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Singh, Amritesh. "Tudor women writers fashioning masculinity." Thesis, University of York, 2011. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/1522/.
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This thesis contributes to the growing interest in early modern masculinity and its literary representations by introducing texts by women writers into dialogue with their male-authored counterparts. It argues for a more nuanced approach that recognises that the concepts of masculinity and femininity can only be fully understood when studied in relation with each other. The first chapter explores how, notwithstanding the wisdom of conduct books and marriage guides, the demands of the state may not always be commensurate with those of the domestic realm and shows that this conflict necessitates a rethinking of existing definitions of masculinity by focusing on selected writings of the Tudor sisters Mary and Elizabeth and Jane Fitzalan’s *Tragedie of Iphigeneia*. The second chapter identifies how Elizabeth’s unique discursive strategies were designed to elicit support from her male subjects and subdue the belligerence that simmered under polemic like John Stubbs’ *Gaping Gulf*. In her letters to Anjou, the chapter examines how Elizabeth manoeuvred around her position as a beloved and as a monarch to fashion a husband who would not only be sympathetic but also subordinate to her political authority. This chapter also shows how the fabulous world of John Lyly’s *Galatea* consummates the Queen’s desire for the ideal male subject. The final chapter investigates the construction of martial manhood. It juxtaposes Mary Sidney’s *The Tragedy of Antonie* with William Shakespeare’s *Antony and Cleopatra* to determine how the figure of Cleopatra, common to both plays, challenges and revises the martial code of masculinity as embodied by Antony. By examining the authorial position appropriated by Cleopatra in the plays and its impact on the narrative, this chapter also extends this thesis’ interest in the extent to which female characters within texts compete for diegetic control with male protagonists.
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Daybell, James. "Women letter-writers in Tudor England." Oxford [u.a.] Oxford Univ. Press, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199259915.001.0001.
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Bowles, Carol De Witte. "Women of the Tudor court, 1501-1568." PDXScholar, 1989. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3874.
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Writing the history of Tudor women is a difficult task. "Women's lives from the 16th century can rarely be constructed except when these women have had influential connections with notable men.This is no less true for the court women of Tudor England than for other women of the time.
The purpose of this thesis is to discuss some of the more memorable court women of Tudor England who served the queens of Henry VIII, Mary I, and Elizabeth I, 2 and to determine what impact, if any, they had on their contemporary times and to evaluate their roles in Tudor history.
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McGowan, Jennifer A. "Reading witches, reading women : late Tudor and early Stuart texts." Thesis, Bangor University, 2001. https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/reading-witches-reading-women--late-tudor-and-early-stuart-texts(95b04f7a-96ca-48a2-a038-fb2671ab2476).html.
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The introduction discusses the problematics involved in developing a feminist theory of late Renaissance and early modem witchcraft. It includes an overview of both Renaissance feminist theory and witchcraft studies, and posits that the witch is a hybrid, multivalent figure. Chapter one examines contemporary sources for portrayals of witches. The second chapter analyses the roles of witches, hags, and viragos in The Facrie Queene. Throughout the work their femininity is problematised, its meaning displaced onto horrific figures or fragmented into "good" and "bad" women. Both inspire dis-ease. Lyly's Endimion introduces a witch in the Thessalian tradition and women whose transgressions lie in daring to act and speak. Chapter three expands the definition of witch to other unruly women, including the shrew and the power-wielding woman; it also proves that Dipsas' power is the strongest in the play. Chapter four analyses the way in which the definition of witcheraft can be imposed on a woman by exterior societal forces, with reference to The Witch of Edmonton. Also discussed are the role of cursing and the problematics of female sexuality. Chapters five through eight discuss Shakespeare. Shakespeare's Joan of Arc is fragmented and reflects the varying views about her, and again shows how one woman may be variously defined. With Joan's death, Margaret of Anjou becomes the virile woman in the tetralogy. She and other women who share her verbal potency are condemned not only by the men in the plays but also by critics who erroneously take the negative view as definitive. Macbeth concerns itself with exploration of gender, androgyny, power (occult and otherwise) and its betrayal. Chapter eight outlines how the women in other Shakespearean plays do not achieve dramatic impact as witches because they are robbed of primary agency in the plays. Chapter nine demonstrates how Middleton distances his Heccat and proves that the real witches and villains lie in the structure of the patriarchy of The Witch. Lyly combines cunning woman with Sibyl in Mother Bombie; wit defines wisdom. Chapter eleven presents The Wise-Woman of Hogsdon, an anomaly in that the witchfigure and unruly characters of both sexes are not condemned and have happy resolutions. The conclusion summarises briefly and outlines areas of further study. Appendix A is a table; Appendix B outlines the role of cursing as gendered speech in Shakespeare's first tetralogy.
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Rowley-Wiliams, Jennifer Ann. "Image and reality : the lives of aristocratic women in early Tudor England." Thesis, Bangor University, 1998. https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/image-and-reality--the-lives-of-aristocratic-women-in-early-tudor-england(600bd565-69c7-4ace-97fe-55ddb1f444c6).html.
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The thesis examines both the image and the reality of upper class English women's lives in the period c. 1520 - c. 1560. The image is investigated through a study of the 'conduct books' and some other books written or published in English in that period, with a special emphasis on The Instruction of a Christian Woman by Juan Luis Vives. This material upholds the conventional patriarchal image which required woman to be chaste, submissive and home-based. A further aspect of the image of women is considered by a study of the law relating to women, based on The Lawes Resolution of Women's Rights by 'T E', and on relevant statutes. Much of the law relates to women and their rights regarding property The second part of the thesis examines the reality of women's lives. This is done firstly through a small selection of litigation involving women in the Courts of Star Chamber, Chancery and Requests under Edward VI. Here again the main emphasis is on property The major part of the study of 'reality' consists of case studies of the lives of five aristocratic women (two are gentlewomen rather than noblewomen). These are Honor Lady Lisle, Mary Countess of Northumberland (wife of the sixth Earl), Jane Lady Rochford, Susan Clarencius (chief lady in waiting to Mary Tudor) and Sabine Johnson (wife of a prosperous merchant) Both the law cases and the biographies show that women did not always follow the prescriptive literature, and were often assertive especially when dealing with their property rights However it becomes clear from the case studies and examples that the extent to which women followed the prescriptions varied with individual personalities and also with individual circumstances.
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Tanner, Jane Hinkle. "Sharing the Light: Feminine Power in Tudor and Stuart Comedy." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1994. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278551/.
