Journal articles on the topic 'Fighting woman'
To see the other types of publications on this topic, follow the link: Fighting woman.
Create a spot-on reference in APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, and other styles
Consult the top 50 journal articles for your research on the topic 'Fighting woman.'
Next to every source in the list of references, there is an 'Add to bibliography' button. Press on it, and we will generate automatically the bibliographic reference to the chosen work in the citation style you need: APA, MLA, Harvard, Chicago, Vancouver, etc.
You can also download the full text of the academic publication as pdf and read online its abstract whenever available in the metadata.
Browse journal articles on a wide variety of disciplines and organise your bibliography correctly.
1
Oglesbee, Frank. "Kira Nerys: A Good Woman Fighting Well." Extrapolation 45, no. 3 (January 2004): 263–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/extr.2004.45.3.06.
Full text
2
Klens-Bigman, Deborah. "Las mujeres guerreras del teatro kabuki y el legado de las artes marciales femeninas de Japón." Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas 5, no. 2 (July 12, 2012): 139. http://dx.doi.org/10.18002/rama.v5i2.116.
Full textAbstract:
<p class="AMresumen">The fighting woman character has been a staple of Japan’s kabuki theater almost since its inception. Audiences accepted these characters, especially fighting women of the samurai class, as part of the depiction of Edo period (1603–1868) life. This paper explores several of these characters and suggests that they help form the legacy of women’s practice of martial arts today.</p>
3
Ross, MacIntosh, and Kevin B. Wamsley. "“The New Woman and the Manly Art”: Women and Boxing in Nineteenth-Century Canada." Sport History Review 51, no. 2 (November 1, 2020): 149–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/shr.2019-0005.
Full textAbstract:
On July 27, 1859, “Canada” Kate Clark met two Americans, Nellie Stem and Mary Dwyer, for a pair of prize fights in Fort Erie, Canada West. Beginning their adventure in Buffalo, New York, they rowed their way across the Niagara River to the fighting grounds in the British colony. Like pugilists before them, they stripped to the waist to limit potential grappling in battle. Both the journey and pre-fight fight preparations were tried and true components of mid-nineteenth century prize fighting. Although the press, and later historians, overwhelmingly associated such performances with male combatants, women were indeed active in Canadian pugilistic circles, settling scores, testing their mettle, and displaying their fistic abilities both pre- and post-Confederation. In this article, we begin to untangle the various threads of female pugilism, situating these athletes and performers within the broader literature on both boxing and women's sport in Canada. By examining media reports of female boxers—both in sparring and prize fighting—we hope to provide a historiographic foundation for further discussions of early female pugilism, highlighting the various ways these women upheld and challenged the notion of the “new woman” in Canada.
4
Asrida, Wan, Wazni ', and Chitra Puspita Dewi. "Gerakan Politik Perempuan Partai Golkar Kota Pekanbaru Periode 2004 – 2009 Dalam Memperjuangkan Kepentingan Perempuan." Nakhoda: Jurnal Ilmu Pemerintahan 11, no. 1 (October 23, 2013): 28. http://dx.doi.org/10.35967/jipn.v11i1.1611.
Full textAbstract:
Woman political participation on reform era is normal activity. Reform producted rules (Act aboutGeneral Election and Act about Political Party) which give space for woman political participation.Golongan Karya Party is one of strong political party in Indonesia that have commitment forwoman empowerment in politic which women cadrees have position as management of party andlegislative in Pekanbaru. There are problem that how woman can use opportunity as managementparty and legislative to fighting for woman interests by political movements. These politicalmovements have well-constructed activities (appropriate for woman interest), with woman’scollective as an institution, sense of solidarity, woman collective identity and continuity activities bysystematic in Golongan Karya Party.Keywords: Woman and Politic, Women Movement, Golongan Karya Party
5
Wajda, Piotr. "Od ofiary po sukuba. Wizerunek kobiety w kinie giallo." Literatura i Kultura Popularna 24 (April 18, 2019): 113–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.19195/0867-7441.24.9.
Full textAbstract:
From victim to succubus: Women representation in giallo filmsThe presented article revolves around depictions of women protagonists in giallo films. The author starts with a brief introduction on the controversies connected with the directors’ comments and critique of the violence, nudity and the ways the fate of a woman is presented in giallo. Furthermore, the author describes how different types of women are presented in selected films. He emphasizes the influence of social changes of the 1960s and 1970s on the mentioned depictions. Firstly, he focuses on the “woman as a victim” motif; secondly, the author describes other archetypes, known as “a fighting woman”, “femme fatale” and “menades”. The article is concluded with a brief commentary on the artistic reinterpretations of traditional Western symbolism in the Italian giallo genre.
6
Nechifor, Andreea, and Cristina Dimulescu. "The Image of Women in Romanian Advertisements: The 1930s. A Discourse Analysis Approach." Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Philologica 10, no. 3 (December 1, 2018): 33–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/ausp-2018-0026.
Full textAbstract:
AbstractThis article aims at picturing the image of women as portrayed in Romanian advertising during the 1930s. Torn between forward-looking associations fighting for equal rights and traditionalist tendencies confining the woman to the household, the female image, as captured by adverts, underwent spectacular changes, as a reflection of the mentalities and implications generated by the historical and social background.
7
Liu, Qin. "Elizabeth Jane—An Independent Woman." English Language and Literature Studies 7, no. 3 (August 29, 2017): 94. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ells.v7n3p94.
Full textAbstract:
Thomas Hardy is one of the most important British novelists who have made great contribution to the English literary history. In his life, he created many impressive literary figures, most of whom are men with tragic endings, including Henchard the mayor in the Mayor of Casterbridge. Hardy is not a feminist, but with a detailed reading of his novels, his concern for the women in the patriarchal society is obvious. He really cares about women’s destiny in his novels. Both New and Traditional women are described in his works; however, most of the women in his works have tragic endings except Elizabeth Jane in the Mayor of Casterbridge. This paper will interpret the novel from the perspective of Elizabeth Jane. It will explore the factors that lead to the happy ending for Elizabeth. Her unique upbringing, her passion for knowledge, her fighting spirit all make her a remarkable independent woman in the novel.
8
Song, Junying. "Woman as the Other—Interpretations of the Gender Wars in “A Woman on a Roof” from the Perspective of Existential Feminism." English Language and Literature Studies 11, no. 1 (February 26, 2021): 63. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ells.v11n1p63.
