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Tsaousi, Christiana. "Consuming underwear : fashioning female identity". Thesis, University of Leicester, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/9393.
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In academic literature underwear is a largely neglected part of women’s clothing which, this thesis argues, is nonetheless as important as ‘outward’ dress itself. Indeed in some ways underwear is more interesting in the sense that it is hidden from view but still appears to have considerable social/discursive importance. The thesis suggests that underwear functions as a source for (re)constructing female identity and that women ‘learn’ through their embodied experience of choosing the ‘right’ underwear for the right occasion to fashion elements of their identity accordingly. Using a conceptual combination of work by Michel Foucault, Pierre Bourdieu and selected feminists, alongside theories of consumption, the thesis argues that underwear can be seen as a technology of the self and as embodied cultural capital. It functions both as a support for outerwear and the body, and as a tool for self-fashioning and self-improvement due to the intense sensations it can produce for the wearer. Using a series of focus groups and interviews, based on the concept of identity opseis which reflects the different sides of identity a woman arguably plays out in her everyday life, the thesis aims to contribute to the field of the sociology of consumption by exploring the role of socio-cultural imperatives and of taste in the consumption of women’s underwear. The empirical data indicate that underwear is used for the construction and reconstruction of various feminine identities, including worker, mother, sports player and sexual partner. It analyses the importance respondents attribute to underwear according to whether it is hidden or visible; the physical/psychological sensations it induces for the respondents; the varying mobilisations of underwear to support aspects of the female identity project; the role of taste when choosing underwear; and the experiences the respondents report regarding shopping for underwear. Thus this thesis contributes to the limited scholarly literature on underwear and establishes an understanding of how such mundane forms of body work can be elements of constructing women’s ongoing and complex identity projects.
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Ball, Victoria. "Female identity and the British female ensemble drama 1995-1998". Thesis, Queen Margaret University, 2007. https://eresearch.qmu.ac.uk/handle/20.500.12289/7347.
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This thesis focuses upon a distinctive form of ‘feminine-gendered’ fiction, that of the British female ensemble drama, that has proliferated across televisual schedules since the late 1970s and which has received little academic attention. Although not a discrete genre, the female ensemble drama is nevertheless identifiable as a distinctive form of ‘feminine-gendered’ fiction that is largely written and/or produced by women, which diegetically focuses on particular communities of female characters and which is predominantly aimed at female audiences. The purpose of this text-based analysis of the female ensemble drama is to engage with a central concern of feminist television criticism, that of the gendered identity of this particular media form and the constructions of gender within it given its association with women at these three sites of production, text and audience. While I provide a historical overview of the development of this form of drama in relation to its textual precedents I isolate a particular moment in the history of this form of drama, that of the late 1990s, for closer analysis. Firstly I isolate the late 1990s to provide knowledge and understanding of the way in which the ‘feminine’ identity of this form of drama has contributed to its academic neglect within this socio-cultural period. Secondly I provide a close textual analysis of the constructions of ‘women’ within three female ensemble dramas in order to engage with and explore the textual negotiations they embody surrounding discourses of feminism and post feminism, de- and re-traditionalization in this particular period. While these themes have begun to be addressed in feminist television criticism they have largely been explored in relation to constructions of femininity in American dramas. This analysis then, allows for an exploration of these discourses in relation to a regional form of British drama. It is through investigating the academic neglect of this form of drama; providing a historical, thematic and aesthetic overview of the female ensemble drama as well as a detailed analysis of three of the female ensemble dramas of the 1990s that I contribute knowledge and understanding of this particular regional form of ‘feminine-gendered’ fiction to the field of Feminist Television Studies.
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Berndt, Katrin. "Female identity in contemporary Zimbabwean fiction /". Bayreuth : Thielmann & Breitinger, 2005. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=013041976&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.
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Munir, Shaheen Sikander. "Identity and anxiety among female adults /". The Ohio State University, 1988. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487597424135029.
