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Philp, Alexandra. "Subversive sisters: Reimagining biological sisters as Gothic in fiction." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2021. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/207282/1/Alexandra_Philp_Thesis.pdf.
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This thesis examines the potential of reimagining the Gothic to produce more complex representations of biological sisters when writing fiction. Through writing the novel, 'The Marble Platform', this project reveals how Gothic tropes of the double, transgression, and haunting can be adapted to facilitate subversive behaviour between fictional sisters. Recognising this subversive behaviour is crucial for expanding understandings of sisters in literary narratives, and for providing creative writers with a new approach for engaging with the Gothic tradition.
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Cleveland, Chris M. "Sisters of shadow." Virtual Press, 1995. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/941730.
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The purpose of this project was to explore the nature of relationships and the concept of light and dark aspects of personality in a fantasy setting.Sisters of Shadow is the story of telepathically linked twin sisters who study in rival schools of magic. When their unique bond is discovered, they must deal with the hostile emotions it inspires in others. The pivotal event in the story is a test both girls must undergo before they can become apprentices in their respective schools of magic. The test forces them to work together, light magic balancing and harmonizing with dark magic. An assassination attempt also serves to bring the sisters together, body, mind and spirit; this results in a closer examination of the telepathic link and its potential uses, and the ethical issues its use raises.The story, intended as the first book, or section, of a larger work is targeted at young adults. It deals with young characters and their struggles to reach maturity. Its primary theme, that light and dark forces, the power to do good and the power to do evil, reside within every one of us, is somewhat allegorical in nature. As the work progresses, the idea that there can be a balance between the two forces in shadow--the mixture of light and dark--will be developed. In this story, however, the sisters have their first encounter with shadow and it is a terrifying one. It is the first in a series of experiences that will lead them to discover that the shadow realm is a meeting place where both girls can use their skills to their fullest.It should also be noted that this story uses a convention specific only to the fantasy genre. To differentiate mindspeech from regular conversation, colons are used in place of quotation marks and dialogue is italicized.Department of English
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Macera, Poli Daniel, and Alessandra Ottazzi. "Brothers and Sisters." La Mirada de Telemo, 2011. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index//handle/123456789/20328.
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Cada vez que prendemos la televisión para ver nuestra telenovela favorita y así ver a la protagonista llorar por su amor perdido o lamentarse por la amante de su pareja, estamos gozando de un producto del melodrama. Se trata del género característico de las expresiones potenciadas, de las lágrimas y los gritos en su apogeo.
A través de los años (largas décadas) los productos melodramáticos han evolucionado y se han adaptado a los nuevos medios, como la Internet y antes, la televisión. El melodrama ha dado un salto grande desde los cuentos (expresión oral) hasta las tecnologías actuales, y por eso ha sabido sobrevivir y recoger fieles espectadores que buscan una película, una novela, una telenovela o una teleserie con la cual identificarse y sentirse acompañados.Cada vez que prendemos la televisión para ver nuestra telenovela favorita y así ver a la protagonista llorar por su amor perdido o lamentarse por la amante de su pareja, estamos gozando de un producto del melodrama. Se trata del género característico de las expresiones potenciadas, de las lágrimas y los gritos en su apogeo. A través de los años (largas décadas) los productos melodramáticos han evolucionado y se han adaptado a los nuevos medios, como la Internet y antes, la televisión. El melodrama ha dado un salto grande desde los cuentos (expresión oral) hasta las tecnologías actuales, y por eso ha sabido sobrevivir y recoger fieles espectadores que buscan una película, una novela, una telenovela o una teleserie con la cual identificarse y sentirse acompañados.
Cada vez que prendemos la televisión para ver nuestra telenovela favorita y así ver a la protagonista llorar por su amor perdido o lamentarse por la amante de su pareja, estamos gozando de un producto del melodrama. Se trata del género característico de las expresiones potenciadas, de las lágrimas y los gritos en su apogeo. A través de los años (largas décadas) los productos melodramáticos han evolucionado y se han adaptado a los nuevos medios, como la Internet y antes, la televisión. El melodrama ha dado un salto grande desde los cuentos (expresión oral) hasta las tecnologías actuales, y por eso ha sabido sobrevivir y recoger fieles espectadores que buscan una película, una novela, una telenovela o una teleserie con la cual identificarse y sentirse acompañados.
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Goldman, Beryl D. "Adult-sister relationships the effect of childhood sibling experiences in the context of the family realm /." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file 0.88 Mb., 173 p, 2006. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit?3220800.
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Lucas, Teresa. "The Pankhurst sisters after 1914." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.409933.
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Knodel, Rita Irene. "Sisters : exploring a fundamental female bond." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/26548.
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This study explores the nature and significance of supportive and satisfying relationships between adult sisters and how these ties are facilitated. The importance of this fundamental female bond has been implied by a number of investigators in the areas of women's studies (Bernard, 1976; Caplan, 1981; Miller, 1976; Smith-Rosenberg, 1975), and in the sibling interaction research (Bank & Kahn, 1982; Cicirelli, 1982; Lamb & Sutton-Smith, 1982). The specific topic of the sister relationship however, has not yet been researched.
An abbreviated Social Support Questionnaire - SSQ (Sarason, Levine, Basham & Sarason, 1983) was used as an objective measure to draw a sample of women who had supportive sister relationships. Twenty-five female university students ranging in age from 17-35 were randomly chosen from the sample of women whose questionnaire responses indicated supportive and satisfying sister bonds. The women rated their sister relationship and a female friendship on the Friendship Behavior Inventory - FBI - (La Gaipa, 1977). Respondents were then interviewed using the The Critical Incident Technique (Flanagan, 1954). This qualitative interview procedure was used to elicit and analyze the critical incidents which were perceived as facilitating supportive sister relationships. The SSQ results indicated that 82% of the women with sisters, surveyed, reported close relationships with their sisters, and indicated that these were a major source of support. The ratings of sisters and friends on the FBI showed that sisters were rated significantly higher on measures of self-disclosure, help and support, authenticity, empathic understanding and positive regard. There were no significant differences in the areas of similarity and strength of character. The facilitating factors elicited by the Critical Incident Technique were categorized in 3 major areas:
1. External Influences - The early sibling relationship is shaped by environmental influences and factors outside the control of the sisters themselves.