Full textAbstract:
Doris Lessing is one of the Nobel Prize winners and “A Woman on a Roof” is such a famous short story of hers. In the patriarchal society, women are in the lower status, but the woman in the story struggles bravely to fight against the male power. During her fighting, the woman has doubts and hesitation, but she finally forces the three males to put off their prejudice. This paper focuses on how the woman strives for her own rights, and talks from the perspective of Existential Feminism, taking the main male and female characters in “A Woman on a Roof” as examples, so as to explore women’s self-survival in the dualistic society. Through studying her feminist thinking in the short story, the paper points out that the woman finally transforms her role from the Other to the Subject and then she is in an equal position with the three males. Though the two genders does not reconcile with each other as it seems to be with the purification of rainwater in “A Woman on a Roof”, the woman has made a big progress in the pursuit of her own transcendence.
9
Tarigan, Priska, Martha Pardede, and Siamir Marulafau. "The Body of Woman and Woman’s Rights as Portrayed in Rupi Kaur’s milk and honey Based on Elaine Showalter’s Gynocriticism." Journal of Language and Literature 21, no. 1 (March 16, 2021): 68–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.24071/joll.v21i1.2809.
Full textAbstract:
In the time of modern writing, women writers are increasingly free in raising the theme of their writing. Women are no longer reluctant to write things related to a woman’s body and it’s issue. This research aims to analyze the body of women and woman’s rights as portrayed in Rupi Kaur’s milk and honey (2014). This research belongs to library research that applied descriptive qualitative method with gynocriticism approach. Reading and selecting data techniques were used to collect the data. 28 poems raise the theme of the body of a woman and its issue used as the data in this research. To analyze the body of woman and woman’s rights in milk and honey, gynocriticism theory by Ellaine Showalter were used. The result of the analysis shows that: 1) Woman’s body is described into three aspects, that is objectification of the body, owner of the body, and strength of the body. 2) There are three ways for a woman to embrace their rights. First, a woman is asked to be able to accept and acknowledge herself as she is. Second, a woman is expected to love and consider herself precious and equal to a man. Third, women must be able to help and to support other women in fighting for their rights.
10
Kadeer, Rebiya. "Fighting for Uyghur Rights." American Journal of Islam and Society 23, no. 3 (July 1, 2006): 144–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v23i3.1613.
Full textAbstract:
I begin my brief story in the 1960s, when many Uyghur (also spelled“Uygur” and “Uighur”) people, including myself, struggled against starvation.The already difficult lives of Uyghurs living in East Turkestan1 (alsoknown as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region [XUAR]) under Chinesegovernment rule became much worse during the Cultural Revolution.Everything was rationed and controlled by the government and food was invery short supply. There was no private enterprise. Trying to find any way Icould to alleviate the poverty we were suffering, I started to make and sellchildren’s clothes. I also took in laundry to earn some money. From there, Ibegan to travel to different cities (first within East Turkestan and laterthroughout China) buying fabrics and garments and selling them on thestreet. Of course, this was not allowed under the communist system, andmany times the Chinese police confiscated all of my goods and charged mewith “taking the road of the capitalists.” Nor was it usual for a woman totravel in the region. I endured many hardships and indignities, but I wasdetermined to care for my children and improve my life.During the 1980s, as China began its economic reforms, I was able toset up a small store to do business in Urumchi, the capital of East Turkestan,and gradually started to prosper. I always tried to encourage the otherUyghur street sellers and merchants as well. In March 1987, I established the“Eighth of March” market (named in honor of International Women’s Day),a covered marketplace that housed ninety-three stores and stands. In 1989, Ibuilt a seven-story apartment building, and a few years later I built theRebiya Kadeer Department Store in downtown Urumchi. The Uyghur streetvendors could come and sell their goods in my store. At some point in mystruggle for economic independence, I became one of the ten richest peoplein China, for my business eventually grew into a multi-million dollar tradingcompany ...
11
Paderni, Paola. "FIGHTING FOR LOVE: MALE JEALOUSY IN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY CHINA." NAN NÜ 4, no. 1 (2002): 35–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156852602100402323.
Full textAbstract:
AbstractThis article considers male jealousy as reflected in judicial sources, thus placing it in historical context. Men who lived in an increasingly difficult and complex world committed acts of violence because of jealousy, driven by a sense of honor, by love and by desire for a woman. Magistrates handling these cases were forced to recognize that jealousy, considered in Chinese literary tradition a typically female and dangerous sentiment, is a powerful force conditioning male behavior.
12
Cornish, Helen. "The Life of the Death of 'The Fighting Fairy Woman of Bodmin'." Anthropological Journal of European Cultures 22, no. 1 (March 1, 2013): 79–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/ajec.2013.220106.
Full textAbstract:
The skeleton of Joan Wytte, or the Fighting Fairy Woman of Bodmin, was displayed in the Museum of Witchcraft in Cornwall in the UK for several decades until her eventual burial in nearby woodland in the autumn of 1999. Her story has been deployed as a critical historical source and a demonstrable link between Cornwall and magical histories. It is well established that the past is recorded and represented through narratives, artefacts and events in multiple and diverse ways, and museums are often idealised sites for historical knowledge. Historicity is contingent on current needs and agendas, and often contested. Through retelling over time certain elements are highlighted or downplayed. Since the burial, the life and death of Joan Wytte has become vividly invested with new meanings as her story becomes incorporated into the landscapes of folklore, Cornish histories and magical practices.
13
McKinnon-Crowley, Saralyn. "Fighting Gendered Battles: On Being a Woman in a Contemporary Gaming Community." Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 49, no. 1 (July 18, 2019): 118–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0891241619864405.
Full textAbstract:
This scholarly personal narrative (Nash 2004) draws on the author’s experiences as a woman in a male-dominated gaming community. In such a space, being a woman who plays the game problematizes notions of gender for both the author and for her most-often male opponents. When playing the game, she operates in a liminal space between expert and outsider because of her gender identity. At the same time, her gender troubles her men opponents. She discusses her struggles for acceptance in this community and how her notions and enactment of gender have changed as a result of her experiences. In the article, the author explains the social norms of the game and the demographic breakdown of the game’s players; to accomplish this, the author shares stories from her time as a player.
14
Agustina, Hiqma Nur. "Indonesian Woman Migrant Workers Fighting Inequality and Violence in Burung-Burung Migran." Journal of Language and Literature 21, no. 1 (March 16, 2021): 79–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.24071/joll.v21i1.2861.
Full textAbstract:
The story of Indonesian Migrant Workers or Tenaga Kerja Indonesia (TKI) is a blurred portrait of Indonesian citizens' absence in their own country, presented in Burung-burung Migran by Miranda Harlan. This study aims to expose gender inequality, the dominance of structural oppression systems, and poor treatment of woman migrant workers. They struggle to get out of poverty, unemployed, unskilled, and uneducated. The determination and willingness to change destiny is not in line with the reality that often does not side with them. This study uses a qualitative method, narrative strategies about narrator, and focalizations, and gender concepts. The results showed that the focalization and narrator type in the text are internal focalisator and homodiegetic narrator. The focalisator also shows unequal gender relations, physical and verbal violence, which tends to repress Indonesian woman migrant workers. The writer's narrative strategy is in the form of using words, phrases, and sentences that appropriately reflect the repression of female migrant workers.
