Liz Lochhead And The Fairies: Context And Influence In Grimm Sisters And Dreaming Frankenstein,
2023
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Liz Lochhead And The Fairies: Context And Influence In Grimm Sisters And Dreaming Frankenstein, William Donaldson
Studies in Scottish Literature
Examines the Scottish poet Liz Lochhead's period of North American travel and her response to American second-wave feminist poetics, particularly to the anthology No More Masks! (1973) and the poetry of Adrienne Rich and Anne Sexton, the treatment of myth by J.G. Frazer and Robert Graves, and the perspective on Scottish fairy tales offered by folklorists, to explore Lochhead's creative reworking of both fairy tale and classical myth in her collections Grimm Sisters (1981) and Dreaming Frankenstein (1984).
Daughterly Narratives In Search Of Voice: Fadwa Tuqan, Latifa Al-Zayyat, And Samar Attar,
2023
American University in Cairo
Daughterly Narratives In Search Of Voice: Fadwa Tuqan, Latifa Al-Zayyat, And Samar Attar, Rania Bedeir
Theses and Dissertations
A myriad of pressures and struggles affect Arab women as they are coming of age due to the familial and societal constructs they face. As daughters, they yearn for a voice amidst a plethora of generational boundaries, transmissions, and ideals. The intricacy of the psychological and interconnected structural factors is augmented by their gender in societies that are motivated, and often governed by, the implications of gender roles. While multiple layers of influence such as familial and sociocultural institutions affect how consciousness is formed, generational transmission, through the maternal figure, is paramount. Daughters, therefore, cannot narrate their personal stories without …
Dinesen’S Diana: The Transformative Power Of Symbols In Ehrengard,
2023
Portland State University
Dinesen’S Diana: The Transformative Power Of Symbols In Ehrengard, Aishwarya A. Marathe
Anthós
This analysis of Dinesen's Ehrengard aims to illuminate the subversive transformation of the titular character of the novel, using the literal and symbolic application of artistic power.
Reimaging Feminist Futures Through Complaint-Jar Activity,
2023
University of Pittsburgh
Reimaging Feminist Futures Through Complaint-Jar Activity, Sritama Chatterjee
Feminist Pedagogy
In this article, I describe and reflect on my experience developing and implementing a “complaint jar activity”, in a writing-intensive, literature general-education class titled, “Women and Literature” themed on Feminist Futures: Place, Theory and Method. My article follows Sara Ahmed’s invitation to make space for the messy and complex nature of “complaint activism” as a form of feminist work in the academy while at the same time being attentive to the small transformations that the classroom can bring, at a time of increasing anti-intellectualism. Through a focus on the complaint-jar activity, I grapple with the tension between complaints as a …
Desire: A Case Study,
2023
California State University, Fullerton
“She Was No Taller Than Your Thumb. So She Was Called Thumbelina”: Gender, Disability, And Visual Forms In Hans Christian Andersen’S “Thumbelina” (1835),
2023
University of Salford (United Kingdom)
“She Was No Taller Than Your Thumb. So She Was Called Thumbelina”: Gender, Disability, And Visual Forms In Hans Christian Andersen’S “Thumbelina” (1835), Hannah J. Helm
Journal of Gender, Ethnic, and Cross-Cultural Studies
This article explores representations of femininity and disability in Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “Thumbelina” (1835) and select examples of his paper art. In this article, I argue that, on one level, the fairy tale and Andersen’s own paper cuttings uphold feminine and ableist norms. However, on another level, these literary and visual forms simultaneously work to destabilise social prejudices and challenge bodily normativity. I explore how characters and themes associated with the fairy tale and paper art can be (re)read in strength-based ways. In the story, Thumbelina experiences the world through her smallness, and key themes including accessibility, physical …
Black Best-Selling Books And Bibliographical Concerns: The Essence Book Project,
2023
University of New Orleans
Black Best-Selling Books And Bibliographical Concerns: The Essence Book Project, Jacinta R. Saffold, Kinohi Nishikawa
Criticism
On October 27, 2021, the Bibliographical Society of America (BSA) sponsored the first in a series of virtual interviews about the Essence Book Project. Founded by Jacinta R. Saffold, the BSA’s inaugural Dorothy Porter Wesley Fellow, the Essence Book Project is a database of the books that appeared on Essence magazine’s bestsellers’ list from 1994 to 2010. In talking about the project with Kinohi Nishikawa, Saffold highlights how Black best-selling books contribute new paths of inquiry to bibliographical scholarship and explains why it is important to archive contemporary Black print culture. Presented in this article is a modified version of …
Bridging Empathy,
2023
Rhode Island School of Design
Bridging Empathy, Qianwen Lu
Masters Theses
As a jeweler, ally, and sympathetic witness to the traumatic stories of survivors, my work aims to support the process of reconstruction and reintegration for victims and the greater community. To move beyond isolation, resentment, and debilitating helplessness requires care and support. I want my jewelry to act as catalysts in the healing process by straddling both sides of the trauma-induced situation, to create greater awareness and empathy. National Coalition Against Domestic Violence shows that women are more likely to become victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or other forms of physical and psychological abuse in unhealthy emotional relationships. These …
Instances Of The Spirit (Glossary),
2023
Rhode Island School of Design
Instances Of The Spirit (Glossary), Kamari A. Smalls
Masters Theses
This thesis offers a performative methodology to engaging with the worlds and ideas that these words have generated in the form of a glossary. The list of words include: Ancestor, Anointing, Attune, Breath, Conjure, Conversion, Dance, Erotic, Ephemera, Ethervism, God, Girlhood, Hallelujah, Imagination, Improvisation, Jazz, Knowledge, Love, Liturgical, Magic, Memory, Performance, Prayer, Remnant, Repetition, Ritual, Root, Sacred/Secular, Silence/Stillness, Sound, Spell, Spirit, Testimony, Water, and Witness. Personal reflections, contemplations and expansions from other writing, and passages that come out of Black feminist thought, Black girlhood studies, and Black performance theory exist here simultaneously. This glossary demonstrates the theory, theology and lineages …
Book Review: A Miscarriage Of Justice: Women’S Reproductive Lives And The Law In Early Twentieth-Century Brazil,
2023
Indiana University, Bloomington
Book Review: A Miscarriage Of Justice: Women’S Reproductive Lives And The Law In Early Twentieth-Century Brazil, Paloma Czapla
Journal of International Women's Studies
No abstract provided.