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Studies of the English Renaissance reveal a patriarchal structure that informed its politics and its literature; and the drama especially demonstrates a patriarchal response to what society perceived to be the problem of women's efforts to grow beyond the traditional medieval view of "good" women as chaste, silent, and obedient. Thirteen comedies, whose creation spans roughly the same time frame as the pamphlet wars of the so-called "woman controversy," from the mid-sixteenth to the mid-seventeenth centuries, feature women who have no public power, but who find opportunities for varying degrees of power in the private or domestic setting.
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Clark, Nicola. "Dynastic politics : five women of the Howard family during the reign of Henry VIII, 1509-1547." Thesis, Royal Holloway, University of London, 2013. http://repository.royalholloway.ac.uk/items/ef063c5f-42e5-4073-9b16-9b81cd4a4b2c/1/.
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This thesis argues for the centrality of the Howard women to their family's political fortunes by exploring key dynastic episodes, themes, and events of Henry VIII's reign from a new female perspective. The Howards were England's premier aristocratic dynasty during this period. However, existing narratives have prioritised the careers of the Howard men, notably the two Dukes of Norfolk and the Earl of Surrey. Here, the family's women are foregrounded. They are not considered in isolation, but discussed alongside their male relations in order to create a fuller, more complex dynastic picture than currently exists. Themes of rebellion, dynastic identity, matriarchy, patronage, treason and religion are woven through events of familial and national importance, allowing new conclusions to be drawn regarding the Howard women and the Howard narrative itself; the way that aristocratic dynasties operated; the activities of women within the political sphere; and the relationship between this family and the Henrician state. This thesis draws its conclusions from new archival research into the activities of five Howard women: Agnes Tylney (c. 1477-1545) and Elizabeth Stafford (c. 1497-1558), the wives of the 2nd and 3rd Dukes of Norfolk respectively; Agnes' daughters Anne, Countess of Oxford (c. 1498-1558) and Katherine, Countess of Bridgwater (d. 1554); and Elizabeth's daughter Mary, Duchess of Richmond (c. 1519-1557). These five women cover three generations and two concurrent branches of the Howard family across the entirety of Henry's reign. The thesis differs from traditional gender studies by focusing on women all from one family rather than those of particular court status or geographical location, as this facilitates exploration of the relationship between kinship networks and politics. Thus it also builds on recent scholarship emphasising the role of the family in early modern politics, and reveals the Howard women as important actors on a public, political stage.
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Tomaska, Julie Maureen. "Differences in Breast Cancer Tumor Size, Stage, and Survival by Socioeconomic Position in Young Women." ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/967.
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Although the incidence of breast cancer in women under 40 years of age is somewhat rare, young women tend to present with cancer that is more advanced and with poorer prognostic characteristics. This research will be important to providers, women and their families and those seeking to clarify screening guidelines. The purpose of this quantitative, retrospective, cohort study was to evaluate differences in prognostic characteristics by socioeconomic position (SIP). The cohort was comprised of females aged 18 to 39 with a primary diagnosis of breast cancer. Data were obtained from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results registry for all primary breast cancers reported between 2001 and 2006 (n = 14,696). Hierarchical regression analysis was performed to assess to what extent SEP had an independent effect on tumor size and cancer summary stage upon diagnosis, and overall survival. SEP was found to be a significant predictor of tumor size and summary stage at the time of diagnosis. As cancer summary stage increases by 1 unit, women were .14 times as likely to have a tumor size of less than 2 cm versus a tumor size of greater than 5 cm. As SEP increases by 1 unit, the likelihood of having a tumor size of less than 2 cm versus greater than 5 cm increases by a factor of 1.14. SEP was not a significant predictor of survival time. The results of this study have the potential to promote positive social change by advancing the understanding of breast cancer in young women, as well as raise awareness of socioeconomic, racial and clinical inequalities. In addition, it may assist researchers and policy makers clearly defined formal screening guidelines for young women in higher-risk subgroups based on socioeconomic position.
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Idahl, Annika. "Chlamydia trachomatis as a risk factor for infertility in women and men, and ovarian tumor development." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Obstetrik och gynekologi, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-22239.
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Background: Chlamydia trachomatis in women is a risk factor for tubal factor infertility and extra uterine pregnancies, but the impact of a C. trachomatis infection on male fertility is unclear. It is also hypothesized that persistent infection with C. trachomatis, or other microorganisms, might initiate/promote ovarian tumor development. The aims of the thesis were to study whether C. trachomatis serum antibodies in women and men had an impact on infertility diagnoses, semen characteristics, pregnancy rates and pregnancy outcomes; furthermore, to explore associations of C. trachomatis, and Mycoplasma genitalium, plasma antibodies with epithelial ovarian cancer and borderline ovarian tumors, as well as the presence of C. trachomatis bacteria, and other microorganisms, in ovarian tissues. Materials and methods: Papers I and II: 244/226 infertile couples were tested for serum C. trachomatis IgG, IgA, IgM and chlamydial Heat Shock Protein 60 (cHSP60) IgG antibodies. C. trachomatis IgG positive couples were also tested for C. trachomatis DNA in a urine sample. The follow-up period was 14-54 months. 244 spontaneously pregnant women were also tested for serum C. trachomatis IgG antibodies. Papers III and IV: Plasma samples from 291 women with epithelial ovarian cancer, borderline ovarian tumors and benign conditions, and plasma samples from 271 healthy controls, were analyzed for C. trachomatis IgG, IgA and cHSP60-1 IgG and M. genitalium IgG antibodies. Ovarian tissues from 186 women with benign ovaries, borderline ovarian tumors and epithelial ovarian cancer, as well as tissues from the contra lateral ovary in 126 women, were analyzed for the presence of C. trachomatis, M. genitalium, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, HPV and the polyoma viruses BKV and JCV with nucleic acid amplification tests. Results: Papers I and II: The prevalence of C. trachomatis IgG antibodies was higher among infertile than fertile women, and there were 9 couples with ongoing C. trachomatis infections. In men, C. trachomatis IgG and IgA antibodies were associated with a reduced likelihood to achieve pregnancy for the couple, as well as lower sperm concentration, reduced sperm motility and vitality, increased teratozoospermia index and the occurrence of leukocytes. C. trachomatis IgG and cHSP60 IgG antibodies in infertile women were associated with tubal factor infertility, but not with reduced pregnancy rates or outcomes. Paper III: cHSP60-1 IgG antibodies were associated with ovarian cancer belonging to the postulated type II pathogenetic pathway when plasma samples obtained more than one year prior to diagnosis were analyzed. M. genitalium IgG antibodies were associated with borderline ovarian tumors; however a statistical type 1 error cannot be excluded. Paper IV: None of the microorganisms studied were found in the ovarian tissue samples. Conclusions: C. trachomatis IgG and IgA antibodies in the man substantially decreases the chances of the infertile couple to achieve pregnancy, and are associated with subtle negative changes in semen characteristics. C. trachomatis IgG and cHSP60 IgG antibodies in the woman are risk factors for tubal factor infertility. Prospective plasma cHSP60-1 IgG antibodies are associated with type II ovarian carcinomas, but C. trachomatis bacteria, or the other microorganisms studied, could not be detected in benign, borderline or malignant ovarian tissues.