15
Terborg-Penn, R. "Fighting Chance: The Struggle over Woman Suffrage and Black Suffrage in Reconstruction America." Journal of American History 99, no. 3 (December 1, 2012): 936–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jas496.
Full text
16
Galloway, Stuart. "Fighting Chance: The Struggle Over Woman Suffrage and Black Suffrage in Reconstruction America." American Nineteenth Century History 13, no. 2 (June 2012): 282–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14664658.2012.720091.
Full text
17
Bucholc, Marzena, Marta Kucharczyk, Katarzyna Kanadys, Krzysztof Wiktor, and Henryk Wiktor. "Selected determinants of strategies to cope with the disease among women treated for gynecological cancer." Polish Journal of Public Health 126, no. 4 (December 1, 2016): 161–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/pjph-2016-0033.
Full textAbstract:
Abstract Introduction. The cancer of the reproductive organ, due to its specificity, is an extremely difficult situation for a woman. Aim. The aim of the study was to answer the question what are the determinants of strategies to cope with the disease among women treated for cancer of the reproductive organ. Material and methods. The study included 102 women treated for gynecological cancer. To assess coping strategies with disease, denoting adaptation to cancer, a Mini-Mac standardized scale of the Mental Adjustment to Cancer Diseases and the own construction questionnaire were used. Statistical analysis was performed using Chi2 test, Mann-Whitney U test, W. Shapiro-Wilk, Kruskal-Wallis tests. Results. Research shows that most respondents coped with the disease using the strategy: the fighting spirit (FS), and positive reevaluation (PR), but to a lesser degree they applied preoccupation with anxiety (PwA) and helplessness – hopelessness strategy (HH). Conclusions. 1. Most of the women fighting against cancer used constructive strategies, while the remaining part – the destructive ones. Choosing the type is determined by factors like the duration of the disease, the incidence of complications during treatment, subjective evaluation of how to improve the health status and satisfaction with treatment or length of hospital stay. 2. Strategies of mental adaptation significantly affect the course of treatment. The use of absorbing anxiety causes significantly more women not to feel the improvement of health and hospitalization for them is a traumatic experience. In contrast, a form of helplessness – hopelessness is associated with low satisfaction with treatment, and lack of improvement in subjective health. People who use fighting spirit were significantly more satisfied with the results of treatment.
18
Lieberman, Alyssa. "Fighting For a Seat at the Table: Why Women Can Be Formidable in 2016 Elections." Pitt Political Review 11, no. 1 (October 13, 2017): 68–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/ppr.2014.51.
Full textAbstract:
It’s a matter of general consensus that Hillary Clinton is at the center of the 2016 presidential buzz and speculation. With near- celebrity status, unmatched qualifications and a brand name to boot, many believe that she’s the best candidate for the nation’s highest office and the key to the Democratic Party’s success in 2016. While Clinton is undoubtedly the most talked-about potential female candidate, she’s far from the sole woman in the Democratic Party that could launch a formidable campaign for the Oval Office. Though no female candidate has confirmed a 2016 presidential bid, a remarkable number of women are considered some of the most viable potential candidates for the Democratic nomination. These women are worth discussing not simply because of their gender, but because they happen to be some of the most legitimate candidates other than Clinton.
19
Kusmiyati, Nani, and Hady Efendy. "The Leadership of Women in Military on Military Organization." International Journal of Human Resource Studies 7, no. 4 (October 17, 2017): 165. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/ijhrs.v7i4.11911.
Full textAbstract:
The rapid development of the globalization era demands that the role of a female soldier within the organization of the Indonesian National Army (TNI) succeeds in touching the historical, cultural, social and political aspects prevailing within the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI). In accordance with the expectations of R.A. Kartini in fighting for gender equality for woman in Indonesia. In military organizations, TNI women must always be able to balance their role as soldiers, wives and mothers for children. On the other hand as TNI women should be able to carry out its duties and responsibilities as a fortress in maintaining the sovereignty of NKRI. Assignment as a TNI woman must be able to compete with other men of TNI. Equality of degrees causes the TNI women to be given the widest opportunity to occupy important positions in the military, including: Commander of the vessel, pilot, diver and other abilities owned by TNI women. In some cases TNI women may be involved in special assignments, such as: UN forces, social activities in mass health and non-structural TNI assignments. Based on the above description will be explained about the insights relating to the leadership of TNI women in military organizations in general, strategy and implementation of the TNI woman leadership style so that it can deliver to the position in the military organization.
20
Sylejmani Nimani, Arbenita. "Insults and prejudices against Kosovar women politicians that are present in the media." Technium Social Sciences Journal 21 (July 17, 2021): 906–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.47577/tssj.v21i1.4048.
Full textAbstract:
Offensive and sexist statements against women politicians in Kosovo and women in general are no longer unknown, especially when they are made public, either through various media or through statuses on various social networks. But, in Kosovo, recently there have been insults against Kosovar women politicians by their colleagues, Kosovar men politicians, which insults clearly tend to increase. These statements contain the following epithets: dealing with their body weight, calling them 'cows', 'beautiful', 'prostitutes', and even inviting them on a date. Also, in the media several times and recently, bias has been noted regarding women’s jealousy by calling them jealous, even of those fighting for human rights.
In this paper, content analysis is used, where the contents of some media are analyzed, such as television and some online media. The contents of the messages written against the Kosovar woman politician were analyzed.
Offensive statements and prejudices against Kosovar women politicians were pointed out to be very harmful, because this could damage the chances of women politicians to be successful and could contribute to the woman being further qualified only on the basis of her beauty and not to be treated according to its wisdom.
21
Wójcik, Kaja. "The construct of mature woman in media discourse — a critical analysis." Dziennikarstwo i Media 14 (March 10, 2021): 105–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.19195/2082-8322.14.9.
Full textAbstract:
A woman’s maturity places her somewhere between youth and old age. A woman trapped between the two receives advice to help her break free. The aim of the study was to reconstruct the linguistic ways of understanding a woman’s maturity and its social implications. The analysis was performed with the use of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), a research concept that allows the visualising of inequalities and relations of power. The definition of the concept as well as linguistic strategies representing various ways of striving for youth (reversing, lying, avoiding, fighting) and categories of disciplining such as appropriate appearance, sexuality and fi nancial position, were specified during this analysis.
