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Articles 241 - 270 of 271
Full-Text Articles in Women's Studies
Reflections On Making Women's Histories Beyond National Perspectives, Pamela S. Nadell
Reflections On Making Women's Histories Beyond National Perspectives, Pamela S. Nadell
AWE (A Woman’s Experience)
Making Women’s Histories affirms the political nature of writing women’s histories. The development of women’s history and its historiographies—the books and articles historians, whether scholars or amateurs, have produced—has long contributed to the work of advancing the status of women in society.
"The Mirror Is Dangerous. It Sometimes Shows Her The Dark."—The Hours, Michael Cunningham, Alexandra Crafton
"The Mirror Is Dangerous. It Sometimes Shows Her The Dark."—The Hours, Michael Cunningham, Alexandra Crafton
AWE (A Woman’s Experience)
No abstract provided.
Woman Sitting In Chair, Brian Hoffman
Woman Sitting In Chair, Brian Hoffman
AWE (A Woman’s Experience)
No abstract provided.
Editor's Note, Lisa Hansen
Inefficiency Of United States Maternity Leave Policies, Kimberly Merkley
Inefficiency Of United States Maternity Leave Policies, Kimberly Merkley
AWE (A Woman’s Experience)
In the United States, many aspects of the workplace are incompatible with motherhood. These include lack of childcare facilities, inflexibility of workplace hours, and the large amounts of time required to attain top positions. One of the most widespread deficiencies in all industries and workplaces is maternity leave, which is neglected at both the state and federal level. Consequently, a woman is often given little or no job protection, let alone compensation or benefits, while focused on the birth and early nurturing of her child. The United States falls well behind other developed and developing countries in this area.
Dispossessing Femininity In Byatt's Possession, Jenna Miller
Dispossessing Femininity In Byatt's Possession, Jenna Miller
AWE (A Woman’s Experience)
A.S. Byatt’s best-selling 1990 novel Possession follows the character of Roland Michell, an intelligent but struggling academic who has devoted his life and studies to the brilliant Victorian author, Randolph Ash. Roland joins forces with Maud bailey, an expert on a similarly talented but under-recognized Victorian author Christabel LaMotte, in order to better study the relationships between LaMotte, Ash, and Ash’s wife, Ellen. Roland’s and Maud’s literary studies develop along with their relationship, but the more the two of them learn about the relationship between Ash and Christabel, the more they discover that the truth about their Victorian counterparts is …
Hands And Feet, Jessie Hawkes Wilkey
Hands And Feet, Jessie Hawkes Wilkey
AWE (A Woman’s Experience)
I have come to understand what my gawky twelve-year-old self missed and what my skinny dipping self was only beginning to understand: A body is more than structure to tent our spirits. The body and spirit compose the soul, an entity that has its origin with God. The way I treat my body, then, is an indication of my respect for God and for myself. Understanding this, changes my concept of my modesty: it is not for other people, but revolves around a personal understanding between the Lord and ourselves. It has everything to do with who I am, understand …
Women's Values Speaking Between Their Words: Women's Correspondence In Early Nineteenth Century America, Rachel Mahrt Degn
Women's Values Speaking Between Their Words: Women's Correspondence In Early Nineteenth Century America, Rachel Mahrt Degn
AWE (A Woman’s Experience)
In this paper I examine folklore gathered from women’s letters circa 1830 to see what they reveal about how women used correspondence to reinforce and express their values. Through some traditional expressions of folklore (categorized as customary, oral, material, and belief) women demonstrate their values: interpersonal connection and duty.
Front Matter, Awe Editors
Grace, Danielle Chelom Leavitt
Grace, Danielle Chelom Leavitt
AWE (A Woman’s Experience)
I was two years old when Rwanda’s genocide commenced. The assassination of Rwanda’s president, Juvenal Habyarimana, kicked off the 100-day killing spree that led to nearly one million Rwandan deaths. It was a hot topic then, nearly twenty years ago, when the horror of a modern-day holocaust and outrage of international indifference were fresh. The genocide tore through Rwanda a world and lifetime away from me. What is left now is the aftermath of the genocide and all its living witnesses. I stepped into Rwanda the summer after my freshman year of college. I would write about Rwanda’s post-genocide women.
Seventeen, Katie Wade-Neser
Two Women Working At Quarry, Brian Hoffman
Two Women Working At Quarry, Brian Hoffman
AWE (A Woman’s Experience)
No abstract provided.
Woman Selling Plantain Chips, Brian Hoffman
Woman Selling Plantain Chips, Brian Hoffman
AWE (A Woman’s Experience)
No abstract provided.