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Barlow, Jenna Elizabeth. "Womens historical fiction after feminism : discursive reconstructions of the Tudors in contemporary literature." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/86303.
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Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Historical fiction is a genre in a constant state of flux: since its inception in the nineteenth century, it has been shaped by cultural trends and has persistently responded to the way in which history is popularly conceptualised. As such, historical novels have always revealed as much about the socio-political context of their moment of production as they do about their historical settings. The advent of feminism was among the most significant movements which shaped the evolution of the women’s historical novel in the twentieth century, prompting as it did a radical shift in historiographic methodology. As feminist discourse became embedded in popular culture in the latter decades of the twentieth century, this shift in turn allowed authors of historical fiction the opportunity to reconsider the ways in which women have been traditionally represented in both historical narrative and fiction. The historical novel thus became a site for exploring the female perspective of history, a perspective that had been denied or ignored by more male-centred historical narratives. This dissertation will assess the impact wrought by the popularisation of feminist discourse on the genre of women’s historical fiction during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. An examination of a selection of contemporary women’s novels set during the Tudor era will prove particularly useful in executing this assessment, not least because of the Tudors’ unprecedented popularity as the focus of literature and film in the last decade. More significantly, the women of this period have proven to be ideal subjects for their authors to imaginatively reconstruct in the mould of third wave feminist icons in the twenty-first century. By examining how Tudor women have been represented in the contemporary historical fiction of Jean Plaidy, Philippa Gregory, Mavis Cheek, Suzannah Dunn and Emily Purdy, this dissertation will demonstrate the ways in which popular feminist discourse has impacted on the development of women’s historical fiction in the last century, focusing specifically on texts published within the last decade. Three key aspects of the genre will be assessed in detail in this regard: the author’s self-conscious feminist intervention in the characterisation of her historical heroines; the shift in the narrative perspective adopted and the deployment of postmodern literary devices; and the representation of female sexuality. The evolution of the genre as a whole will also be examined in some detail, and the shifting parameters of modern feminisms will be interrogated in order to fully understand their manifestations in popular culture.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Historiese fiksie is ’n voortdurend veranderende genre: sedert die ontstaan daarvan in die negentiende eeu is dit beïnvloed deur kulturele neigings en het dit aanhoudend bly reageer op die manier waarop die geskiedenis populêr gekonseptualiseer word. As sodanig het historiese romans altyd net soveel oor die sosiopolitieke konteks van hulle produksiemoment as oor hul historiese milieus onthul. Feminisme was een van die betekenisvolste bewegings wat gedurende die twintigste eeu die evolusie van die historiese roman vir vroue sou beïnvloed, en het sodoende aanleiding gegee tot ’n radikale verandering in historiografiese metodologie. Namate feministiese diskoers in die latere dekades van die twintigste eeu deel van die populêre kultuur geword het, het hierdie verandering op sy beurt die skrywers van historiese fiksie die geleentheid gegun om die maniere waarop vroue tradisioneel in sowel historiese narratief as fiksie uitgebeeld is, te heroorweeg. Die historiese roman het dus ’n terrein geword waarop die vroulike perspektief op die geskiedenis verken is, naamlik ’n perspektief wat deur meer manlik-gesentreerde historiese narratiewe ontken of geïgnoreer is. Hierdie verhandeling sal die impak evalueer wat die popularisering van feministiese diskoers op die genre van historiese fiksie vir vroue gemaak het tydens die twintigste en een-en-twintigste eeue. ’n Ondersoek na ’n seleksie van kontemporêre vroueromans wat in die Tudor-tydperk afspeel, is veral nuttig in hierdie verband, onder andere as gevolg van die Tudors se ongekende gewildheid as die fokus van letterkunde en film in die afgelope dekade. Wat meer veelseggend is, is dat dit blyk die vroue van hierdie tydperk was ideale subjekte wat verbeeldingryk deur hulle outeurs gerekonstrueer kon word in die vorm van derdegolf-feministiese ikone in die een-en-twintigste eeu. Deur te ondersoek hoe Tudorvroue uitgebeeld is in die kontemporêre historiese fiksie van Jean Plaidy, Philippa Gregory, Mavis Cheek, Suzannah Dunn en Emily Purdy sal hierdie verhandeling die impak demonstreer wat populêre feministiese diskoers in die afgelope eeu op die ontwikkeling van historiese fiksie vir vroue gemaak het, met die fokus spesifiek op tekste wat in die afgelope dekade gepubliseer is. In hierdie verband sal drie sleutelaspekte van die genre uitvoerig geassesseer word: die skrywer se selfbewuste feministiese ingryping in die karakterisering van haar historiese heldinne; die verskuiwing in die vertellingsperspektief en die ontplooiing van postmoderne letterkundige tegnieke; en die uitbeelding van vroulike seksualiteit. Die evolusie van die genre as geheel word ook beskou, en die veranderende parameters van moderne feminismes word ondervra sodat hul manifestasies in die populêre kultuur ten volle verstaan kan word.
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Pacheco, Ariane Corrêa. "“É lazer, tudo bem, mas é sério” : o cotidiano de uma equipe master feminina de voleibol." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/62091.