2. Intra-personal and Inter-personal Characteristics The affective nature and compatibility within the relationship itself are important in strengthening and maintaining a positive bond.
3. Specific Life Events - Strengthening in the sister
relationship can be triggered by specific life events both
expected or developmental events and unexpected incidents.
The implications of these findings for counselling, parenting and sistering are discussed.Education, Faculty of
Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of
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Hadermann, Krista C. "Girl Talk: Disclosure Between Adolescent Sisters." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/41281.
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In-depth interviews were conducted with 14
adolescent girls (7 sister pairs) between the ages
of 13 and 18 years to examine disclosure between
adolescent sisters. The content of disclosures
between sisters focused on relationships,
particularly those with boys, family, and peers.
Participants described childhood relationships
as play-oriented, whereas adolescent relationships
were marked by less overall interaction but more
talk. They identified their sisters' ability to
understand, be nonjudgmental, and be
trustworthy as facilitating disclosure. The
possibility that a sister may breach
confidentiality through gossip or tattling,
however, may limit disclosure. Participants
perceived disclosure to bring them closer, to help
them understand each other, and to highlight
differences between them. Although disclsoure was
perceived to be important, participants also valued
companionship and playfulness in their relationships
Perspectives and opinions of each sister within a
dyad were generally congruent. Findings suggested
an association between disclosure and closeness.
Directions for future research are suggestedMaster of Science
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Brady, Josephine Margaret, and res cand@acu edu au. "Sisters of St Joseph: the Tasmanian experience the foundation of the Sisters of St Joseph in Tasmania1887-1937." Australian Catholic University. School of Religious Education, 2005. http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp73.09042006.
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This thesis reports on and analyses the first fifty years, 1887-1937, of the Sisters of Saint Joseph’s ministry in Tasmania. The design of the study is qualitative in nature, employing ethnographic techniques with a thematic approach to the narrative. Through a multifaceted approach the main figures of the Josephite story of the first fifty years are examined. The thesis attempts to redress the imbalance of the representation of women in Australian history and the Catholic Church in particular. The thesis is that as a uniquely Australian congregation the Tasmanian Sisters of St Joseph were focused on the preservation of the original spirit and tradition articulated at their foundation rather than on the development of a unique Tasmanian identity. The thesis argues that it was the formative period that impacted on their future development and the emerging myths contributed to their search for identity. Isolated from their foundations through separation and misunderstanding, they sought security and authenticity through their conservation of the original Rule. The intervention of cofounder Father Tenison Woods in the early months of their foundation served to consolidate a distinctive loyalty to him to the exclusion of Mary MacKillop. Coupled with the influence of Woods were the Irish and intercolonial influences of significant Sisters from other foundations which militated against the emergence of a distinctive Tasmanian leadership. As a Diocesan Congregation the Tasmanian Josephites achieved status as authentic religious within Tasmania and yet were constrained by their Diocesan character. The study identifies the factors that contributed to their development as a teaching Congregation through the impact of the Teacher and Schools’ Registration Act 1906, influence of government regulations on the Woods-MacKillop style of education, and the commitment of the Church to provide Catholic education in the remote areas of Tasmania. The thesis identifies two major formative periods as occurring at the instigation of Archbishops Delany and Simonds at both the foundation and then more significantly after the consolidation phase at the end of the period under examination.
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Dodds, Cassandra Marie. "Safety Involving Brothers And Sisters: Gender Differences." University of Dayton / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1335540143.
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Brady, Josephine Margaret. "Sisters of St Joseph: The Tasmanian experience: The foundation of the Sisters of St Joseph in Tasmania 1887-1937." Thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2004. https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/fd1b93c5be669e5b5175791f8fadc28add40a65d40d0f75e8ad1ae42fb7079eb/2907348/64802_downloaded_stream_27.pdf.
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This thesis reports on and analyses the first fifty years, 1887-1937, of the Sisters of Saint Joseph's ministry in Tasmania. The design of the study is qualitative in nature, employing ethnographic techniques with a thematic approach to the narrative. Through a multifaceted approach the main figures of the Josephite story of the first fifty years are examined. The thesis attempts to redress the imbalance of the representation of women in Australian history and the Catholic Church in particular. The thesis is that as a uniquely Australian congregation the Tasmanian Sisters of St Joseph were focused on the preservation of the original spirit and tradition articulated at their foundation rather than on the development of a unique Tasmanian identity. The thesis argues that it was the formative period that impacted on their future development and the emerging myths contributed to their search for identity. Isolated from their foundations through separation and misunderstanding, they sought security and authenticity through their conservation of the original Rule. The intervention of cofounder Father Tenison Woods in the early months of their foundation served to consolidate a distinctive loyalty to him to the exclusion of Mary MacKillop. Coupled with the influence of Woods were the Irish and intercolonial influences of significant Sisters from other foundations which militated against the emergence of a distinctive Tasmanian leadership. As a Diocesan Congregation the Tasmanian Josephites achieved status as authentic religious within Tasmania and yet were constrained by their Diocesan character. The study identifies the factors that contributed to their development as a teaching Congregation through the impact of the Teacher and Schools' Registration Act 1906, influence of government regulations on the Woods-MacKillop style of education, and the commitment of the Church to provide Catholic education in the remote areas of Tasmania.;The thesis identifies two major formative periods as occurring at the instigation of Archbishops Delany and Simonds at both the foundation and then more significantly after the consolidation phase at the end of the period under examination.
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Loretto, Kira. "Sibling status and social preferences an experimental study /." Diss., Connect to the thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10066/3629.
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Marcott, Shaun Andrew. "A Tale of Three Sisters: Reconstructing the Holocene glacial history and paleoclimate record at Three Sisters Volcanoes, Oregon, United States." PDXScholar, 2005. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3386.