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Walters, Melanie L. "Mother/daughter dyads : female identity construction in three contemporary female Bildungsromane /". Available to subscribers only, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1559850931&sid=10&Fmt=2&clientId=1509&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Blackmon, Carlotta M. "Routed Sisterhood: Black American Female Identity and the Black Female Community". Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1238090994.
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Van, Eijck Jo-Ann. "Constructing contemporary Cuban female identity : female traces in the visual arts". Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 2004. http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/29334/.
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This study will assess five contemporary female artists to explore ways in which their art production can be meaningfully read in relation to their sense of being Cuban and what this might mean for them at this juncture in Cuba's history. The first three chapters introduce the artists - Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Marta Maria Perez, Belkis Ayon, Tania Bruguera and Sandra Ramos - and the unique Cuban visual arts spectrum post-1980, vis-a-vis movements, people, ideology, education and the impact of socialist influences. Key factors regarding Cuban identity will also be examined; gender, race, socio-cultural and religious practices, as these elements have been fundamental to the self-conscious identity constructions of these women through their art. As products of the revolutionary process, artists have delivered sophisticated avant-garde high art creations that embody the worldviews of the Cuban people. And, as professional artists, they are afforded specific ideological, ethical and social responsibilities and privileges within Cuban society. Their creative endeavours have become much-needed critical spaces to comment when other Cubans cannot and to consider issues of specific relevance to their country. Drawing on the resources of iconography and various semiotic devices, the following three chapters focus on these women's lives and artistic trajectories via the topics they address, such as myth, religion, displacement and the Cuban Diaspora. As a recurrent element in their work and one historically connected to the Cuban visual arts tradition and notions of identity, their portrayals of the female body will be read as sites for socio-cultural, personal and ideological discourse within the parameters of the contemporary socialist Cuban framework. Also, the nature of the plastic arts medium and the possibilities inherent in being a Cuban artist will be examined, and the other 'bodies' present in their work; the body of the audience and the body of the artwork.
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Prince, Jane. "Processes of identity in female police officers". Thesis, Cranfield University, 1993. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/8753.
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Almost all studies of policewomen are concerned with strong and specific
strains on the identity. The literature reviewed reveals both two social
divides and two occupational divides. Theories of identity are also reviewed
and these similarly separate into those concerned with socialisation and
others which focus on struggles, on conflicts. Both draw attention to the
social contexts and to coping strategies. From these literature based accounts
a methodology is derived which brings together the quantitative and the
qualitative through the use of the survey, the interview and participant
observation. There were 152 respondents, 24 interview subjects and three
periods of observation.
The key link is to be found in the Theory of Type. There is a policewomen
personality which extraverts 'sensing'; external world patterns and facts are
preferred to abstract relationships. This type is in balance with the
background characteristics identified. Family members encouraged joining,
educational levels are higher than average and the women joined especially
for job security and pay along with a value of public service. Their dislikes
spread across their treatment by both men and the management structure.
Their likes are for the variety and unpredictability of the work itself. The
critical incident interviews deepen the understanding of the conflicts
experienced, five major conflicts being identified. The responses include
confrontation, a strategy previously unidentified as having the same degree
of Significance as others in managing conflicts of identity. Passing and
denial are much less frequently used. The longer serving and the promoted
women are more likely to be confrontational in their responses to
contradictions.
The distinction between policewomen and policewomen was not identifiable
in this sample. The greatest preference for managing contradictions and
conflict was through assertion and confrontation. These data lead to the
conclusion that gender identity can be a synthesis rather than a
segmentation. Furthermore this synthesis may be both personal and stable
and an aspect of policewomen whether on or off duty.
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Okan, Olgaokan. "Narrative constructions of female identity after suicide". Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2017. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/7419/.