22
DAMSTEEGT, THEO. "Who Would Marry a Strong Woman? A Short Story by Bhagvaticharan Varma." Modern Asian Studies 42, no. 6 (November 2008): 1173–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0026749x07002910.
Full textAbstract:
AbstractIn Varma's story ‘Pata-banethi’, a robust young man refuses to marry a female student when he finds out that she is trained in defensive violence, as a virangana. At first sight, the story appears to draw attention to the difficulties women trained like men in fighting will have in getting married and finding a place in society. An analysis of characterisation, however, suggests that Varma's story goes against such a stereotypic male evaluation of strong women, and actually underlines the social and political value of violence controlled by mental strength, a value that can be recognised by both men and women.
23
Niumai, Ajailiu. "Rani Gaidinliu: The Iconic Woman of Northeast India." Indian Journal of Gender Studies 25, no. 3 (August 13, 2018): 351–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0971521518785666.
Full textAbstract:
This article attempts to analyse why Rani Gaidinliu, who was a freedom fighter and social and religious reformer, was keen to preserve the identity and culture of her cognate tribe1—the Zeme, Liangmai, Rongmai/Kabui and Npui. Does Heraka—a socio-religious movement started by Haipou Jadonang and later developed by the Rani—become a tool of ‘cultural revivalism’ and act as a means to unite cognate tribes? Why do we juxtapose Heraka with the Hindutva ideologues such as the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) that position Rani Gaidinliu in a new spirit of nationalism and identity as the lone woman spiritual and political protagonist of Northeast India? She used Heraka with politics to fulfil her goals in fighting the British. Using the interview method, I spoke to selected respondents, particularly elders and community leaders, about Rani Gaidinliu. Her story illustrates a rationality that could encourage marginalised and invisible women to become sociopolitical and spiritual leaders, questioning patriarchy and bringing about empowerment and social inclusion.
24
Ahmadi, Anas. "LAW, WOMEN, AND LITERARY STUDIES: UNDERSTANDING THE THOUGHT OF NAWAL EL-SAADAWI IN WOMAN AT POINT ZERO." LiNGUA: Jurnal Ilmu Bahasa dan Sastra 16, no. 1 (June 30, 2021): 35–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.18860/ling.v16i1.10542.
Full textAbstract:
Islamic feminist is currently being discussed, one of which is Nawal E-Saadawi. She is an Islamic feminist who is known for her view on fighting for the fate of women. It is reflected in his non-fiction and literary works. This study aims to explore the view of the feminist writer from Egypt, Nawal El-Saadawi, from a legal context. The research method used in this research is qualitative-interpretative using literary data sources written by Nawal El-Saadawi. The data source used is the novel Woman at Point Zero. The data collection technique was done by using a literature study. The data analysis technique was carried out in two stages: the textual and contextual levels. The result of the research showed that Nawal El-Saadawi's thoughts from her literary context that (1) the law is frightening and unfair in the view of women; (2) men acting on behalf of the law; and (3) women who violate the law.
25
Gray, Kishonna, and Reshawna Chapple. "#TenureTrackHustle : Examining Academic Poverty of First-Generation Women of Color From an Intersectional Standpoint." Journal of Working-Class Studies 2, no. 2 (December 1, 2017): 5–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.13001/jwcs.v2i2.6079.
Full textAbstract:
Women of color in academia face challenging obstacles when it comes to surviving and thriving in the ivory tower. Enduring the grind of graduate school and immediately upon attaining a PhD, women of color are often burdened with heavy student loan debt, large teaching loads, unrealistic service expectations, experience microaggressions based on race, gender and class, isolation, alienation and other challenges which compound and negatively impact the path to tenure. Many of the challenges mentioned above often differ from those of their white and/or male counterparts in the academy. Throughout this article, we will examine the literature of Black women in academia, provide personal narratives situating these complexities, and root them all in the context of being Black and Woman in academia. The academy is a place we are rarely welcomed and constantly fighting to survive and thrive.
26
Panda, Dhyanadipta. "Women Empowerment in India: Rationale and Present State." International Journal of Emerging Research in Management and Technology 6, no. 9 (June 24, 2018): 169. http://dx.doi.org/10.23956/ijermt.v6i9.105.
Full textAbstract:
Women are considered as goddess in Indian culture. But till today in every sphere of life women have been humiliated like anything in the society. In India many rules and legislation has been made for women since independence but till today a woman is fighting for her fundamental right. Women empowerment is the only way by which it can be possible to give equal status to women in a male dominated society like India. To be empowered, women should come forward and realize that they are not second grade citizen of the society and at the same time also equally capable with men in all aspect of livelihood. In this context, the present study analyses different issues of women empowerment and reasons behind not successful implementation of women empowerment programs in the country. Education, financial independence, equal recognition in work place, change of mind set among men can help to accelerate the process of women empowerment in India.
27
Téllez, Michelle, Maribel Alvarez, and Brianna P. Herrera. "Sometimes It’s Necessary to Break a Few Rules." Ethnic Studies Review 44, no. 1 (2021): 5–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/esr.2021.44.1.5.
Full textAbstract:
In October of 2020, the University of Arizona’s College of Social and Behavioral Sciences hosted a lecture series called Womanpower. The final lecture was an interview between Michelle Téllez and Yalitza Aparicio—an Indigenous woman, actress, and activist. This interview transcript (originally conducted in Spanish) discusses Aparicio’s childhood, her experiences with discrimination, her role in the groundbreaking film Roma, and her activism on behalf of domestic workers and Indigenous peoples. In this interview, Téllez highlights issues of Indigenous rights, recognizing how Aparicio’s platform can bring visibility to the O’odham land defenders fighting for their sacred lands today, but also to Indigenous peoples fighting for their territories in Mexico, as alluded to in Roma. Téllez wanted to recognize the power that is ever-present in the bodies and minds of women workers who create possibilities despite their circumstances, and who maneuver between space and place, languages and cultures as they center homes, both their own and others. She points us to Aparicio’s role as a domestic worker to remind us of the silent but ever-present power of women. Téllez connects the interview with her own research and personal experiences growing up along the U.S./Mexico border in the cities of San Diego/Tijuana – where she was witness to the racial, gendered, and classed dynamics of power and exclusion.
28
Saha, Aroop. "Portrayal of Psychic Violence in Fire on the Mountain and The Bluest Eye." Stamford Journal of English 6 (February 22, 2013): 230–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/sje.v6i0.13916.