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At least four glacial stands occurred since 6.5 ka B.P. based on moraines located on the eastern flanks of the Three Sisters Volcanoes and the northern flanks of Broken Top Mountain in the Central Oregon Cascades. The youngest of these advances was the Little Ice Age (LIA) glaciation, which reached its maximum advance 150-200 yrs. B.P. and is defined by the large sharp crested and unvegetated moraines adjacent to the modern glaciers. In isolated locations less than 100 m downslope from these moraines, a second set of sparsely vegetated lateral moraines marks the Late-Neoglacial stand of the glaciers between 2.1 ± 0.4 and 7.7 ka B.P, A third set of Early-Neoglacial end moraines is 300-700 meters downslope of the modern glacier termini, and postdates 7.7 ka B.P. From SST temperature data (Barron et al., 2003) and a speleothem record (Vacco, 2003), we infer that this advance occurred between 4.5 and 6.5 ka B.P. Finally, the Fountonnor stand is marked by moraines 500-900 meters downslope of the modern glacier termini, and we infer these are latest Pleistocene or early Holocene.
Modem equilibrium line altitudes (ELAs) at the Three Sisters and Broken Top are approximately 2500 - 2600 m. During the LIA, the ELAs were 40 - 180 m lower, requiring cooler mean summer temperatures by 0.7 - 1.0°C and winter snowfall to increase by 10 - 60 cm water equivalent. The average Early Neoglacial and Fountonnor ELAs were 130 - 300 m and 290 - 320 m lower than modem glaciers, respectively, requiring air temperatures to be 0.7 - 1.6°C and 1.5 - 1.7°C cooler during the summer and winter snowfall to be 40 - 100 cm water equivalent and 90 - 100 cm water equivalent greater.
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Danielsson, Matilda, and Camilla Petersson. "Vad efterfrågar målgruppen? : En fallstudie av modeföretaget Sisters." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Handels- och IT-högskolan, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-16726.
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I dagens Sverige är marknadsläget i ständig förändring och på grund av den rådande lågkonjunkturen var år 2011 ett år präglat av minskad försäljning inom detaljhandeln. En verksamhet som drabbats hårt av den senaste lågkonjunkturen är RNB Retail and Brands och då främst deras koncept Sisters. På grund av de sjunkande försäljningssiffrorna har ett beslut tagits som innebär att Sisters hösten 2012 ska sluta producera och distribuera sitt interna varumärke och istället enbart verka som återförsäljare av externa varumärken. Frågan vi då ställer oss är vad de sjunkande försäljningssiffrorna kan bero på. Är det så att de inte känner den målgrupp de vänder sig till? Eller har de inte kunskap om vad målgruppen efterfrågar i ett erbjudande från Sisters? Kunskap om vilken image som är förenat med sitt företag är av hög prioritet eftersom det kan ge en indikation på eventuella förändringar som bör göras i varumärkesstrategin. Vilken image har målgruppen gentemot Sisters sortiment i dagsläget?Syftet med studien är undersöka, beskriva och analysera hur Sisters målgrupp ser ut och vad de efterfrågar i ett erbjudande från företaget. Vidare ämnar vi studera hur målgruppens image ser ut gentemot Sisters sortiment i dagsläget. Genom forskningsfrågorna ges en indikation på hur fördelaktig Sisters sortimentsförändring är för företaget i förhållande till målgruppens preferenser. För att uppfylla vårt syfte har vi utfört två intervjuer, en med Sisters marknadschef samt en med en avdelningsansvarig för Sisterskonceptet. Vidare har vi utfört påstana intervjuer med personer som just varit inne i en Sistersbutik.En slutsats vi har kommit fram till är att det ålderspann på 25 till 45 år som Sisters valt att rikta in sig på är allt för smalt i jämförelse med hur den verkliga Sisterskunden ser ut. Vidare utgörs målgruppen av aktiva kvinnor med varierande yrken och inkomster. Modeintresset är även något personerna i Sisters målgrupp delar. Målgruppen önskar helst handla i fysiska butiker och de produkter som efterfrågas i Sisters sortiment är främst bastoppar, blusar och klänningar. Vidare ska sortimentet bestå av en kombination av det interna- samt externa varumärken för att målgruppen ska finna det attraktivt. Anmärkningsvärt är därmed att målgruppen troligtvis inte kommer att vara tillfreds med den kommande sortimentsförändringen. Angående priset efterfrågar målgruppen att produkterna säljs för samma pris som i dagsläget såvida inte kvaliteten i produkterna förändras. Målgruppen vill inte påverkas i någon större utsträckning av masskommunikation utan föredrar att själva söka information om erbjudanden från modeföretag. Den image som målgruppen kopplar till Sisters sortiment består främst av en positiv till neutral attityd. En liten del av målgruppen har en negativ attityd till de produkter som Sisters erbjuder vilket kan ses som oroväckande.Program: Kandidatutbildning i företagsekonomi
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Scarlett, Christine. "Sisters, secrets, subjectivities : a narrative inquiry into sistering." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1983/abe11d38-40c4-48c0-9ef5-2e7423d7b51b.
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Weissman-Galler, Nancy. "Scarlett's Sisters: The Privileged Negotiations of Plantation Women." Oberlin College Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 1995. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1374238688.
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Biehl, Jennifer N. Ms. "Hoping for Chekhov costume design for Three sisters /." [Kent, Ohio] : Kent State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=kent1236874515.
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Thesis (M.F.A.)--Kent State University, 2009.Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Nov. 30, 2009). Advisor: Sharron Campbell. Keywords: costume design; Three Sisters; Chekhov Includes bibliographical references (p. 94-95).
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Hackett, Joshua Andrew. "Hydrogeology of the McKinney Butte Area: Sisters, Oregon." PDXScholar, 2011. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/371.