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This thesis weaves together two central themes in the analysis of literary suicide: writing and gender. In particular, it looks at different interpretations of the suicides of Eleanor Marx, Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath and Sarah Kane. Apart from being writers who committed suicide, these women share a common interest in suicide as a subject matter in their writings. Especially in the cases of Woolf and Plath, their iconic status as literary suicides has often blurred the distinction between fact and fiction in the studies of their life and work. Furthermore, they have become case studies in the fields of psychology/psychiatry which discuss creativity in relation to mental illness. In this thesis, I take into account the connotations of literary suicide in different fields of study and synthesize an interdisciplinary approach with a focus on gender. Drawing on Judith Butler’s theory of performativity and Katrina Jaworski’s adaptation of it to suicide, I explore suicide as a social and historical construct. The thesis traces the subject formation of suicide through textual analysis of primary sources (including fiction, biographies and print media) and considers suicide notes, newspaper reports, obituaries and letters as the first narrative constructions of suicidal identity. Initial reactions to these suicides show a highly gendered understanding. However, the multiple narratives that follow reflect changes in the discourse of suicide. The thesis analyses the narratives of suicide written by the authors in relation to dominant discourses of suicide, the self and gender. The examination of the writers’ own work demonstrates that Marx, Woolf, Plath and Kane were in most cases writing against the dominant discourses of suicide.
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Juliussen-Stevenson, Heather Ann. "Performing christian female identity in Roman Alexandria". College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/8220.
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Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2008.Thesis research directed by: Dept. of History. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Kirchner, Sandra R. "Following the Thread: Female Identity and Spirituality". Oxford, Ohio : Miami University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=miami1240678953.
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Fulton, Katharine Lynn. "Female sexual identity in Toni Morrison's Love". [Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University], 2009.
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Stamou, Eva. "The ageing process and female identity in midlife". Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2010. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/8757/.
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My research examines how middle aged women (35-54 years of age) who live in the UK experience the process of growing older, and it addresses in detail the question of whether, and if so, how, their sense of self changes during midlife. In recent years it has been argued that it is not possible to offer an adequate theory of women’s experience and self-understanding without addressing the bodily aspects of the constitution of identity in their social context. According to the ‘double standard of ageing’ hypothesis, women are not permitted to age in ways that men are; they are marginalised and ignored not only by popular culture but also by some sociologists and gerontologists. Thus, there is a need for rethinking current theory so as to ensure that middle aged women become more visible. The themes explored in my project include: body image in midlife, participants’ notions of middle age, methods women use in order to control or conceal the signs of ageing, female sexuality in midlife, life milestones, ageism, the double standard of ageing in British society. The thesis contributes to the current debates within social sciences by offering new data that corroborate the hypothesis of the embodied nature of female identity, and the view that ageing is experienced as a defining factor in the development of personal female identity. Paricipants acknowledge that ageing is a feminist issue and their disourse confirms that there is a double standard of ageing in British society. In addition, my project challenges the idea that getting older is something pathological. It stresses the importance of diversity among women of different ethnicity and cultural background for the psychological, and social impact of ageing in women’s life. Finally, this project suggests that social scientists need to re-consider their age cohort categorizations and the use of the term ‘middle-age’, which - given the currently popular and medical preconceptions - carries only negative connotations for participants.
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Anderson, Margaret Kimberly. "A recognition of being, exploring native female identity". Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ29139.pdf.
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Lagamba, Jonette Lauren. "Shaping Identity: Male and Female Interactions in Cinema". Scholar Commons, 2012. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4116.
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ABSTRACT
Since the inception of cinema, women have been portrayed with the typical identities of emotionally and physically weak characters; this portrayal led to their subsequent dependence on men. Men were usually the protagonists and/or the heroes, following their archetypal journey. Thus, women's position in early cinema was to exemplify what men were not, placing the former in the diminutive position of the Other. One may conclude that men were often defined by what women lacked, and the women were defined by their relationships with these heroic men. As time progressed in the history of cinema, women's images retained part of this former definition; however, their identities were also shaped by the manners in which they related with the male characters. This scenario remains consistent in contemporary cinema as well. The research will reveal how the stereotyped women's identities change as they interact with the male characters; specifically, it will address the roles of the femme fatale in American cinema and the prostitute in Italian cinema. There are various factors that shape identity in film and literature. However, this research will focus mainly on male and female interactions in these areas: Postwar Italian cinema and American film noir. It will enhance research conducted by various film theorists and reveal the significance of shaping identity with gender interactions. Moreover, it will determine that shaping identity often serves as a significant catalyst for narrative.