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Este trabalho tem como objetivo compreender a dinâmica de relações sociais que atravessava a sustentação de uma equipe master feminina de voleibol e as negociações que faziam parte do envolvimento desse grupo em campeonatos que aconteciam dentre um espaço/tempo reconhecido como de lazer. Para isso, realizei, durante treze meses, uma pesquisa etnográfica no contexto de uma das equipes pertencentes à Liga Master Feminina de Voleibol da cidade de Porto Alegre/RS. Ao longo do trabalho de campo, passei a observar e participar de treinamentos, jogos, jantares, festas, viagens e outros encontros do grupo, cujo registro desse convívio foi descrito nos diários de campo. Após esse período, foram realizadas cinco entrevistas semi estruturadas direcionadas a pessoas que me ofereceram a possibilidade de aprofundar alguns pontos de discussão. A partir da análise do material empírico produzido neste estudo e do diálogo constante com o referencial teórico, elaborei três eixos de discussão, os quais foram organizados numa trajetória que inicia pela compreensão das particularidades da equipe: a rotina do grupo dentro e fora das quadras, a equipe e sua representação na Liga Master e a seriedade desse grupo de mulheres no que tange ao lazer. Na sequencia, passei a olhar para as relações do grupo com a Liga Master e, por fim, desenvolvi um diálogo com autores do campo do lazer que me ajudaram a pensar sobre o cotidiano dessas mulheres e suas relações com o esporte. Sobre o primeiro ponto, foi possível analisar a rotina do grupo dentro e fora das quadras e compreender que para pertencer à equipe era preciso mostrar um rendimento esportivo legítimo para aquele contexto e, não menos significativo que essa particularidade, era indispensável saber estar entre as mulheres fora do espaço das quadras para sustentar-se na sua coesa rede de sociabilidade. No segundo eixo, ficou evidenciado que a trajetória de formação dos campeonatos da Liga Master estava entrelaçada ao reconhecimento dessa equipe como um grupo que privilegiava os laços de sociabilidade em relação aos resultados das partidas, mas que procurava também se manter engajado nas competições e estabelecer disputas acirradas dentro dos jogos. Por fim, procurei mostrar como uma dimensão do cotidiano passava a ser negociada com as outras esferas da vida social e, particularmente, como a seriedade fazia sentido e tornava aquele espaço/tempo envolvente. Entre as possibilidades e escolhas que atravessam a formação dos espaços e tempos significados como de lazer, aquele grupo de mulheres optava por investir e dedicar-se a uma prática esportiva levada a sério, na qual as brincadeiras coexistiam com as exigências do rendimento esportivo ligado ao voleibol.This study aims to understand the dynamics of social relations that permeated the sustenance of a master female volleyball team and the negotiations that were part of that group involvement in championships that took place among a space/time recognized as recreational. For this purpose, I performed an ethnographic research during thirteen months in the context of one of the teams belonging to the Master Female League of Volleyball from the city of Porto Alegre/RS. Throughout the fieldwork, I started to observe and participate in training, games, dinners, parties, trips and other group meetings, whose record of interaction was described in the field diaries. After this period, five semi-structured interviews were performed, aimed at people who offered me the possibility to delve into some discussion points. From the analysis of the empirical material produced in this study and the ongoing dialogue with the theoretical framework, I elaborated three axes of discussion, which were organized in a way that begins by understanding the particularities of the team: the team’s routines on and off the court, the team and its representation in the Master League and the seriousness of this group of women when it comes to leisure. Hence, I looked at the relationships of the group with the Master League and, finally, I developed a dialogue with the authors of the leisure area that helped me on reflecting about the everyday lives of these women and their relationships with the sport. Regarding the first axis of discussion, it was possible to analyze the group routine on and off the courts and understand that, to belong to the team, it was necessary to show a legitimate sport performance for that context and, not less significant than this peculiarity, it was also essential to know how to be among women off the court and how to be sustained in their cohesive network of sociability. In the second axis, it became evident that the trajectory of the formation of the Master League championships was linked to the recognition of this team as a group that favored the bonds of sociability rather than the matches’ outcomes, but this team also sought to remain engaged in competitions and settle heated disputes when in the games. Ultimately, I tried to demonstrate how a daily dimension came to be negotiated with other spheres of social life and, particularly, how seriousness made sense and turned that space/time absorbing. Among the possibilities and choices that cross the formation of spaces and times meant as leisure, this group of women sought investing and engaging in a sportive practice that was considered serious, in which the jokes coexisted with the demands of the sports performance related to volleyball.
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Gundamaraju, Anuradha. "The relationship between vitamin D intake and markers of inflammation (TNF-α and IL-6) in overweight and obese pregnant women in third trimester." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1282167737.
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Enqvist, Johanna, and Lovisa Karlsson. "Kvinnors upplevelser av hur livet förändras av en hjärntumör : En kvalitativ studie baserad på bloggar." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för hälsa och lärande, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-10909.
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Bakgrund: Varje år drabbas ungefär 1100 personer i Sverige av en hjärntumör. Symtomen som uppstod innan diagnosbesked upplevdes som mindre allvarliga, men under behandlingen blev symtomen svårare. Hjärntumören påverkade hela patientens livsvärld. Det var sjuksköterskans ansvar att stötta patienten och att hjälpa patienten att uppnå livskvalitet. Hoppet var ett existentiellt grundvillkor som hjälpte människor att skapa mening med livet. Syfte: Syftet med studien var att beskriva kvinnors upplevelser av hur livet förändrades av en hjärntumör. Metod: Studien var en kvalitativ innehållsanalys med induktiv ansats. Materialet var baserat på fem bloggar skrivna på internet. Resultat: Resultatet presenterades i fem teman; En förändrad kropp tvingade livet att ta en paus, Familjen blev viktigare, Sjukvården blev en känsloladdad del av vardagen, Hjärntumören blev en efterhängsen fiende och Existentiella tankar hanterades med olika strategier. Slutsats: Att drabbas av en hjärntumör medförde många förändringar i livet. Livsvärlden förändrades för kvinnorna och innebar inte bara en kamp mot sjukdomen utan även en kamp mot alla känslor.Background: Every year about 1100 people get diagnosed having with brain tumour. The symptoms that occurred in the beginning of disease aren’t quite as bad as those occurring later. The brain tumour affect the entire life-world of the patient. It was the nurse’s responsibility to support and improve the life quality of the patient. To help the patient maintain her hope was crucial to create a meaningful life. Aim: The purpose of the study was to describe how women’s everyday life was changed by a brain tumour. Method: The study was a qualitative content analysis with an inductive approach. Data was based on five internet based blogs. Results: The results are presented in five themes; A body in change puts life on hold, The family became even more important, Nursing care was an emotional daily event, The brain tumour appeared as an intrusive enemy and Thoughts about existentialism were dealt with in different ways. Conclusion: To suffer from a brain tumour affected the patients’ lives in many ways. The life-world of the women changed and did not only result in a struggle against the disease, but as well as an emotional one.
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Van, Pelt Deborah. "“I Stand for Sovereignty”: Reading Portia in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice." Scholar Commons, 2009. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/65.
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Portia serves as a complex and often underestimated character in William Shakespeare's controversial comedy The Merchant of Venice. Using the critical methodologies of New Historicism and feminism, this thesis explores Portia's representation of Elizabeth Tudor, Queen of England from 1558 to 1603. Striking similarities exist between character and Queen, including physical description, suitors, marriage issues, and rhetoric. In addition, the tripartite marriage at the play's conclusion among Portia, Bassanio, and Antonio represents the relationship Elizabeth Tudor formed between her merchant class and her aristocracy. Shylock serves as a representation of a generic or perhaps Catholic threat to England during the early modern era. Moreover, by examining Portia's language in the trial scene, the play invites audiences to read her as a representative of the learned Renaissance woman, placing special emphasis on the dialectical and rhetorical elements of the language trivium in classical studies. Finally, through a close reading of the mercantile language in the text, Portia can be interpreted as the merchant of the play's title.
