provided.
Virginia Woolf: Feminism And The Reader, Anne Fernald
Virginia Woolf: Feminism And The Reader, Anne Fernald
Anne E Fernald
No abstract provided.
Computer Skills, Gender, And Technostress In Higher Education, Sonya Shepherd
Computer Skills, Gender, And Technostress In Higher Education, Sonya Shepherd
Sonya S. Gaither
The creation of computer software and hardware, telecommunications, databases, and the Internet has affected society as a whole, and particularly higher education by giving people new productivity options and changing the way they work (Hulbert, 1998). In the so-called “information age” the increasing use of technology has become the driving force in the way people work, learn, and play (Drake, 2000). As this force evolves, the people using technology change also (Nelson, 1990). Adapting to technology is not simple. Some people tend to embrace change while others resist change (Wolski & Jackson, 1999). Before making a decision on whether to …
"Daughter/Wife/Mother Or Sage/Immortal/Bodhisattva? Women In The Teaching Of Chinese Religions", Joseph Adler
"Daughter/Wife/Mother Or Sage/Immortal/Bodhisattva? Women In The Teaching Of Chinese Religions", Joseph Adler
Joseph Adler
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Making Meaning Of Megan’S Law, Rose Corrigan
Making Meaning Of Megan’S Law, Rose Corrigan
Rose Corrigan
This study of Megan's Law contrasts scholarly narratives that describe and analyze sexual predator laws with a case study of implementation in New Jersey. A critical feminist perspective shows that Megan's Law employs a radically underinclusive notion of sexual violence that conflicts sharply with feminist arguments about the cultural and institutional roots of sexual violence. The law excludes many of the most common offenders from reach of the law, thus deflecting attention away from assaults committed by family and friends in favor of reviving stereotypes about deviant strangers. The most significant effect of Megan's Law is not to expand the …
Prosodic Rhythm And African American English, Erik R. Thomas, Phillip M. Carter
Prosodic Rhythm And African American English, Erik R. Thomas, Phillip M. Carter
Phillip M. Carter
Prosodic rhythm was measured for a sample of 20 African American and 20 European American speakers from North Carolina using the metric devised by Low, Grabe, and Nolan (2000), which involves comparisons of the durations of vowels in adjacent syllables. In order to gain historical perspective, the same technique was applied to the ex-slave recordings described in Bailey, Maynor, and Cukor-Avila (1991) and to recordings of five Southern European Americans born before the Civil War. In addition, Jamaicans, Hispanics of Mexican origin who spoke English as their L2, and Hispanics speaking Spanish served as control groups. Results showed that the …
Faculty And Male Football And Basketball Players On University Campuses: An Empirical Investigation Of The "Intellectual" As Mentor To The Student Athlete, Keith Harrison
Dr. C. Keith Harrison
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The Way North: A Documentary About Maghrebi Immigrant Women In Marseille, France, Shara K. Lange, Vu Thuy-Van
The Way North: A Documentary About Maghrebi Immigrant Women In Marseille, France, Shara K. Lange, Vu Thuy-Van
Shara K. Lange
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