Full textAbstract:
The role of woman is significant in the human world from the ancient time not only as a human being but also as an inseparable entity to take the mankind ahead with the time. The woman represents the symbol of nurture. She contributes to make progress in the family, society as well as country through her active participation same as the male counterpart. But woman is suppressed into lower status compared to the male power and position in the society intentionally, even after her great contribution in reality. The evidence can be found in the portrayal of woman in the literatures from the different cultures. How does the patriarchal society suppress the woman? How is the patriarchal ideology dominating the grand-narrative as well as molding the notion of womans psychology? In what ways, the voice of woman is controlled and represented with manipulative hegemony in unconstructive words? How is the woman fighting against the psychic violence to construct her self? Anita Desais Fire on the Mountain and Toni Morrisons The Bluest Eyes echo those thought provoking questions with ravenous eyes to discover the real female subject. Both writers exhibit the womans situation, emotion and realization which are scrutinized to observe the universality of female psyche. Stamford Journal of English; Volume 6; Page 230-248 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/sje.v6i0.13916
29
Tumursukh, Undarya. "Fighting over the reinterpretation of the Mongolian woman in Mongolia's post-socialist identity construction discourse." East Asia 19, no. 3 (September 2001): 119–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12140-001-0012-2.
Full text
30
Sell, Aaron, Aaron W. Lukazsweski, and Michael Townsley. "Cues of upper body strength account for most of the variance in men's bodily attractiveness." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 284, no. 1869 (December 13, 2017): 20171819. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.1819.
Full textAbstract:
Evolution equips sexually reproducing species with mate choice mechanisms that function to evaluate the reproductive consequences of mating with different individuals. Indeed, evolutionary psychologists have shown that women's mate choice mechanisms track many cues of men's genetic quality and ability to invest resources in the woman and her offspring. One variable that predicted both a man's genetic quality and his ability to invest is the man's formidability (i.e. fighting ability or resource holding power/potential). Modern women, therefore, should have mate choice mechanisms that respond to ancestral cues of a man's fighting ability. One crucial component of a man's ability to fight is his upper body strength. Here, we test how important physical strength is to men's bodily attractiveness. Three sets of photographs of men's bodies were shown to raters who estimated either their physical strength or their attractiveness. Estimates of physical strength determined over 70% of men's bodily attractiveness. Additional analyses showed that tallness and leanness were also favoured, and, along with estimates of physical strength, accounted for 80% of men's bodily attractiveness. Contrary to popular theories of men's physical attractiveness, there was no evidence of a nonlinear effect; the strongest men were the most attractive in all samples.
31
Rayaprol, Aparna, and Sawmya Ray. "Understanding Gender Justice." Indian Journal of Gender Studies 17, no. 3 (October 2010): 335–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/097152151001700302.
Full textAbstract:
The Indian Constitution is a woman-friendly document but institutionalised patriarchy in society at large has made it quite difficult to practice gender equality in courts. The women’s movements in India have been battling with the courts for more than three decades on issues related to various forms of violence against women in both public and private spheres. In this article, the focus is on understanding the perceptions of the lawyers who have been fighting cases related to gender justice as well as working towards changing the law itself. Feminist lawyers have been an integral part of the women’s movement in India and have helped achieve the passage of new laws. The study highlights the problems faced by lawyers and their sense of the challenges involved.
32
Hidayahtulloh, Muhammad Ammar. "The Role of Caucus Feto Iha Politika in Increasing Women’s Representation in Timor-Leste’s Parliament." JURNAL SOSIAL POLITIK 5, no. 1 (August 9, 2019): 187. http://dx.doi.org/10.22219/sospol.v5i1.8006.
Full textAbstract:
Woman had been neglected from the political affairs in the early of post-independent era. It raised the concerns of women activists on political participation. They realized Timorese women had played a significant role in fighting for independence along with male veterans. Caucus Feto Iha Politika appears as the prominent NGO in Timor-Leste that promoting gender equality in politics. It resulted the rising of women’s representation in Timor-Leste Parliament significantly. Moreover, its woman participation in parliament achieves the highest percentage in the Asia Pacific. This research lies on the question of how does the role of Caucus Feto Iha Politika in increasing women’s representation in parliament of Timor-Leste. The data obtained from primary and secondary sources by conducting the in-depth interview and library research. In order to answer the research question, the authors reiterated the three main components of NGOs roles –implementer, catalyst, and partner by Lewis as the analytical framework. The authors humbly concluded that for increasing the number of women MPs, Caucus Feto Iha Politika played two prominent roles, as follows: 1) catalyst, by advocating the policy change of women-friendly legislative quota policy to the Government of Timor-Leste, and 2) partner, by working closely with the related stakeholders to increase the capacity of potential female candidates and elected women MPs through capacity building.
33
Lugo, Victoria, and Carol Gilligan. "Narratives of Surviving and Restoration: “Here I Am a Total Llanera Woman”." Qualitative Inquiry 25, no. 9-10 (November 15, 2018): 1091–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077800418809125.
Full textAbstract:
This article is about survival and resistance in the context of armed conflicts, such as the one in Colombia. The story of Anna, a “Total Llanera woman” was constructed during the inquiry “Narratives of Surviving and Restoration” conducted in Manizales, Colombia. Working within a socioconstructionist framework and with narrative therapy assumptions, the inquiry was designed to comprehend the survival process of people affected by the armed conflict, through a narrative and action research process. The story of Anna was analyzed using the Listening Guide Method, which intended to offer a way of tuning into the polyphonic voice of another person. The voices identified were enduring, caring, fighting, and what’s not right. The article presents the analysis of each voice and also the movement, the tensions, the harmonies and the dissonances between the different voices.
34
Gräf, Julia. "Fighting in women’s clothes The pictorial evidence of Walpurgis in Ms. I.33." Acta Periodica Duellatorum 5, no. 2 (December 1, 2017): 47–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/apd-2017-0008.
Full textAbstract:
Abstract Ms. I.33 is not only the oldest of the known fencing treatises in European context, it is also the only one showing a woman fighting equally with contemporary men. The author presents her research about the garments this female fencer wears, including her shirt, dress and overdress, hairstyle and footwear. Special consideration is given to the questions whether Walpurgis wears a belt, the length and hem circumference of her garments as well as the methods of draping them in the way depicted. The results of the analysis are compared with contemporary pictorial and archaeological sources of the early 14th century. Some personal insights gathered by the author while fighting in this kind of clothes shed light on the possibilities of moving without being disturbed by them. The clothes and hairstyle worn by Walpurgis, give clues about her social status and thus help to understand the context and dating of the whole manuscript.
35
Golder, Hilary, and Diane Kirkby. "Mrs. Mayne and Her Boxing Kangaroo: A Married Woman Tests Her Property Rights in Colonial New South Wales." Law and History Review 21, no. 3 (2003): 585–606. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3595120.