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Vanparys-Rotondi, Julie. "Katherine Parr, Elizabeth Tyrwhit, Anne Askew : Trois voix de femmes dans la Réforme anglaise : convergences, divergences, influences." Thesis, Université Clermont Auvergne (2017-2020), 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017CLFAL002.
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Cette thèse étudie le rôle de la reine Katherine Parr (c. 1512-1548) et de son proche entourage féminin dont l’aristocrate Elizabeth Tyrwhit (c. 1519-1578) dans l’instauration de la Réforme. En effet, la dernière épouse d’Henri VIII, auteur de deux manuels de dévotion et première reine anglaise à voir ses écrits publiés, s’entourait des Protestants de la cour. La situation confessionnelle complexe de la fin du règne d’Henri VIII fut marquée par un retour au catholicisme strict, avec des restrictions concernant les pratiques, notamment la lecture de la Bible. Cependant, un certain nombre de personnalités acquises aux idées de la Réforme parvinrent à rester en place. Alors que les femmes n’avaient qu’un accès très limité à la Bible (The Act for the Advancement of True Religion and for the Abolishment of the contrary de 1543 le leur interdisait, sauf si elles étaient de très haut rang), une jeune femme, Anne Askew (1521-1546), quitta le domicile familial et intégra les réseaux protestants de Londres où elle prêcha ce qui lui valut d’être condamnée pour hérésie. La faction conservatrice, la sachant en contact avec les dames de la cour, la tortura lors de son second interrogatoire dans le but d’obtenir des noms de Protestants mais elle resta silencieuse et fut condamnée à brûler vive en juillet 1546. Le règne d’Édouard VI permit au protestantisme de s’imposer comme religion d’État puis, après l’intermède catholique romain du règne de Marie Ière, Élisabeth Ière rétablit le Protestantisme ce qui permit à Elizabeth Tyrwhit de publier librement son manuel de dévotion en 1574. Ce travail explore les démarches des trois femmes, leurs témoignages de foi et leur influence auprès de leurs contemporains et au-delàThis thesis examines the role of Queen Katherine Parr (c.1512-1548) and her close female entourage, including the aristocrat Elizabeth Tyrwhit (c.1519-1578) in the establishment of the Reformation. Indeed, Parr, Henry VIII’s last wife, author of two manuals of devotion and the first English queen to see her writings published, surrounded herself with the Protestants of the court. The complex confessional situation at the end of Henry VIII's reign was marked by a return to strict Catholicism, with restrictions on practices, including reading of the Bible. However, a certain number of courtiers already won over to the ideas of the Reformation managed to keep their positions at court. While women had very limited access to the Bible (the 1543 Act for the Advancement of True Religion and for the Abolishment of the contrary forbade them access to the Scriptures, unless they were of very high birth), a young woman, Anne Askew (1521-1546), left the family home and integrated the Protestant networks of London where she preached, which caused her to be condemned for heresy. The conservative faction, knowing she was in contact with the ladies of the court, tortured her during her second interrogation in order to obtain the names of Protestants but she remained silent and was condemned to burn alive in July 1546. The reign of Edward VI allowed Protestantism to establish itself as the official religion, and after the Roman Catholic interlude of Mary I, Elizabeth I re-established Protestantism, which enabled Elizabeth Tyrwhit to freely publish her devotional manual in 1574. This work explores the attitudes of the three women through their testimonies of faith and their influence with their contemporaries and beyond
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Samir, Raghad. "Tissue tumor marker expression in normal cervical tissue and in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, for women who are at high risk of human papilloma virus infection, are smokers, contraceptive users or in fertile age." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Obstetrik & gynekologi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-262889.
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The aim of this research was to study the correlation between tissue tumor marker expression and HR-HPV infection, smoking, hormonal contraceptive use and sex steroids in women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia or normal epithelium. The study investigated the expression of 11 tumor markers in cervical biopsies obtained from 228 women with different diagnoses ranging from normal cervical epithelium to various stages of CIN. 188 women were recruited at our colposcopy clinic (out-patient surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Falun Hospital) for laser cervical conization or a directed punch biopsy, either because of a vaginal smear (Pap smear) that showed cytological findings suggesting CIN, or because of repeated findings showing atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS). For 40 volunteers, punch biopsies were taken from the normal cervical epithelium. The time period for this study was 2005-2007. Study I : 228 women, of whom 116 were tested, 64 were positive to HR-HPV. The results showed that Ki67 tumor cell proliferation index was the only marker that independently correlated to both the presence of HR-HPV and the severity of cervical lesions. Study II: 228 women, of whom 83 were smokers (36, 9%). Smokers showed lower expression of p53, FHIT (tumor suppressor markers) and interleukin-10 .Higher expression of Cox-2 and Ki-67 (tumor proliferation markers). Study III: 195 women who were premenopausal. There was increased p53 expression (tumor suppressor) in the progestin-IUD users compared to non-users. Decreased IL-10 expression (immunological marker) was observed in both COC users and any progestin-only users. Study IV: Serum from 80 premenopausal women was available. The main finding was that the increased levels of serum progesterone and estradiol were associated with increased Cox-2 expression (proliferation marker). Serum progesterone and estradiol levels influence cellular and extracellular proteins which have been associated with neoplastic development in normal epithelium and CIN. Conclusion: The results of these studies support previous epidemiological findings on the role of smoking, contraceptive use and sex steroids as co-factors in development of CIN and that tumor marker expression varies in different grades of CIN.
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Silva, Allan Jones Andreza. "Nem tudo são flores: a (ir)racionalização da violência doméstica contra mulher no agreste da Paraíba." Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 2016. http://tede.biblioteca.ufpb.br:8080/handle/tede/9631.