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Broermann, Taylor Marie. "Social Identity and Sport among Adolescents Female Cheerleaders". The Ohio State University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1618821861052722.
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El, Deek Hosry Manar. "Interrogations into Female Identity in Arab American literature". Thesis, Paris 4, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017PA040024.
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Cette thèse étudie des œuvres littéraires arabo-américaines contemporaines écrites par des femmes, plus spécifiquement les écrits d’Evelyn Shakir tels que Bint Arab, ainsi que plusieurs autres romans dont Arabian Jazz et Crescent de Diana Abu Jaber, The Inheritance of Exile de Susan Muaddi Darraj, The Night Counter d’Alia Yunis, et Once in a Promised Land de Laila Halaby. Elle montre comment ces œuvres construisent des univers où peuvent être interrogées les notions d’identité, de culture, d’ethnicité, et de genre. Les conflits quotidiens autour de l’identité sont traités en se fondant à la fois sur les œuvres critiques des femmes arabo-américaines et sur les études psycho-sociales du biculturalisme. De plus, ce travail met l’accent sur la formation de solidarités entre les femmes de couleur, en élargissant le concept de « conscience des zones frontalières » d’Anzaldua pour inclure les œuvres des écrivaines arabo-américaines. Les théories développées après la colonisation, particulièrement les études sur l’orientalisme à la suite d’Edward Said, sont également invoquées pour remettre en question le modèle oriental de la féminité. Enfin, cette thèse analyse la narration et son rôle dans la création d’un point d’ancrage pour les identités « exilées », insistant plus particulièrement sur la figure de Shéhérazade. Ce travail montre ainsi la façon dont les productions littéraires peuvent créer de nouveaux espaces pour comprendre les problèmes sociaux, politiques, culturels, ou ethniquesThis dissertation analyses contemporary Arab-American literary productions by female writers, specifically, Shakir’s collection of memoirs Bint Arab and her two short stories “Oh Lebanon” and “Name Calling,” as well as a selection of novels, Abu Jaber’s Arabian Jazz and Crescent, Darraj’s The Inheritance of Exile, Alia Yunis’s The Night Counter, and Laila Halaby’s Once in a Promised Land. It shows how these works construct a space which enables them to investigate questions of identity, culture, ethnicity and gender. Identity conflicts around everyday matters like physical appearance, color, dress codes, veiling, chastity, and marriage are addressed by drawing upon critical works by Arab-American female writers and psycho-social studies on biculturalism. Moreover, this work emphasizes coalition-building with women of color by extending Anzaldua’s concept of the “consciousness of the borderlands” to encompass works by Arab-American female writers. Theories by post-colonial thinkers, particularly Said’s studies on Orientalism, also contribute to the dissertation’s questioning of the Oriental model of womanhood. Finally, this dissertation envisages critical works that study storytelling and its role in creating a surrogate home for “exilic” identities, with special emphasis on the Scheherazadian narrative. This project views literary productions as an appropriate way to investigate social, political, cultural and ethnic issues. It shows how writings by Arab-American women contribute to exploring inner identity conflicts, how they connect with other minority groups, and how they create a new sense of home
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Turrill, Amber Renee. "Shred chicks : gender and identity in female guitar players". College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/3585.
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Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2006.Thesis research directed by: School of Music. Musicology Division. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Dixon, Stephen Michael. "Transsexualism and identity : processes of female to male transition". Thesis, Durham University, 1998. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/4790/.