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McKinney Butte, a late Tertiary andesite vent and flow complex, is located near the town of Sisters, Oregon, in the upper Deschutes Basin, and is situated along the structural trend that forms the eastern margin of the High Cascades graben (Sisters fault zone and Green Ridge). Rapid development and over appropriated surface water resources in this area have led to an increased dependence upon groundwater resources. A primary concern of resource managers is the potential impact of expanding groundwater use on stream flows and spring discharge. Two sets of springs (McKinney Butte Springs and Camp Polk Springs) discharge to Whychus Creek along the east flank of McKinney Butte, and during low-flow conditions supply a substantial component of the total flow in the creek. Despite their contribution to Whychus Creek, the springs along McKinney Butte are small-scale features and have received less attention than larger volume (> 2 m³/s) springs that occur in the basin (i.e., Metolius Spring and Lower Opal Springs). This study used discharge measurements in Whychus Creek upstream and downstream of the springs, and mixing models using measurements of electrical conductivity and temperature in the springs and Whychus Creek to determine the contribution of the springs to the creek. Isotopic, thermal, and geochemical signatures for the McKinney Butte and Camp Polk Springs, and local streams (Whychus Creek and Indian Ford Creek) and springs (Metolius Spring, Paulina Spring, Alder Springs, and Lower Opal Spring) were assessed to determine the source(s) of the McKinney Butte and Camp Polk Springs. The discharge and hydrochemical data along with hydraulic head data from local wells were used in the development of a conceptual model of groundwater flow for the McKinney Butte area. Discharge from the McKinney Butte Springs supplies the majority of water to Whychus Creek on the east flank of McKinney Butte (~0.20 m³/s), provides up to 46% of the flow in the creek, and is relatively stable throughout the year. Discharge from the Camp Polk Springs is less than 0.05 m³/s. Isotopic, thermal, and geochemical signatures indicate distinct sources for the McKinney Butte and Camp Polk Springs. Groundwater discharged at the McKinney Butte Springs is depleted in heavy stable isotopes (δD and δ¹⁸O) relative to the Camp Polk Springs. Recharge elevations inferred from stable isotope concentrations are 1800-1900 m for the McKinney Butte Springs and 950-1300 m for the Camp Polk Springs. Elevated water temperature in the McKinney Butte Springs relative to the average air temperature at the inferred recharge elevation indicates the presence of geothermal heat and implies deep circulation in the flow system. The temperature in the Camp Polk Springs is not elevated. The Camp Polk Springs, though not the McKinney Butte Springs, contain elevated concentrations of ions Cl, SO₄, and NO₃ that are indicative of contamination. The study results indicate the source of the Camp Polk Springs is shallow groundwater whereas the McKinney Butte Springs discharge water that has circulated deep in the groundwater flow system. Additionally, the hydrochemical traits of the McKinney Butte Springs are similar to Metolius Spring, suggesting discharge from the McKinney Butte Springs is controlled by the structural trend that forms the eastern margin of the High Cascades graben. The significant difference in discharge between the McKinney Butte Springs and Metolius spring may be related to the size of faults that occur locally.
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Payne, Sandra J. (Sandra June). "Public Image." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1995. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278863/.
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Public Image is a screenplay which traces the lives of Joanne Tate, her husband, Mitchell Tate, and her sister, Marie Vaughn. Joanne decides to search for her sister after the death of their mother from breast cancer. Marie, who broke from the family after a bitter fight more than a decade before, is living in a shelter and facing eviction. Mitchell, meanwhile, is campaigning for re-election to his position as mayor of a large city. A major subplot in the script deals with the homeless issues in his city and the
unscrupulous methods that Mitchell and his staff use to try to solve them. The characters must all learn the importance of family as they grapple with the obstacles they must overcome to find each other.
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Maddison, Stephen. "Queer sisters : gay male culture, women and gender dissent." Thesis, University of Sussex, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.362271.
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Gay male culture is suffused with indications of the importance of women and bonds with women. Indeed the Stonewall riots, mythologised moment of the birth of modern gay politics, are often said to have been catalysed by gay male grief at the death of Judy Garland. Why should a culture apparently founded on same-sex desire be so preoccupied with relationships across gender difference? The thesis attempts to map the shape and effects of bonds with women by using a materialist analytical framework in relation to texts and their critical retinue. The first chapter looks at A Streetcar Named Desire, a play that has engendered significant cultural contest which spans key historical and political shifts in the nature of gay male identity. This chapter attempts to show how a diverse range of critical engagements with Tennessee Williams's work, including authoritative and resistant, heterosexual, homosexual and queer ones, exhibit considerable investment in the proposition that the playwright's sexuality not only structures a libidinous desire, but a gender identification. The second chapter situates gay men within the homosocial gender bonds mapped by Eve Sedgwick, and draws attention to the dissident opportunities gay male culture has exploited within this narrative system. It goes on to examine the potential political and cultural links between such strategies and the resistance of straight women who are also organised as homosocial subjects. This chapter includes a reading of Tarantino's Pulp Fiction as homosocial text and looks at a number of autobiographical and journalistic writings which identify a predominant dissident strategy which I refer to as heterosocial bonds. The latter part of the thesis comprises two complementary chapters. The first of these, chapter three, assesses the plausibility of heterosocial bonding in the representations of relationships between straight women, lesbians and gay men in the American situation comedy Roseanne. Chapter four conducts a similar inquiry in relation to Pedro Almodovar and the representational alignment he makes with women in the film Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. The analysis conducted in both of these chapters attempts to treat the texts not only as generic and formal representations,but as attempted acts of bonding. The thesis attempts to judge the political expediency and effectiveness of heterosocial bonding, and locates the difficulty and contingency of such endeavours within the fabric of homosocial structures.
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Sheppard, Leah D. "Sisters at arms : female same-sex conflict at work." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/46674.
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I propose and test portions of a two-stage model that investigates the pervasive belief that women have more dysfunctional same-sex workplace relationships than men. In the first stage of this model, I assume that female same-sex conflict transpires more frequently than male same-sex conflict and make a series of propositions about why this might be the case. For example, I propose that perhaps women react worse than men to non-communal women in workplace contexts, which then sets the stage for enhanced conflict. In the second stage, I set aside consideration of gender differences in same-sex conflict frequency and discuss why female same-sex conflict might simply be problematized by third parties relative to male same-sex conflict.