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This work deals with domestic and family violence against women in the 8th Area Public Safety Integrated (8th APSI), located in Mesorregião Agreste of Paraíba State, specifically, based on the inquiry into the constitutive roots of the problem in this region. Therefore, we used the deductive methodological approach, initiated by a historical background on the evolution of women's rights, followed later by theoretical analysis of this form of violence, with a reference intakes of Criminology Critical after Alessandro Baratta, sociology as Pierre Bourdieu and Communication theory Niklas Luhmman, which makes up the theoretical framework that was adopted in research to understand the incidence of violence in the region, which is empirically observed from the criminal data for the years 2014 and 2015 provided by the 4th Battalion of Police Military institution whose constituency that area. Out yet used a functionalist procedural approach, based on the understanding that domestic violence against women in this region need to be analyzed under different approaches, since it is the result of the correlation between various social actions and reactions that systematically interact and is also structurally made up different functionally interconnected elements (patriarchal power, gender differences, symbolic violence, socioeconomic factors, etc.). Thus, we sought to recognize the mechanisms under which operates this form of violence to understand its multiple facets and complexity and thus understand its operation in the investigated environment.
Este trabalho trata sobre a violência doméstica e familiar contra a mulher na 8ª Área Integrada de Segurança Pública (8ª AISP), situada na Mesorregião do Agreste do Estado da Paraíba, especificamente, partindo da indagação sobre as raízes constitutivas deste problema nesta região. Para tanto, foi utilizada a abordagem metodológica dedutiva, iniciada por uma contextualização histórica sobre a evolução dos direitos femininos, seguindo posteriormente pela análise teórica desta forma de violência, tendo como referenciais os aportes da Criminologia Crítica segundo Alessandro Baratta, da Sociologia conforme Pierre Bourdieu e da Teoria da Comunicação de Niklas Luhmman, os quais compõem o arcabouço teórico que foi adotado na pesquisa para compreender a incidência desta violência na região, a qual é empiricamente observada a partir dos dados criminais referentes aos anos de 2014 e 2015 fornecidos pelo 4º Batalhão de Polícia Militar, instituição que tem como circunscrição a referida área. Fora utilizada ainda uma abordagem procedimental funcionalista, calcada na compreensão de que a violência doméstica contra a mulher nesta região necessita ser analisada sob distintos enfoques, uma vez que é fruto da correlação entre diferentes ações e reações sociais que sistematicamente interagem e também é estruturalmente constituída por diferentes elementos funcionalmente interligados (poder patriarcal, diferenças de gênero, violência simbólica, fatores socioeconômicos, etc.). Desta forma, buscou-se reconhecer os mecanismos sob os quais opera esta forma de violência para compreender suas múltiplas facetas e complexidade e, assim, entender sua operacionalização no ambiente investigado.
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Pires, Patrícia Vitória. "E "fazer tudo direitinho" : cuidados e enfrentamentos nas políticas de sáude em resposta HIV/AIDS e mulheres." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/149232.
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A dissertação inscreve-se nos campos dos Estudos de Gênero e dos Estudos Culturais pós-estruturalistas, em interface com a Saúde Coletiva. Nela, problematizo a feminização do HIV/aids no Rio Grande do Sul, tomando como foco o enfrentamento da doença em mulheres grávidas, e considerando o que está disposto nos textos normativos do Plano Integrado de Enfrentamento da Feminização da Epidemia de Aids e outras DST (BRASIL, 2009), da Linha de Cuidado para PVHA e outras DST do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (2014a) e em alguns de seus desdobramentos. Os documentos foram examinados na perspectiva da análise cultural; para realizá-la, construí um jeito de olhar e de fazer, operando com alguns conceitos como ferramentas analíticas, entre eles: gênero, cultura, linguagem, educação, além de uma redefinição do termo vigilância epidemiológica. Por meio da realização de um exercício intensivo de multiplicação de sentidos dos termos centrais que nomeiam os dois principais documentos – cuidado e enfrentamento –, construí duas unidades analíticas: mulheres, gravidez e cuidados; e a feminização do HIV/aids e seus enfrentamentos. Através da descrição e análise das posições de sujeito corpo grávido e mãe responsável, foi possível problematizar os modos como a feminização do HIV/aids tem sido pautada nos programas de enfrentamento, quando se trata de mulheres grávidas, destacando-se aí os investimentos das biopolíticas sobre os corpos e a vida das mulheres, que incidem nas formas de cuidar, de enfrentar e de ser mulher em tempos de HIV/aids.This dissertation is inserted in the fields of Gender Studies and post-structuralist Cultural Studies, approaching Public Health. It address the feminization of HIV/AIDS in Rio Grande do Sul, especially how pregnant women cope with the disease, considering what is provided in the normative texts in the Integrated Plan to Combat the Feminization of AIDS Epidemic and other STDs (BRASIL, 2009), in the Care Guidelines for PLWHA and other STDs of Rio Grande do Sul (2014a) and in some of its consequences. The documents were analyzed from the perspective of cultural analysis, through the conception of a way of looking and doing, considering some concepts as analytical tools, including gender: culture, language, education, and a redefinition of the term epidemiological surveillance. By conducting an intensive exercise of multiplying the meanings of central terms that name the two main documents - care and combat -, two analytical units were established: women, pregnancy and care; and the feminization of HIV/AIDS and how to combat it. Through the description and analysis from the positions of the subjects pregnant body and responsible mother, it was possible to discuss the ways how the feminization of HIV/AIDS has been addressed in the prevention programs of HIV infection, when it comes to pregnant women, highlighting the investments in biopolitics concerning the bodies and lives of women, that focus on ways of protecting, coping with and being a woman in HIV/AIDS times.
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AraÃjo, Ana ClÃudia UchÃa. "A feminizaÃÃo do magistÃrio na educaÃÃo a distÃncia em perspectiva comparada: entre a professora tutora e a professora do passado." Universidade Federal do CearÃ, 2015. http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=15233.