Full textAbstract:
In 1891, in the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Mrs. Olivia Mayne brought an action for breach of contract against two brothers, theatrical entrepreneurs, James and Charles MacMahon. Mrs. Mayne claimed the MacMahon brothers owed her money for the hire of her property, a boxing kangaroo called “Fighting Jack.” The MacMahons contested her claim, hoping to avoid their obligation by disputing the legally binding nature of the agreement they had made with her. The argument became one about the contractual capacity of a married woman.
36
Oinam, Aruna Chanu, and Purnima Thoidingjam. "A Brief Review of Meira Paibi: A Women’s Movement in Manipur." Asian Review of Social Sciences 9, no. 2 (November 5, 2020): 20–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.51983/arss-2020.9.2.1622.
Full textAbstract:
The Meira Paibi (Also popularly known as Women torch bearers) used torch as a weapon to fight against social injustice of various forms in Manipur. Every woman in Manipur becomes Meira Paibi during difficult situation which directly affects the communities. In pre and post-independence period of India, various women organizations played a pivotal role fighting against social injustice in the society. One such group is Meira Paibai formed from the one of largest population in Manipur. In 1904 and 1939 elderly women in the age group of 50-70 years came together in forming Meira Paibai group and they were also called as “IMAS” meaning mothers in Manipuri. But in post-independence all age group women were involved in Meira Paibai organization. The origin of civil society in India can be traced back to Vedic periods and consisted mainly of men in those movements. On the contrary in Manipur it was led by the women against various issues such as injustice done by British government, Manipur maharaja economic policies in pre-independence and against social and administrative problems in the post-independence era. This movement should be role model to every woman to know their responsibilities and their contribution in developmental process. As rightly told by UNICEF; The Manipur story indicates that active participation by women in public affairs can and does contribute to better conditions for children and society at large.
37
Masur, Kate. "Fighting Chance: The Struggle over Woman Suffrage and Black Suffrage in Reconstruction America (review)." Journal of the Civil War Era 2, no. 4 (2012): 627–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/cwe.2012.0102.
Full text
38
Burns, Robert. "Women in Crusader Valencia: A Five-Year Core Sample, 1265–1270." Medieval Encounters 12, no. 1 (2006): 37–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157006706777502569.
Full textAbstract:
AbstractThis study surveys the presence of women in the crown registers of the medieval Realms of Arago-Catalonia for the period 1265-1270. Approximately five hundred charters pertaining to the crusader kingdom of Valencia cover both the apogee of the reign of Jaume the Conqueror and the scandal created when he aborted his Holy Land crusade, purportedly because of a woman. While women's history may not seem an apt subject in this period of conquest and crusade, in fact these charters offer a suggestive sample of women, especially as landowners, not only in the Christian cities and courts but also in the parallel Jewish and Muslim communities. Women played active roles in this frontier society, as the crown sought to encourage Christian settlement in conquered lands. The charters shed light on the life of Jaume's formally inducted concubine and other women in the royal entourage. At the other end of the spectrum, information emerges about prostitutes and women prisoners. Several documents pertain to the economic lives of nuns, while others concern the rights of widows: notably, one whose son has "become a Saracen." Women played roles as settlers along the frontier between Christian and Muslim realms, with Christian women assuming obligations to reside on lands for a period of years, while Muslim women's lands are confiscated. Among businesswomen, several own baths. One Jewish woman is exempted from certain sumptuary laws. Other documents reveal that Jewish women, like men, paid taxes. Several women receive royal pensions. Women dog handlers appear; one, with her dog, receives the same pay as a fighting man.
39
Cordell, Sigrid Anderson. "EDITH MATURIN AND THE WIDE WORLD MAGAZINE: NEW WOMAN REWRITINGS OF IMPERIAL ADVENTURE." Victorian Literature and Culture 42, no. 3 (June 6, 2014): 457–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1060150314000096.
Full textAbstract:
In a telling moment in the 1899 account of her life in India, Edith Maturin describes fighting off a potential attacker who attempts to enter her bedroom in the middle of the night. Because she is staying overnight in a remote cabin, she has only the nominal protection of “the Government-chosen khansamah [head servant] and chokey-dar [watchman]” (364). Lying awake, she looks up to find “a huge black man” peering in through the door with an “odiously fiendish expression” (364). Having anticipated such an attack, she is armed with her son's pop gun, and when she spots the intruder, she scares him away by firing it off: “I sat up, took the pistol, and pointed it at him. He saw me distinctly, and ducked as I fired. Then away he went! I put another cap in the toy pistol, and, running to the door, opened it, and fired again and again” (“Chamba Cinderella” 364) (Figure 21).
40
Saunders, Daniel G. "When Battered Women Use Violence: Husband-Abuse or Self-Defense?" Violence and Victims 1, no. 1 (January 1986): 47–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.1.1.47.
Full textAbstract:
A controversy exists regarding the nature of violence committed by women against their intimate partners. When battered women are violent it is not known if the violence should be labeled mutual combat,” “husband abuse,” or “self-defense.” Following a review of studies comparing the extent of husbands’ and wives’ victimization and some conceptual issues regarding self-defense, data are presented from 52 battered women on their motives for using violence against their partners. The most frequent reason for violence reported by the women was for self-defense. Only one woman reported initiating an attack with severe violence in more than half of her violent acts. Only eight percent of the women reported that nonsevere violence was used to initiate an attack more than half of the time. The concepts of “self-defense” and “fighting back” were significantly and positively correlated; that is, many women saw them as being the same. The women’s self-reports were not contaminated by social desirability response bias. The results are discussed in the context of the need to collect data on relevant explanatory variables in family violence research and the application of a feminist perspective to reduce bias in such research.
41
Carmona Garcia Manzano, Luciana, and Adilson Do Nascimento Gomes. "A MULHER EXECUTIVA NA ATUALIDADE: A CONSTRUÇÃO DA LÍDER FEMININA * EXECUTIVE WOMEN IN THE PRESENT: THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FEMALE LEADER." História e Cultura 8, no. 2 (December 7, 2019): 25. http://dx.doi.org/10.18223/hiscult.v8i2.2274.