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This thesis reports an interview-based study of thirty female-to-male (FtM) transsexual individuals. These participants were divided into three groups of ten according to their transitional status: 'pre-transitional', 'transitional and 'post-transitional. Interviews were carried out utilising an extensive semi-structured interview schedule and were recorded. Tapes together with field notes from each interview were that transcribed. The thirty transcripts were then subjected to a detailed review and analysis. A range of issues were identified in relation to the notion of FtM transsexual identity as this was experienced through the processes of FtM transition. The conclusions drawn identified a number of substantive areas of insight into the FtM transsexual condition, each of which have implications for an understanding of: coping with a threatened identity; passing; trust; factors relating to and effects of disclosure following these individuals' decision to embark cm transition; issues pertaining to transition, and attitudes of the medical profession toward transsexualism, among others. Some policy issues were also identified indicating scope for interentive measures geared at facilitating the life circumstances and transsitional passage of FtM transsexual people.
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La, Voie Michael Joseph. "Identity Conversion: Female Muslim Converts in the United States". Thesis, Boston College, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:107423.
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Thesis advisor: Natana DeLong-BasThis thesis seeks to investigate female conversion to Islam in the United States, and the role of gender and identity in this process. Utilizing various conversion studies, from four different fields, I will provide the background on conversion in general and will attempt to rationalize the decision for conversion to Islam in an environment, which may not be conducive to these beliefs. By looking at individual conversion narratives, the motivations for conversion, as well as the purposes for the conversion process will be revealed. Ultimately, this research attempts to understand the factors which may drive an individual to convert to Islam, when other religious options are easily accessible
Thesis (MA) — Boston College, 2017
Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Discipline: Middle Eastern Studies
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Davids, Courtney Laurey. "Female identity and landscape in Ann Radcliffe's Gothic Novels". Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/2800.
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Magister ArtiumThe purpose of this dissertation is to chart the development of an ambivalent female identity in the Gothic genre, as exemplified by Ann Radcliffe's late eighteenth century fictions. The thesis examines the social and literary context of the emergence of the Gothic in English literature and argues that it is intimately tied up with changes in social, political and gender relations in the period.
South Africa
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Wan, Pauline Gail. "Female trauma and memory in constructions of black identity". Thesis, Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B21510969.
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Thowsen, Ingfrid. "Identity at Risk. An Analysis of Female Identity in Four of Elizabeth Bowen's Wartime Texts". Doctoral thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Modern Foreign Languages, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-1733.
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Beresford, Sarah. "The control and determination of gender and sexual identity in law". Thesis, Lancaster University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.250601.
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MacLeod, Alison Jean. "Handsome girls, hellcats and tomboys : a study of the female androgyne in literature". Thesis, Lancaster University, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.337353.
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Boddington, Ellen. "A qualitative exploration of gender identity in young people who identify as neither male nor female". Thesis, University of East London, 2016. http://roar.uel.ac.uk/5383/.
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The dominant approach to categorising gender in western cultures, follows a binary system, where the gender of an individual must be either male or female. However, some individuals feel that their gender identity is neither male nor female, and may define themselves as non-binary. Non-binary gender has predominantly been encompassed within wider transgender research and, therefore, little is known about how young people who identify as non-binary describe their gender identity. This research study explored how young people with non-binary gender identities describe and understand their gender identity. The influence of relationships with others upon gender identity was explored, along with what these young people would like from services. Six young people aged between 15 and 18 with non-binary gender identities were recruited from a NHS gender identity development service and a third sector organisation supporting young people with gender development. Semi-structured interviews were carried out and analysed using thematic analysis. The research indicated that the participants utilised the internet as a source of information during the process of gender exploration and discovery. Talking to others both within and outside of the transgender community provided them with the space to explore, discover and find validation and acceptance of their non-binary genders. This study also suggests that the impact of gender uncertainty and body distress on their emotional wellbeing could be exacerbated or mitigated according to the response and support received from others. Furthermore, the young people that took part in this research were very aware of negative judgements of those in their community and also within wider society. The stigma and discrimination was thought by the participants to be fuelled by the lack of awareness and education of non-binary genders. Consequently, there was a desire for activism and social action to reduce stigma and to improve the everyday lives of those with non-binary genders. A critical review of the study is provided and theoretical and clinical implications are offered.