Book Review: Jewish Women's History From Antiquity To The Present,
2023
Northeastern University, Boston
Book Review: Jewish Women's History From Antiquity To The Present, Linor Kadoch
Journal of International Women's Studies
No abstract provided.
Book Review: Fierce And Fearless: Patsy Takemoto Mink, First Woman Of Color In The Us Congress,
2023
Northeastern University, Boston, USA
Book Review: Fierce And Fearless: Patsy Takemoto Mink, First Woman Of Color In The Us Congress, Ashley Lee
Journal of International Women's Studies
No abstract provided.
Film Review: Silent Beauty: An Autobiography On Healing From Child Sexual Abuse,
2023
Aligarh Muslim University, India
Film Review: Silent Beauty: An Autobiography On Healing From Child Sexual Abuse, Mohosin Mandal
Journal of International Women's Studies
No abstract provided.
Film Review: Sonata—A Confluence Of Diverse “Female” Sensibilities,
2023
GITAM University in Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Film Review: Sonata—A Confluence Of Diverse “Female” Sensibilities, Avishek Deb, Pinak Sankar
Journal of International Women's Studies
No abstract provided.
Film Review: Indigenous Epistemology, Media, And The Representation Of Women In Kantara,
2023
Indian Institute of Technology, Patna, India
Film Review: Indigenous Epistemology, Media, And The Representation Of Women In Kantara, Argha Basu, Priyanka Tripathi
Journal of International Women's Studies
Cinematic works around indigenous lives in India have long been marginalized within the scope of “film as an entertaining art form.” Striking a balance between a faithful rendition of an indigenous community and the infusion of entertainment seemed impossible within the Indian film industry until Kantara struck the silver screen. Since its release, the film has been subjected to constructive and positive criticism, but the representation of women in the film has either remained unattended to or viewed negatively. This research paper intends to approach the use of indigenous media and epistemology in the film as a symptomatic representation of …
Film Review: What Makes Her A Maja Ma?,
2023
National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli (NIT Trichy), India
Film Review: What Makes Her A Maja Ma?, V. K. Karthika
Journal of International Women's Studies
No abstract provided.
Born Into Expectations,
2023
Texas Tech University, Texas
Born Into Expectations, Lyndah N. Wasike
Journal of International Women's Studies
No abstract provided.
Analyzing Global And Local Media Representations Of Malala Yousafzai,
2023
University of Swabi, Pakistan
Analyzing Global And Local Media Representations Of Malala Yousafzai, Aman Ullah, Zafar Khan, Mahrukh Shakir, Zahid Ali Shah, Rahman Ullah
Journal of International Women's Studies
During the War on Terror, when high rates of violence were occurring and schools were being forcefully torn down in Swat Valley of Pakistan, Malala Yousafzai fought for girls’ education rights. At just 17 years old, Malala Yousafzai has inspired people around the world with her passion and determination to make sure girls everywhere can get an education. When the Taliban tried to silence her, Malala answered their brutality with strength and resolve. Soon in the international media, she was acclaimed as a brave hero and later honored with a Nobel Prize. She received a mixed response for her efforts …
Happiness, Life Satisfaction, And Gender Equality At The Micro And Macro Levels,
2023
Koç University
Happiness, Life Satisfaction, And Gender Equality At The Micro And Macro Levels, Aslı Ermiş-Mert
Journal of International Women's Studies
This study aims to examine the impact of gender inequality index (GII) values (UNDP) on happiness and life satisfaction overall, as well as the impact of selected demographic predictors (gender, educational level, income) and individual-level gender egalitarianism on these two components of well-being in gender equal and unequal countries. Partial proportional odds models are implemented to predict happiness and life satisfaction levels of respondents included in 7th wave of World Values Survey (Haerpfer et al., 2020). Main findings show that increasing gender inequality at the macro level increases the likelihood to be both very unhappy and very happy, and the …
Irigaray’S Feminine Language In Joyce Johnson’S Minor Characters: A Beat Memoir,
2023
Research Institute for Education, Organization for Educational Research and Planning, Iran
Irigaray’S Feminine Language In Joyce Johnson’S Minor Characters: A Beat Memoir, Vida Rahiminezhad, Mahdieh Sadat Faal Nazari
Journal of International Women's Studies
This is a critical reading of Joyce Johnson’s memoir Minor Characters to investigate the ways women’s language is generated using philosopher Luce Irigaray’s feminist framework of language. This study is library-based research done by a close reading of the memoir. Joyce Johnson was part of the second generation of women Beat writers, and she had a love affair with the main male Beat figure, Jack Kerouac. In Minor Characters, she illustrates the history of the Beat Generation. Irigaray, a Belgian feminist theorist, discusses the concept of feminine language, gender roles, and women’s position in society. Findings illustrate that Joyce …