I conducted five studies to determine which of these two explanations best accounts for the belief that women have more dysfunctional same-sex workplace relationships than men. In Chapter 1, I present the entirety of the model, and associated propositions, that I have developed as the basis for my dissertation and future research. In Chapter 2, I present the results of two scenario studies, which, taken together suggest that third parties view female same-sex conflict as more person-related (e.g., caused by interpersonal disliking) (Study 1) and more disruptive to relationship quality and work-related attitudes (Study 2) than male same-sex conflict. In Chapter 3, I turn to first parties’ perceptions in order to test the first stage of my model. Study 3 provides support for my proposition that women react worse than men to non-communal women, and that this leads to greater collective threat. Study 4, however, demonstrated that men and women did not experience different frequencies of same-sex conflict, nor did their same-sex conflict differ in meaningful ways. Finally, Study 5 demonstrated that individuals did not generally report more or less negative outcomes of workplace conflict as a function of their gender and the gender of their co-party in conflict.
Overall, the results of my dissertation are more suggestive of a generalized problematization of female same-sex workplace conflict (relative to male same-sex conflict) than they are of a generalized dysfunction within women’s same-sex workplace relationships.
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Eriksson, Viktor, and Caroline Strömberg. "Sisters before Misters? : Styrelsesammansättningens påverkan på könsmångfald i ledningsgruppen." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-53172.
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Bakgrund och problemformulering: Den ojämna könsfördelningen på arbetsmarknadens maktpositioner är ett omtalat ämne i dagens Sverige både i media och inom politiken. Idag är den genomsnittliga könsfördelning på 19 % kvinnor i ledningsgrupper trots att företagen som helhet visar en jämnare könsfördelning med minst 40 % kvinnor. Tidigare forskning fokuserar främst på vad en jämnare könsfördelning i ledningsgrupper kan bidra med till företag och har mindre fokus på faktorer som påverkar könsfördelningen. Eftersom styrelseledamöterna är de främsta beslutsfattarna inom en organisation och dessutom de som har ansvaret att, tillsammans med ledningsgruppen, utveckla företagsstrategier har vi valt att undersöka ledningsgruppers könsfördelning utifrån olika styrelseegenskaper. Syfte: Syftet med denna uppsats är att öka förståelsen för könsmångfald i ledningsgruppen. Detta avser att undersökas utifrån styrelsens sammansättning, hur sju styrelseegenskaper kan påverkar könsmångfald i ledningsgruppen. Metod: Denna uppsats utgår ifrån en deduktiv metod då vi grundar uppsatsens hypoteser på tidigare forskning och etablerade teorier. Uppsatsen är även uppbyggd på en kvantitativ forskningsmetod då data inhämtats från 314 årsredovisningar från samtliga 250 företag, noterade på Stockholmsbörsen. Vid datainsamlingen tillämpades en longitudinell undersökningsdesign då data från samtliga företag inhämtades över tre år, från år 2010 - 2012. Resultat: Vår empiriska undersökning fick ett resultat som styrker antagandet om att olika styrelseegenskaper kan påverka andel kvinnor i ledningsgruppen. Detta eftersom de statistiska testerna visade att en längre varaktighet i styrelsen leder till färre kvinnor i ledningsgruppen. De statistiska testerna visade även att fler kvinnor i styrelsen leder till fler kvinnor i ledningsgruppen samt att detta samband stärks om företagets VD även är en kvinna. Slutsats: Denna uppsats bidrar till forskningen inom bolagsstyrning eftersom det statistiska resultatet visar att olika styrelseegenskaper kan påverka könsmångfald i ledningsgruppen. Den empiriska undersökningen bidrar med både teoretisk och praktisk kunskap om könsmångfald inom bolagsstyrning. Resultatet av undersökningen bidrar med ökad förståelse för hur andel kvinnor i styrelsen leder till fler kvinnor i ledningsgruppen och att en kvinnlig VD stärks detta samband ytterligare. Resultatet visar även att längre varaktighet i styrelsen leder till färre kvinnor i ledningsgruppen.Background and problem: The gender diversity in the top positions within the labour market is a topic of discussion both in Swedish politics and media. Today the average number of women in the TMT is 19 %, although the companies in general have more equal gender diversity with at least 40% women. The previous research mainly focuses on what equal gender diversity in TMTs can bring to companies while less focus was put on the factors that determine it. Since the board members are the central decision-makers in the organization and also have the responsibility to develop the organizational strategies together with the TMT, we examined the gender diversity in TMT in relation to different board characteristics. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to deepen the understanding of gender diversity in TMT. Particulary we examine the take out influence of seven selected board characteristics on the distrubution of female top managers Method: This paper is based on a deductive method drawing on previous research and established theories. The paper applies quantitative research method since data is collectedfrom 314 annual reports from all 250 companies, listed on the Stockholm stock exchange. When data was collected we applied a longitudinal research design since data from all companies was collected for three years; 2010 – 2012. Results: The empirical shows that verified our thesis that the characteristics of the board can influence the number of women in the TMT. The namely statistical tests show that a longer tenure in the board leads to fewer women in the TMT. The statistical tests also show that more women on board leads to more women in TMT and that this relationship is stronger if the CEO is a woman. Conclusion: This paper contributes to corporate governance research by showing how the composition of the board of directers influences gender diversity in TMT. The findings can supply corporate governance with theoretically, as well as practical knowledge on gender diversity. This increases the understanding with our results that shows that more women on board increase the number of women in the TMT and this is even stronger when the CEO is female. The findings also shows that a longer tenure reduce the number of women in TMT.
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Gottfried, George Michael. "Qualitative analysis of child-caring experiences of religious sisters." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 1992. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1056134840.
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Sobota, Madeleine M. "A set design for Anton Chekhov's The Three Sisters." The Ohio State University, 1988. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1303330825.
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Chong, Rebecca. "The Politics of the Little Sisters of the Poor v. Burwell: Analyzing the Impact of the Little Sisters on the 2016 Presidential Election." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2018. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1809.
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The Little Sisters of the Poor v. Burwell, a 2016 landmark religious liberty case, illustrates the ongoing debate between religious non-profit organizations and the government regarding the contraception mandate of the Affordable Care Act. Although the Little Sisters, in part because of their public relations and political advantages, received a relatively favorable outcome at the Supreme Court, their true successes lie on their impact on conservative politics and on the 2016 election. The Little Sisters became a significant component of political and religious leaders’ strategy to reframe the issue.