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nÃo hÃO estudo analisa o fenÃmeno da feminizaÃÃo do magistÃrio na educaÃÃo a distÃncia em perspectiva comparada: entre a professora tutora e a professora do passado. Buscou-se elucidar o papel da professora tutora, na EducaÃÃo a distÃncia no perÃodo de 2007 a 2012, com o intuito de estabelecer e compreender suas relaÃÃes com a feminizaÃÃo da docÃncia, fazendo um nexo com o momento deflagrador deste fenÃmeno, na dÃcada de 1920, e com a precarizaÃÃo da profissÃo docente no Brasil, tendo o Cearà como lÃcus de observaÃÃo e os cursos de licenciatura ofertados no Programa Universidade Aberta do Brasil - UAB do estado do CearÃ, no perÃodo acima citado, momento em que os cursos de graduaÃÃo semipresenciais se intensificam em nosso estado, em comparaÃÃo com o papel exercido pelas mulheres no magistÃrio, na dÃcada de 1920. O referencial teÃrico ancora-se em estudiosos que tratam da mulher no trabalho e no campo da docÃncia, como Almeida (1998), Campos (2002); da mulher na histÃria, na famÃlia e na sociedade, como Perrot (2005), Dâincao (2011); da histÃria e histÃria da educaÃÃo, como Braudel (2002), Cavalcante (1998), Holanda (2000), Dallabrida (2009); da educaÃÃo comparada, como Bereday (1972), NÃvoa (2009), Cavalcante et al. (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014); da mulher e a relaÃÃo com a psicologia, como Holanda (2012), Chodorow (2002); a respeito da EaD, da tutoria e da prÃtica pedagÃgica na EaD, como Litto (2009), Bruno e Lemgruber (2009). Quanto aos procedimentos metodolÃgicos, a pesquisa à qualitativa, com abordagem GenealÃgica, baseada em Foucault (1982, 2003, 2007), posto que se ocupa em estudar a correlaÃÃo entre discursos e prÃticas sociais e a explicitaÃÃo do poder neles presentes, sem a preocupaÃÃo de alinhar os acontecimentos. AlÃm disso, faz-se uso de HistÃria Oral (ALBERTI, 2004; DELGADO, 2010), para trabalhar com o mosaico das experimentaÃÃes e interpretaÃÃes humanas em face de um acontecimento, com vistas ao maior enquadramento deste Ãltimo, por compreender que o vivido e o sentido pelo outro tÃm um importante valor, na medida em que confere significado ao visto e ao testemunhado. AlÃm da anÃlise bibliogrÃfica e documental, houve a recolha de evidÃncias empÃricas junto ao corpo docente, atravÃs de entrevistas semiestruturadas, bem como do estudo de ferramentas que monitoram a frequÃncia e a participaÃÃo no ambiente virtual de aprendizagem. O grupo de sujeitos entrevistados à formado por 12 (doze) professoras tutoras atuantes nas disciplinas pedagÃgicas da Licenciatura em MatemÃtica ofertada pela UAB, nas instituiÃÃes informadas. Os achados desta pesquisa, portanto, confirmam parcialmente a hipÃtese de partida: a feminizaÃÃo da docÃncia, caracterizada pela inserÃÃo e participaÃÃo das mulheres na docÃncia na EaD, nas instituiÃÃes investigadas, por meio da tutoria a distÃncia, traz impactos em sua vida familiar e profissional, porÃm nÃo se apresenta como uma causa direta do aprofundamento do processo de precarizaÃÃo da docÃncia para o gÃnero feminino, uma vez que mulheres e homens sÃo atingidos por esta precarizaÃÃo, em funÃÃo da docÃncia ser uma profissÃo destinada ao cuidado das massas, o que nÃo se constitui como foco prioritÃrio para o Estado patriarcal. PorÃm, no contexto da precarizaÃÃo, a mulher tende a ser a mais atingida, em virtude de toda a carga de atribuiÃÃes sociais e culturais que a ela sÃo delegadas, travestidas num senso de autocobranÃa e responsabilidade, porÃm sem direito pleno à salvaguarda das conquistas trabalhistas.
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Makdissi, Fabiana Baroni Alves. ""Análise da expressão de E-caderina, Snail e Hakai em células epiteliais de tumor e tecido peritumoral de mulheres com carcinoma ductal invasivo da mama: correlação com comprometimento linfonodal"." Universidade de São Paulo, 2006. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/5/5155/tde-07082006-110753/.
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A expressão de E-caderina (Ecad) pode ser regulada pré ou pós transcricionalmente por Snail e Hakai, respectivamente. Nosso objetivo foi determinar a expressão de Ecad, Snail e Hakai, em células epiteliais (CE) de tecido tumoral e peritumoral de pacientes com carcinoma ductal invasivo da mama e correlacionar sua expressão ao comprometimento linfonodal axilar (LN+). As CE de amostras de tecidos de 45 pacientes (52% LN+) foram extraídas por método imunomagnético, o RNA foi extraído por RT-PCR em tempo real e utilizou-se primers específicos para a moléculas. A expressão de Ecad, Snail e Hakai não variou entre o tecido tumoral e peritumoral e não houve correlação com comprometimento linfonodalE-cadherin (Ecad) expression may be transcriptionally or post-transcriptionally regulated by Snail and Hakai. Our aim was to determine the expression of Ecad, Snail and Hakai, in epithelial cells (EC) obtained from tumor and its adjacent tissue from women with invasive ductal breast carcinoma (IDC) and evaluate their correlation to the axillary's lymph node (LN+) involvement. Tissue from 45 patients (52% LN+) had their EC recovered by immunomagnetic antibody process, RNA was extracted and real-time RT-PCR was performed using specific primers. Ecad, Snail and Hakai mRNA expression did not vary between tumoral and peritumoral samples and their expression was not correlated to LN involvement
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Hocking, Joanne Lee. "Aristocratic women at the Late Elizabethan Court: politics, patronage and power." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/98115.
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This thesis examines the power of aristocratic women in politics and patronage in the final years of the Elizabethan court (1580 to 1603). Substantial archival sources are analysed to evaluate the concepts of female political agency discussed in scholarly literature, including women’s roles in politics, within families, in networks and as part of the court patronage system. A case study methodology is used to examine the lives and careers of specific aristocratic women in three spheres of court politics – the politics of female agency, the politics of family and faction, and the politics of favour. The first case study looks at Elizabeth’s long-serving lady-in-waiting, Anne Dudley, Countess of Warwick, and demonstrates that female political agents harnessed multiple sources of agency to exercise power at court on behalf of dense patronage networks. It introduces the original concept of a female ‘companion favourite’ who used a close personal relationship with the queen to become one of the most successful courtiers of the period and to rival the power of aristocratic men in a number of ways. Case studies on the Cooke sisters, Anne, Lady Bacon and Elizabeth, Lady Russell, examine their loyalties and obligations to male kin on either side of a political divide in the 1590s. For the first time, the activities of these aristocratic women are incorporated into the study of factionalism at the Elizabethan court and argue that a convergence of family and state politics enhanced women’s political significance. The final series of case studies discusses the effect of kinship with an Elizabethan male favourite on women’s political agency and analyses the interdependent flow of power between Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex and four of his closest female kin. The thesis uniquely examines the ability of aristocratic women out of royal favour to exercise power and pursue feminine strategies for patronage. These case studies show that aristocratic women made their own decisions within the scope of kin obligations and highlight an overlap between family and independent political agency. The thesis concludes that the realities of a personal monarchy under a queen regnant meant that aristocratic women’s roles in politics and patronage were integral to the effective functioning of the court and state, but that their sex determined how they exercised power. Whilst all aristocratic women at the late Elizabethan court were politically significant, those who mastered the exercise of power and wielded it appropriately took their political agency to a higher level.Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Humanities, 2015.