Full textAbstract:
Este artigo busca observar o funcionamento do discurso da mídia empresarial na construção da imagem da mulher executiva na contemporaneidade, momento histórico-social configurado pela conquista de um espaço de liderança para a mulher, mas também momento em que o discurso machista atravessa essa conquista e transforma o espaço em lugar de luta pelo direito de ser mulher e empresária. Para tanto, analisamos duas reportagens da revista empresarial HSM Management, direcionadas aos profissionais do mundo corporativo, que tratam da mulher de negócios, a partir dos estudos em Análise do Discurso, especialmente das reflexões de Michel Foucault. Os resultados mostram que a hegemonia histórica construída sobre o homem como líder executivo ainda pauta a construção da mulher no meio empresarial.*This paper seeks to observe the operation of the business media discourse in the construction of the executive woman image in contemporaneity, a social-historical moment configured by the conquest of a leadership space for women, but also at a time when the sexist discourse crosses this conquest and changes the space into a fighting place for the right to be a woman and a businesswoman. Therefore, we have analyzed two articles in the business magazine HSM Management, aimed at professionals in the corporate world, who deal with businesswomen, based on the studies in Discourse Analysis, especially from Michel Foucault's reflections. The results show that the historical hegemony built on the man as executive leader still guides the construction of women in the business environment.
42
Martínez Caraballo, Carmen Alicia. "Expectativas de las mujeres víctimas del conflicto armado en el municipio del Tierralta Córdoba-Colombia / Expectations of Women Victims of the Armed Conflict in the Municipality of Tierralta Córdoba-Colombia." Revista Internacional de Ciencias Sociales 8, no. 1 (March 25, 2019): 45–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.37467/gka-revsocial.v8.2086.
Full textAbstract:
ABSTRACTBased on the experiences lived by each woman victim, in their role within the framework of the armed conflict, we will identify their expectations that keep them alive, fighting and with firm intentions to move forward, allowing them to move forward to improve their quality of life. The results indicate that the expectations of women are focused on moving forward, looking for a better future, through education for them and their families, in addition to identifying the courage, strength and desires that women have, who survive the pain, to crises and obstacles.RESUMENPartiendo de las experiencias vividas por cada mujer víctima, en su papel dentro del marco del conflicto armado, identificaremos sus expectativas que las mantienen vivas, luchando y con firmes propósitos de seguir adelante, permitiéndolas avanzar para mejorar su calidad de vida. Los resultados indican que las expectativas de las mujeres, están centradas en seguir adelante, buscar un futuro mejor, mediante la educación para ellas y sus familias, además se identifica el valor, la fortaleza y los deseos que tienen las mujeres, quienes sobreviven al dolor, a las crisis y a los obstáculos.
43
Ahmad Kamal Basyah, Sallehuddin. "REVIEWING ELEMENTS OF FEMINISM IN A MALAYSIAN PLAY: KUALA LUMPUR KNOCK-OUT." International Journal of Applied and Creative Arts 1, no. 1 (June 29, 2018): 57–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.33736/ijaca.841.2018.
Full textAbstract:
Kuala Lumpur Knock-Out (henceforth to be known as “KL-KO”) is the second project of Kuali Works. KLKO is the most commercial performance staged by Kuali Works; this was the first time Kuali Works advertised its play in mainstream newspapers in the, as well as solid patronages from an impressive list of sponsors. Written and directed by Ann Lee, it was staged in Experimental Theatre, Kuala Lumpur in 1996. KL-KO revolves around the life of Tan Ai Leng (played by critically acclaimed dancer Mew Chang Tsing), a young Chinese woman from Penang who dreams of fighting Mike Tyson in an exhibitionboxing match in Kuala Lumpur. Simultaneously, her best friend Mazuri experience a rather unpleasant incident at her workplace. After 22 years, it is recompensing to look back at the relevance of the issues highlighted in this play. Simultaneously, one would realise that the elements of feminism discussed in this play are the real problems faced by women in this country, even after the new millennium.
44
Buffington, Robert, and Pablo Piccato. "Tales of Two Women: The Narrative Construal of Porfirian Reality." Americas 55, no. 3 (January 1999): 391–424. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1007648.
Full textAbstract:
It was the perfect murder, really. Illicit passions: two beautiful women-of-the-night feuding over a dashing young rake, a masked ball, casual taunts, thwarted assaults, escalating threats. Heinous crime: the lover's borrowed gun, midnight bordello visit, fighting words, a gun shot, a maid's scream, a young woman's tragic death. Cruel punishment: suicidal remorse (by some accounts), humiliating public trial, twenty lost years (the maximum sentence for a woman) in Mexico City's squalid Belem jail. The Tarasquillo Street murder had it all!And so it happened that, in an era enamored of all things French, Mexico City had its very own cause célèbre. A scant twelve years earlier, professional francophile and amateur criminologist Rafael Zayas de Enríquez had devoted an entire volume of his Fisiología del crimen to notorious foreign criminals like Alfonse Dupont, the hunchbacked wife-killer, and Charles Guiteau, the deranged assassin of President Garfield. Now, Mexico too could claim a prominent place in the international annals of infamous crime.
45
Fuentes, Andrés Reséndez. "Battleground Women:Soldaderasand Female Soldiers in the Mexican Revolution." Americas 51, no. 4 (April 1995): 525–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1007679.
Full textAbstract:
Revolution and women did not mix well, at least in the eyes of most leaders of the insurrection that swept Mexico in 1910-17. Moreover, common wisdom suggested that armies were no place for the “gentler sex” and hence the two kinds of women that did accompany men to the battleground–female soldiers and soldaderas–were generally regarded as marginal to the fighting and extraordinary, or strange, in character.Female soldiers received much notice in the press and arts during the revolution and in its aftermath. They were portrayed as fearless women dressed in men's garb flaunting cartridge belts across the chest and a Mauser rifle on one shoulder. But they were invariably shown in the guise of curiosities, aberrations brought about by the revolution. Soldaderas received their share of attention too. They were depicted as loyal, self-sacrificing companions to the soldiers or, in less sympathetic renderings, as enslaved camp followers: “the loyalty of the soldier's wife is more akin to that of a dog to its master than to that of an intelligent woman to her mate.” But even laudatory journalistic accounts,corridos, and novels did not concede soldaderas a prominent role in the revolutionary process, much less in the success of the military campaigns.
46
Pristiwa, Lalu Gigir Gilas, and Fathul Lubabin Nuqul. "GAMBARAN KECEMASAN ATLET MAHASISWA: STUDI PADA UNIT KEGIATAN MAHASISWA (UKM) OLAH RAGA UNIVERSITAS ISLAM MAULANA MALIK IBRAHIM MALANG." Jurnal Psikologi Integratif 6, no. 1 (August 28, 2018): 50. http://dx.doi.org/10.14421/jpsi.v6i1.1471.