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Shepard, Stephanie Anne. "Gender differences in siblings' contributions to at-risk youths' substance use /." view abstract or download file of text, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p3113029.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2003.Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 114-119). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.
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Lewis, Kate G. "Mothers and sisters : instrument and idiom in the music of Maybelle Carter, Memphis Minnie and sister Rosetta Tharpe." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2018. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/848856/.
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This thesis contains a set of studies analysing the idiotechne, or individual playing style, of three pioneering female popular guitar players: Maybelle Carter (1909-1978); Memphis Minnie (1897-1973); and Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915-1973). The main aim of the thesis is to identify and examine how these seminal artists operated within, and contributed to, their respective genres and in so doing, expand the current field of idiotechne studies of guitarists in American popular music. An examination of these particular players will also contribute to a more comprehensive and gender-inclusive history of the instrument. The study begins with a critical review of the relevant scholarly literature surrounding the popular guitar, an introduction to the main subjects, and a discussion of the analytical methods used within the study. The thesis offers a framework for popular guitar idiotechne analysis, based on Moore’s theories of idiolect identification (2005; 2012), in particular the assessment of a player’s interaction within, and beyond, their stylistic context. As such, the study of each player in this thesis is supported by relevant historical sources (Boyer 1979; Evans 1982; 2001; Heilbut 2002; Malone 2010), in order to demonstrate how these players operated within their styles, as well as introduced approaches that were later adopted within general guitaristic and musical practice. The three main chapters of the thesis contain extensive technical analyses supported by original transcriptions. Key attributes for each player are identified and examined, including 1) Maybelle Carter’s modular comping patterns, integrated thumb-lead style, and melodic shadowing, 2) Memphis Minnie’s melodic mapping, master and seed riffs, and creative engagement with call-and-response, and 3) Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s active comping, master chords and riffs, and musical and performative gestures. The final section of the thesis reviews the main findings of the project, and offers suggestions for further research.
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White, Naomi Jane. "Sibling relationships from preschool to pre-adolescence : change, correlates, and consequences." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2015. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.708873.
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Callaghan, Linda. "Growing up with autism : experiences and perceptions of neuro-typically developing sisters." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2016. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/growing-up-with-autismexperiences-and-perceptions-of-neurotypically-developing-sisters(dc248e51-e89b-4cf0-9cd2-133d0ea20d65).html.
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Research shows that raising a child with ASD makes considerable demands on family resources, yet the experiences of neuro typically developing (NTD) siblings of children and young people with ASD remain relatively unexplored. The findings of quantitative research are mixed and inconclusive and little is known about the processes that mediate and moderate the experience of living with a sibling with ASD (Hodapp et al., 2005; Meadan et al., 2010; Petalas et al., 2009). Further descriptive and exploratory research is indicated with participants of different groups to illuminate the multi-factorial nature of the phenomenon and help understand the apparent differences in individual experiences and outcomes. This study uses semi-structured interviews and thematic analysis to explore the self-reported experiences and perceptions of eight neuro-typically developing sisters, aged 10-19, who are also the sole NTD siblings in their families. Their parents were also interviewed to provide contextual information and to ascertain their views on the sibling experience. In addition to looking at their family life and sibling relationships, this study also explores school life and peer group relationships. Analysis suggests eight themes of sibling experience: Continuum of Perceived Challenge: Positively and negatively perceived aspects of having a sibling with ASD. Continuum of Acceptance; Coping and Resilience; Continuum of Relatability; Continuum of Positive Identity; Social world: Threats and Friends; Social Carer; Support. NTD sisters adopt a social caring role towards their sibling with ASD, that is different to that fulfilled by parents and transcends home and school boundaries. NTD sisters can be negatively affected by tension between home and school regarding provision for the child with ASD. Reconciling social persona with loyalty to one's sibling, developing a mutually satisfying sibling relationship and findings strengths and positive meaning in one's experiences, are associated with positive adjustment. Mother-daughter relationship and family beliefs and values are highly influential in the psycho-emotional adjustment of NTD sisters. Implications for the practice of applied psychologists and school-based professionals, in response to these findings, are explored and areas for further research are suggested.
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Neufeld, Christine Marie. "Xanthippe's sisters : orality and femininity in the later Middle Ages." Thesis, McGill University, 2001. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=38251.
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This dissertation contributes to medieval feminist scholarship by forging new insights into the relationship between gender theory and developing notions of orality and textuality in late medieval Europe. I examine three conventional satirical depictions of women as deviant speakers in medieval literature---as loquacious gossips, scolding shrews and cursing witches---to reveal how medieval perceptions of oral and textual discursive modes influenced literary representations of women. The dissertation demonstrates that our comprehension of the literary battle between the sexes requires a recognition and understanding of how discursive modes were gendered in a culture increasingly defining itself in terms of textuality. My work pursues the juxtaposition of the rational, literate male and the irrational, oral female across a wide range of texts, from Dunbar and Chaucer's courtly literature, to more socially diffused works, such as carols, sermon exempla and the Deluge mystery plays, as well as texts, like Margery Kempe's autobiography and witchcraft documents, that pertain to historical women. I demonstrate the social impact of this convention by anchoring these literary texts in their socio-historical context. The significance of my identification of this nexus of orality and femininity is that I am able to delineate an ideology profoundly affecting the way women's speech and writings have been received and perceived for centuries. This notion of gendered discourse can also redefine how we perceive medieval literature. Mikhail Bakhtin's discursive principles---ideas that stem from his application of the dynamics of oral communication and performance to the literary text---help to liberate new meanings from old texts by allowing us to read against the grain of convention. Both Bakhtin's theory of dialogism and Walter Ong's summary of the psychodynamics of orality suggest that orally influenced discourse is less interested in monolithic truth than in the art of tellin
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Billaud, Julie. "Malalay's sisters : women's public visibility in 'post war/reconstruction' Afghanistan." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2010. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/2396/.