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Willems, Katherine Elizabeth. "Reforming the reading woman : tradition and transition in Tudor devotional literature." Thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/14955.
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This thesis outlines two distinct modes of early sixteenth-century devotional practice
(image-based and text-oriented), which in the context of the English reformation are
increasingly represented as antithetical to one another, as Protestants champion the
vernacular Bible and creed-based Christianity, while suppressing "idolatrous" images and
traditional practices. Women readers, who tend to be vernacular readers, figure prominently
in the religious controversy, and come to represent both the distinctives of Protestantism and
anxieties around vernacular readership and hermeneutic agency. The vernacular woman
reader stands in direct opposition to the priestly authority of masculine, Latin clerical culture;
accordingly she is both rhetorically useful to the Protestant cause and a locus of cultural
instability. I then turn to consider female Tudor translators as reading women, and
translation itself (rather than a type of "feminine" writing) as a form of meditative or
proclamatory reading. While translation has a traditional association with the meditative
devotional reader, the religious controversy makes possible a more public and polemically motivated
sort of translation by women, which, however, remains framed largely in terms of
personal devotional activity. As the number of literate women grows throughout the century,
translation (with reading) is also increasingly represented as a means of keeping women out
of trouble, a development which reflects the growing acceptance of the Protestant contention
that a good woman is a reading woman. The epistolary culture of the persecuted Marian
Protestant community illustrates the construction of a community of readers in the Protestant
language of spiritual family, and the role of the reading woman in sustaining that community.
My concluding chapter outlines the continuing construction of a textual community of
exemplary foremothers, a tradition of "godly, learned women," in which the virtuous woman
reader is expected to participate. This distinctly Protestant pattern of literate female piety,
alongside a growing number of women readers in Elizabethan England, increasingly shapes
cultural ideals of female virtue.
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Araujo, Bárbara Filipa da Costa. "Pregnancy and Tumor Outcomes in Women with Prolactinoma." Master's thesis, 2017. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/104252.
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Araujo, Bárbara Filipa da Costa. "Pregnancy and Tumor Outcomes in Women with Prolactinoma." Dissertação, 2017. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/104252.
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Ko, Shiun Gway, and 柯薰貴. "Relationship between uncertainty and coping strategies in preoperative breast tumor women." Thesis, 1996. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/33670338248184925550.
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The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship in women with breast tumor before surgery. The study was conducted on the basis of survey,and it was done in sixty seven women with breast tumor. The uncertainty wasmeasured by the Mishel Uncertainty in Illness Scale (MUIS), and coping strategies was assessed by Jalowiec Coping Scale (JCS). The results were presented as following: (1) The level of uncertainty in peroperative breast tumor women was up to moderate. (2) The perceived ambiguity level was higherthan the complexity level. (3) The confrontive, optimistic and suppertant coping strategies were the most frequently used strategies in preoperativebreast tumor women. (4) The emotive, palliative and evasive coping strategieswere the least used strategies in preoperative breast tumor women. (5) The coping strategies might be grouped into four coping patterns, they were self-reliant coping pattern, supportant coping pattern, evasive coping pattern, andemotive coping pattern. (6) Significant positive correlations were found betweenthe uncertainty and three coping strategies - evasive, fatalistic and emotivecoping. (7) Evasive and emotive coping strategies can be used to predict uncertainty, the total variance was 31.8%. (8) Age and uncertainty was significantly positive correlated, and age explained 9.3% of the variance for uncertainty. As the result of this study, we will suggest that the nursingpersonnels may be advised to intervene to maintain hope, to establish the relationships with others, and to use effective coping strategies for reducinguncertainty level and inhancing coping process in women with breast tumor before surgery.
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Barros, Andreia Patrícia Alves. "“Porque despidas das grinaldas, dos véus, de tudo, fica a mulher. E ela tem lá tudo”." Master's thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/6658.
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Dissertação de Mestrado apresentada no ISPA – Instituto Universitário para obtenção de grau de Mestre na especialidade em Psicologia ClínicaIntrodução: Estudos relacionados com o género são cada vez mais centrais no mundo contemporâneo. Com a emancipação da mulher e aumento da literatura feminista existem cada vez mais estudos sobre a feminilidade, no sentido de se encontrar respostas para as mais variadas questões, como, por exemplo: é um construto biológico ou cultural? Como se desenvolve? Quais as principais ansiedades e conflitos? O que a diferencia do masculino? Qual o papel da família na construção da identidade feminina? Esta identidade deve ser compreendida consoante o contexto cultural? Na revisão de literatura apresentamos de forma sucinta algumas conceptualizações sobre o tema. Objectivo: Este estudo visa analisar a representação do feminino em mulheres angolanas, de três gerações diferentes, da mesma família. Método: A entrevista e respectiva análise baseiam-se no Método Qualitativo FANI de Hollway e Jefferson (2000). Participantes: A amostra é constituída por três mulheres angolanas, residentes em Luanda, Angola, com idades superiores a 30 anos, de três gerações diferentes, da mesma família. Conclusões: Confirma-se a controvérsia que existe dentro da psicanálise relativamente à génese e à definição do feminino. A maternidade constitui a essência do feminino para as participantes mais velhas. A mulher é valorizada pela sua personalidade, que compreende características positivas e direccionadas para o mundo objectal, e pela sua inteligência. Existe uma articulação entre o contexto cultural e politico do país com o mundo interior das participantes. Verifica-se uma tendência para a desconstrução do género.
ABSTRACT: Introduction: Gender-related studies are increasingly focal in the contemporary world. With the emancipation of women and the increase of feminist literature, there are an increasing amount of studies related to femininity in pursuit of answers to the wide array of questions such as: is it a biological or cultural construct? How does it develop? What are the main anxieties and conflicts? What are the differentiators from masculine? What is the role of the family in the construction of feminine identity? Should be understood according to the cultural context? In the review of the literature, we briefly present some conceptualizations about this subject. Purpose: This study aims to analyze the representation of the feminine in Angolan women, from three different generations in the same family. Method: The interview and its analysis are based on the FANI Qualitative Method of Hollway and Jefferson (2000). Participants: The subjects are constituted by three Angolan women living in Luanda, Angola, aged over 30 years, from three different generations in the same family. Conclusions: The controversy that exists within psychoanalysis regarding the genesis and definition of the feminine is confirmed. Motherhood is the essence of the feminine for older participants. The woman is valued for her personality, which comprises positive characteristics and a self-object world, and for her intelligence. There is a link between the cultural and political context of the country and the inner world of the participants. There is a trend towards the deconstruction of gender.