Awe Volume 2 (2015), Awe Editors
Unrelated, Kathryn Muhlestein
The Feminine Peter Pan, Felicia Jones
The Feminine Peter Pan, Felicia Jones
AWE (A Woman’s Experience)
Cross-casting in performances has effected outrage and social dilemmas in audiences, despite the important cultural messages those characters display. Since its beginning as a play, women have been cast as the young boy Peter in Peter Pan. J.M. Barrie wrote Peter Pan through inspiration from the young deaths of his brother and childhood friend, who will always remain in their youth. In order to capture that youthful innocence, females have been cast as Peter. This choice in casting was also made to achieve androgyny and transcend gender by blurring gender lines.
Awe Volume 1 (2013), Awe Editors
The Blessed Circle And Tales Of Woe, Susan Pickett
The Blessed Circle And Tales Of Woe, Susan Pickett
AWE (A Woman’s Experience)
A history of woman composers: The comprehensive history of music, revered as “The Grout,” fails to mention woman composers. Since 3000 B.C., over 6000 woman have composed alongside male colleagues; their work is largely neglected. There is a black hole of female composers. Despite praise and celebration during their lifetime, these women and their works are sucked out of history as though they never existed. Due to frantic and purposeful efforts, great composers like Marion Bauer, Carla Schumann, Elfrida Andrée, and Lousie Farrenc are receiving a second look at their works. There is a desperate rush to archive, gather, and …
Contributors, Awe Editors
The Bollywood Hindu Heroine, Emily Holmstead
The Bollywood Hindu Heroine, Emily Holmstead
AWE (A Woman’s Experience)
The melodramatic, high-grossing Bollywood film industry is intertwined in almost every aspect of Indian culture with its blunt commercialism and unapologetic enthusiasm. Both the western world and the feminist movement are changing women’s depictions in these films. These featured women fill university classrooms and cry out against social injustice all the while pursuing husbands and performing traditional rituals. The power structure of the female-male relationship is also changing as women’s education and career are given more importance while maintaining their devotion to romance and motherhood. The appetite for female-centered films will grow as the theories and practices of female empowerment …
Naming The Journal, Chelsea Adams, Aubrey Luddington
Naming The Journal, Chelsea Adams, Aubrey Luddington
AWE (A Woman’s Experience)
No abstract provided.
Feminism, Breastfeeding, And Society, Jen Bracken-Hull
Feminism, Breastfeeding, And Society, Jen Bracken-Hull
AWE (A Woman’s Experience)
A dichotomy exists among feminists regarding the views and contributions of breastfeeding. Across several waves of feminism women have argued for and against breastfeeding. Until recently, breastfeeding (regarding the bearing and nurturing of children) was seen as a responsibility that prevented women from participating in public circles. This article delineates the general contributions made by women who breastfeed including biological, social, emotional, and personal factors. Changes and accommodations are required for women who choose to breastfeed to not be disadvantaged.
Editor's Note, Rachel Payne
Table Of Contents, Awe Editors
The Fall Of The Yellow Wallpaper, Rachel Payne
The Fall Of The Yellow Wallpaper, Rachel Payne
AWE (A Woman’s Experience)
Many have acknowledged the Gothic influence of Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” on Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper.” Critics often examine the opposition of genres in “The Yellow Wallpaper,” arguing it as either a feminist movement or Gothic tale. However, the Female Gothic genre centers the female role inside a Gothic tale. This genre typifies a criticism of oppressive patriarchies and support for female independence. Both “The Fall of the House of Usher” and “The Yellow Wallpaper” demonstrate women who overcome repressed voices by finding their expressions through writing.
Front Matter, Awe Editors
Gilda's Gowns, Rachel Ann Wise
Gilda's Gowns, Rachel Ann Wise
AWE (A Woman’s Experience)
Critics have overanalyzed the portrayal of the femme fatale in film noir as female ruthless seduction in attempts to overpower men. However, a paramount aspect of the femme fatale has been under analyzed—women’s use of and exploitation of fashion. In film noir, Gilda particularly showcases the importance of fashion in the film’s plot. Gilda’s undressing and dressing in the film signifies the multifarious personalities and complexity of the femme fatale character. In understand Gilda’s character via her diegetic, fashionable, and mutable clothes, the femme fatale is exposed as a complex being defying stereotype by the variety of her wardrobe, but …
Inconstant Moon, Michelle Hubbard
The Apple, Karen Mckay
Veiled Woman, Erik Linton