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This thesis investigates the modalities and conditions of Afghan women's reappearance in the public domain following the downfall of the Taliban regime. Based on a twelvemonth ethnographic fieldwork conducted in 2007 among different groups of women (women MPs, women's rights activists, female University Students) mostly based in Kabul, I study women's responses to various social anxieties that have emerged as a consequence of this new visibility. I argue that while the current ‘reconstruction' project has opened new possibilities for women and created new imaginaries pertaining to their role in society, the ideological framework (i.e liberal notions of equality and human rights etc.) on which it is grounded together with the strong military presence of foreign troops, have fuelled tensions at different levels of the Afghan society. Pressurized by their community to remain faithful to their ‘culture', ‘religion' and ‘tradition' on one hand, and encouraged to access the public and become ‘visible' by global forces on the other hand, women have been left with little choice but to adapt and find alternative ways to preserve a sense of autonomy. I describe these tactics as ‘oppositional practices of everyday life' (De Certeau 1984), i.e complex practices of dissimulation which under the necessary appearance of compliance and conformity allow women to reconfigure social norms and create new spaces for themselves. More generally, this work engages with issues such as nationalism, Islam, gender, veiling, modernity, agency, rights and the public sphere.
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Vitrano, Tricia Duffy. "Set Design for Three Sisters: An Extraordinary Encounter with Chekhov." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2007. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/641.
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The thesis An Extraordinary Encounter with Chekhov strives to examine the process and phases involved in the design of the set for Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters. This play was produced in the Spring of 2007, at the University of New Orleans. This production was chosen by the graduate committee, as the final work to complete my Master of Fine Arts degree in set design. I seek to examine the nature of the creative process for the set design through a series of encounters, from the initial encounter with the play to the various encounters with the director and other collaborators. These various encounters will include the, research and preparation to the final creation of the set design examined in detail. Copies of all the research, renderings, photos, draftings and any supporting materials that were relevant to the creative process will accompany the text of the thesis.
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Paddock, Alisha Nicole. "Brothers and sisters in Christ Paul's use of sibling language /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2007. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p062-0309.
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Fairbairn, Brenda Buddeke. "The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth in Newport News, Virginia." W&M ScholarWorks, 1985. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539625289.
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Ohlschlager, Justin George. "Glacier Change on the Three Sisters Volcanoes, Oregon: 1900-2010." PDXScholar, 2015. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2448.
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A glacier responds to changes in climate by subsequent retreat and advance as a result of changes in snow inputs and outputs. Understanding these changes is important because shrinking glaciers limit and diminish local water resources. They contribute to alpine runoff in the late-summer months by delaying the maximum runoff until late in the melt season. A comprehensive glacier and perennial snowfield inventory has not been completed for the Three Sisters in Central Oregon. Using aerial photography, Digital Elevation Models (DEMs), previous studies, and historical ground based photographs these glacier and perennial snowfields were defined and their surface area change was quantified along with surface area and volume change for the 15 named glaciers for multiple years. The glaciers and perennial snowfields totaled 9.03 ± 1.65 km2 in 1949 and decreased to 7.1 ± 1.16 km2 in 2003 giving a total loss of -1.914 ± 0.974 km2 ( 21%). The 15 named glaciers totaled 12.43 ± 0.417 km2 in ~1900 and decreased to 5.65 ± 0.135 km2 in 2003 giving a total loss of -6.70 ± 0.439 km2 (54%) with more loss occurring in the early part of the century. It's estimated that the 15 named glaciers lost roughly 61% of volume from 1900 to 2010. From 1957 to 2010 their surface's dropped in elevation on average by -8.9m, losing an estimated 71.96 x 106 ± 2.87 x 106 m3 (53%) in total volume, seen across accumulation and ablation zones, with more loss happening from 1957 to 1990. There was no relationship found between topography and area. A small correlation was found between slope and increased volume change. Debris cover on glacier surfaces has increased and showed a correlation between decreasing area loss (no correlation with volume changes).
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Michielin, Giulia <1984>. "Mario Fratti, the Unpredictable and "Three Sisters and a Priest"." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/2859.
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I interviewed Mario Fratti, a playwright that, during the 60s, left Italy and moved to New York. I translated into Italian "Three Sisters and a Priest", one of his plays originally written in English. I analyzed this play and its connections to Anton Chekhov's "The Three Sisters" and the Unpredictable endings, which are, paradoxically, Mario Fratti's starting point.
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Clark, Julie Margaret. "Wanting to hope : the experience of adult siblings of long-term missing people /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2006. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe19324.pdf.
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Hartley-Smith, Rachel L. "A good enough heaven miniature nonfiction narratives /." Muncie, Ind. : Ball State University, 2009. http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/614.
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Wood, Meredith Ahner. "Re/sisters in crime : politics and sexuality in lesbian detective novels /." Diss., ON-CAMPUS Access For University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Click on "Connect to Digital Dissertations", 2000. http://www.lib.umn.edu/articles/proquest.phtml.
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Mainland, Catherine Kuzniar Alice A. "Dora and her sisters control and rebellion in Hermann and Schnitzler /." Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006. http://dc.lib.unc.edu/u?/etd,363.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006.Title from electronic title page (viewed Oct. 10, 2007). "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures." Discipline: Germanic Languages; Department/School: Germanic Languages.
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Aagaard, Eva Maria. "«Let’s play being sisters...» : Det potensielle rom mellom lek og virkelighet." Thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for kunst og medievitenskap, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-24203.
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Luff, Donna. "Sisters or enemies? Women in the British moral lobby and feminism." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.245531.
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Pedersen, Jennifer. "Sisters resist! : women's peace activism in West Africa and North America." Thesis, Aberystwyth University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2160/208b63b8-4163-47ce-a511-323561cfb352.