Full textAbstract:
Abstract. Fighting anxiety often occurs in male and female athletes, as well as individual group sports and sports. The anxiety is a feeling of worry, anxiety, and uneasiness by considering the game as something dangerous. There are many factors that can cause an athlete to experience anxiety during a match that is dysfunctional thoughts and stress, academic problems, anxiety injuries, and poor team relationships. Other factors also exist from such individuals and the environment, such as negative thoughts on the outcome of the game, the pressure of the coach or supporters. Therefore, the fighting anxiety is very important to be known by every athlete or team that will compete, in order to be able to improve its best performance in the face of the game. This study used a quantitative approach measured using the scale of The Sport Interference Checklist (SIC) to measure athlete's anxiety. The subjects of the study were 110 people consisting of athletes of students in the Sports student Unit State Islamic University Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang. With male gender of 64 people and 46 women, as well as individual sports from two sports that is badminton and table tennis totaling 31 people and sports groups from four sports that is soccer, volleyball, basketball, and sepak takraw amounted to 79 person. The analysis is descriptive analysis. The results showed that there was no difference between sex of male athlete with percentage 63,00% and woman equal to 66,89%, because anxiety at athlete evaluated from gender have no significance, and difference between type of individual sport with percentage 67, 12% and sports groups of 63.64%, if reviewed the anxiety of the athlete's sports type does not have significant. This means that athletes in the Sport students Unit equally have anxiety problems when playing.
47
Jayant, Savitri, and M. R. Suji Raga Priya. "Challenges of Women in Leadership Roles During Pandemic." Shanlax International Journal of Management 8, S1-Feb (February 26, 2021): 29–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.34293/management.v8is1-feb.3755.
Full textAbstract:
Women around the world are paving the way for an inspiring style of leadership that is dynamic, confident, authentic, and highly effective. It is evident that the countries led by women leaders seem to have been particularly successful in fighting the Coronavirus. The rapid transition to remote employment has taken about other problems for organisations, for successful performance assessment, monitoring, and transparency are often a challenge. The new dilemma focuses around how senior leaders should rethink in decision making and other ways that promote trust, innovation, and cooperation. Therefore, Woman leaders during this pandemic situation are faced with certain challenges that require them to readjust and reorganize to establish a balance between work-related and family-related characteristics. This research paper analysis how female leaders are feeling the impact of the pandemic and how they are expanding their leadership style and also how they influence in work today and beyond. This paper is based on the pilot study conducted among Women withleadership roles working in IT and Educational sector. A Survey with in-depth interview and questionnaire has been used to collect the data and it is analysed through a comparative and regression study. The study also focuses on acute challenges faced by Women working in leadership roles from home and ways to improve the quality and to aspire to boost the standard of leadership in these tumultuous times.
48
Fialko, O. Ye, and V. V. Neroda. "SCYTHIAN AMAZON BURIAL IN CHERKASY REGION." Archaeology and Early History of Ukraine 31, no. 2 (June 25, 2019): 364–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.37445/adiu.2019.02.29.
Full textAbstract:
The burial complex of an armed woman was investigated in 1988 on the outskirts of the town Gorodyshche in Cherkasy region. The design of the burial complex combines features characteristic of both nomadic Scythians and the local forest-steppe population. The funeral inventory of the deceased is made up of objects typical of the Scythians: meat food on a wooden plate, two spears, a set of 11 arrows with bronze arrowheads; a bone cheek-piece and jewelery — gold earrings, a pendant and neck hryvnia tips. By all indications (a specially erected kurhan, the powerful wooden construction, the size and interior of the grave, decorations made of precious metal), the buried woman belonged to a small group of commanders or leaders of a certain fighting unit of the Scythians.
It is possible that this Amazon could lead one of the Scythian squads that controlled certain sections of land communications through which trade flows took place. She could also lead a militarized unit of mercenaries who served the local aristocracy. In any case, she was buried as a Scythian warrior.
This complex replenishes a small series of 27 graves of the Amazons in the forest-steppe Dnieper region and dates from the first half of the 4th century BC.
49
SINGLETON, BRIAN. "Editorial." Theatre Research International 28, no. 3 (October 2003): 227–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0307883303001184.
Full textAbstract:
11 May 2003. As I was preparing to write the Editorial for this, my last issue as Senior Editor, three seemingly unrelated incidents of transnational significance impinged on my consciousness. First, a Nigerian woman asylum-seker in Ireland was granted a stay of deportation, a direct challenge to a ministerial change in the Irish constitution which now decrees that foreign-national mothers of Irish-born children no longer have any residency rights. Her choice is stark, like that of Grusha in Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle: she can either take her child back to Nigeria with her, or (since the child is an Irish citizen) leave him behind in an orphanage. No sooner had I read of this woman's plight than I discovered the case of four Kosovan Albanian asylum-seekers in the UK who had fled as much for reason of persecution of their homosexuality as an escape from ethnic fighting, but who ended up, because of their statelessness and immigrational illegitimacy, being forced to prostitute that same sexuality in order to pay off their unscrupulous traffickers. And then at Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport's railway station I watched in despair as a Romanian woman risked her life to retrieve a €1 coin from the tracks, dropped inadvertently by an American tourist moments earlier.
50
Rahmayati, Rahmi. "Roehana Koeddoes’s Resistance to Dutch Colonialism in Belenggu Emas By Iksana Banu." Jurnal Humaniora 33, no. 1 (February 28, 2021): 81. http://dx.doi.org/10.22146/jh.62578.
Full textAbstract:
Despite being positioned as inferior by the colonial and patriarchal systems of the time, Indonesian women were involved in the resistance against Dutch colonization. Now recognized as national heroes, these women took part in the struggle by directly participating in fighting, or indirectly through social initiatives. Among them was Roehana Koeddoes, whose resistance is depicted in the short story, “Belenggu Emas”, by Iksaka Banu, wherein an indigenous woman from West Sumatra establishes a school dedicated to teaching women and a newspaper, Soenting Melajoe, published by and for women. This study aimed to represent Roehana Koeddoes’s resistance to Dutch colonialism in Banu’s story, using a qualitative method with a post-colonial theory approach. The results showed that Roehana Koeddoes’s resistance to Dutch colonialism was in the form of mimicry, hybridity, and ambivalence. The mimicry shown is the imitation of the colonial discourse regarding superiority of knowledge, education, ethics, and habits, as demonstrated by Roehana Koeddoes’ intellectual abilities in expressing her courage and opinion, through both her writings in the newspapers she owned and her activism as an educationalist and journalist, which inspired women across the Dutch East Indies, including Dutch women. Resistance in the form of hybridity occurs through spatial planning, which is indicated by the adoption of houses with Europeanstyle windows and the arrangement of living room corners that combine Eastern and Western cultures. Lastly, resistance in the form of ambivalence is shown by the attitude of the character, Roehana Koeddoes, who at equal times shows her eastern and western sides.