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This thesis examines the Women in Peacebuilding Program (WIPNET) of the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) and the Raging Grannies, two current women’s movements at the frontlines of organizing for peace in their respective contexts. Based on fieldwork in West Africa and North America, including participant observation, semi-structured interviews, and content analysis of relevant documents, the thesis locates these groups within the wider politics of both the feminist movement and the peace movement. The thesis draws on three bodies of literature: feminist international relations, especially literature on women and war, feminist analyses of security and the relationship between militarism and patriarchy; peace studies, especially the concepts of the “positive” and “negative” peace, conflict transformation, and nonviolence; and social movement theory, especially in reference to collective identity and tactical repertoires of protest. The thesis investigates the relationship between “women”, “motherhood”, “feminism” and peace, concluding that, while women peace activists may organize around gendered identities, the relationship between women and peace is more complex than an essentialist position would propose. A detailed analysis of the tactical repertoires used by women peace activists examines activists’ gendered use of bodies and the manipulation and exploitation of gender and age stereotypes. This is followed by an analysis of the internal and external outcomes of activism, such as personal empowerment, collective identity formation, and policy impacts. The study concludes that women peace activists operate on understandings of “peace” and “security” that are distinct from those of mainstream actors; that they manipulate, challenge, and subvert gender stereotypes; and they use a range of protest and peacebuilding tactics, some of which attract reprisals from the state. Women’s peace activism also creates new political opportunities for women to express opposition to patriarchal militarism, thus challenging the marginalization of women within international and national politics on issues of peace and security. Following Cynthia Cockburn (2007), the thesis draws conclusions not about what women’s peace activism definitively is, but rather what it can look like and what it might achieve.
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Sexton, Catherine. "Theologies of ministry among older Roman Catholic sisters in the UK." Thesis, Anglia Ruskin University, 2018. http://arro.anglia.ac.uk/703785/.
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Although the theology of Roman Catholic apostolic or active religious life for women continues to develop, one group of voices rarely heard is that of older British women no longer engaged in external, formal or paid ministries or works. The study investigated the experience of these women and asked in what ways they continue to be apostolic until the very end of their lives, and how they understand their vocation to apostolic religious life. Narratives emerging from the data collected were analysed using a combination of the Voice-Centred Relational Method and in recognition of the theological nature of this research, Lectio Divina. The study found sisters operating in a new context of reduced social influence where opportunities for ministry are increasingly community-based. The sisters come to embody their vocation to apostolic religious life through three new forms of ministry: ministry to each other; to their carers and through intentional presence, as ministry which is both sacramental and incarnational in nature. This embodiment of their ministry and vocation means that their orientation towards others is constitutive of their identity, as they minister out of their God-given self. From my identification of the richness of the sisters’ on-going ministry, I found that reduced social influence and physical limitations do not constitute a diminished response to their vocation. The originality of the research lies in identifying that the predominant theology of ministry for religious women needs to be redefined and expanded to reflect the sisters’ own understandings of ministry which is unrelated to activity. The finding that being with and for others is constitutive of the sisters’ identity has broad resonances. It makes a specific contribution to the evolving identity of post-institutional apostolic religious life for women both practically and theoretically.
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Sexton, Catherine. "Theologies of ministry among older Roman Catholic sisters in the UK." Thesis, Anglia Ruskin University, 2018. https://arro.anglia.ac.uk/id/eprint/703785/1/Sexton_2018.pdf.
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Although the theology of Roman Catholic apostolic or active religious life for women continues to develop, one group of voices rarely heard is that of older British women no longer engaged in external, formal or paid ministries or works. The study investigated the experience of these women and asked in what ways they continue to be apostolic until the very end of their lives, and how they understand their vocation to apostolic religious life. Narratives emerging from the data collected were analysed using a combination of the Voice-Centred Relational Method and in recognition of the theological nature of this research, Lectio Divina. The study found sisters operating in a new context of reduced social influence where opportunities for ministry are increasingly community-based. The sisters come to embody their vocation to apostolic religious life through three new forms of ministry: ministry to each other; to their carers and through intentional presence, as ministry which is both sacramental and incarnational in nature. This embodiment of their ministry and vocation means that their orientation towards others is constitutive of their identity, as they minister out of their God-given self. From my identification of the richness of the sisters’ on-going ministry, I found that reduced social influence and physical limitations do not constitute a diminished response to their vocation. The originality of the research lies in identifying that the predominant theology of ministry for religious women needs to be redefined and expanded to reflect the sisters’ own understandings of ministry which is unrelated to activity. The finding that being with and for others is constitutive of the sisters’ identity has broad resonances. It makes a specific contribution to the evolving identity of post-institutional apostolic religious life for women both practically and theoretically.
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Marshall, Courtney Denine. "Sisters in crime black femininity, law, and literature in American culture /." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1971758521&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Tolley, Rebecca. "Fox Sisters, Mary Heaton Vorse, Nancy Ward, Robert Ingersoll, Settlement Houses." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2009. https://www.amzn.com/B008KZU12Y.
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Rouse, Lindsey. "Adult sibling expressed emotion towards individuals with intellectual disabilities : an investigation into the relationship between sibling influences and behavioural outcome." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.288405.
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Boxer, Wendy Elizabeth. "The sibling experience during adolescence." Click here for text online. The Institute of Clinical Social Work Dissertations website, 1993. http://www.icsw.edu/_dissertations/boxer_1993.pdf.
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Dissertation (Ph.D.) -- The Institute for Clinical Social Work, 1993.A dissertation submitted to the faculty of the Institute of Clinical Social Work in partial fulfillment for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
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Stack, Bruflodt Erin Melissa. "Adult Silbing Communication: Attachment Style and Strategy." Thesis, North Dakota State University, 2013. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/27221.
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In an effort to further understand communication within sibling relationships, this study examined adult sibling relationships and the connection between attachment styles and the strategies or relational maintenance behaviors used to maintain such relationships. The study will employ the theoretical framework of attachment theory originally presented by Bowlby (1973). Scholars agree that the basic principle of attachment theory is that attachment relationships continue to be an important factor throughout the life span. Current research has used this theory to link attachment style with the use of relational maintenance behaviors in voluntary relationships. Having developed this framework, the next logical application of the theory is to discuss the use of attachment style and relational maintenance behaviors in non-voluntary relations. Of particular interest to this study is the connection between siblings in middle adulthood and the maintenance strategies used with their sibling.
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Hirai, Masako. "THE SISTERS : The Theme in the Novels of G.Eliot, E.M.Forster and D.H.Lawrence." 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/181192.
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