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Guluzar, Ozturk. "The Construction Of Female Identity In Timberlake Wertenbaker'". Master's thesis, METU, 2012. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614903/index.pdf.
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This thesis aims to analyse the construction of female identity from the beginning of the feminist activism in Victorian era whose rationale was formed during the eighteenth century, to the contemporary times in terms of patriarchy and motherhood in Timberlake Wertenbaker&rsquos The Grace of Mary Traverse and The Break of Day. This study is conducted with the historical development of the feminist movement that has had different agendas at different periods of history being taken into account. Fighting for women&rsquo
s emancipation and equality, feminism has helped women attain certain rights
however certain roles imposed on women that have been designed to define fema le identity cannot be said to have been eliminated. Rather, as this study shows, the oppression women have faced has just changed direction
but its nature is still the same. To this end, Wertenbaker presents the situation of women in different contexts of time and circumstances in her plays. Women&rsquo
s quest for identity has been interrupted and diverted by various oppressive mechanisms and institutions which are patriarchy and motherhood as the major focus of analysis throughout this thesis in Wertenbaker&rsquo
s plays.
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Atkins, Kristin Gayle. "Investigating Female Identity Formation: From Fairy Tales to Fabulous Lives". NCSU, 2004. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-10202004-205122/.
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Identity is not a universally fixed term (Butler, 1990, p. 7); rather, it is complex construction produced and reproduced along the axes of gender, race, class, sexuality, education, and cultural context (Gauntlett, 2002, p. 13). As such, identity hinges on a combination of acts, (Sedgwick, 1990), hierarchical social categories (Butler, 1999), culture (Kellner, 1995, 2003), history, difference, representation, social institutions, and stories that define and shape the self through recursive and self-reflexive processes. This research investigates the impact of media culture, body image, relationships, and fairy tales on the identity formation of four young women. Specifically, I concentrate on key cultural models provided through electronic media, visual media culture, and schooling to follow the ways in which these women construct and co-construct their identities over the course of several interviews. Using discourse analysis as the primary tool of inquiry, this study investigates specific details in speech to identify key patterns in language, to interrogate the socioculturally-situated identities produced, and to illuminate relevant cultural models and context in an effort to better understand the ways in which girling and the institution of school inform female identity formation.
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McCaffrey, Eileen M. "Muslim Female Youths' Identity Negotiation in Relationship to Life's Opportunities". Thesis, Lewis University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3557138.
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There is continued pressure for girls to formulate a positive identity in a society that privileges specific identity constructions along the lines of race, class, gender, ethnicity, sexuality and religion. This difficulty, however, may be even greater for a teen girl who also juggles the additional challenges of being Arabic and Muslim. Living in a country where their values, practices and beliefs are not the norm amongst the dominant culture in which they are surrounded contributes to this difficulty. Much research has been done about the Muslim population in general. However, narratives of young Muslim females telling their specific life stories, in relationship to the challenges they may have faced or currently face negotiating their identities in and out of public schools in the post-9/11 era, have not been addressed. In addition, although there have been studies done about Muslims' negotiation of identities, no study has related their negotiations of these identities to life's opportunities. In other words, to what extent do/did Muslim girls need to negotiate multiple identities, which is defined here as to give up and/or alter some cultural and/or religious practices and/or adopt others, in the American public school system and in places of employment in relationship to their perceptions of life's opportunities both while in high school and present day. This study seeks to tell the stories of young, female Muslims, stories about their identity negotiations in public high schools and present day in a post-9/11 world. Only through in-depth examinations of these women's lives can their stories be shared.
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Abdulaziz, A. M. "Female and Muslim : a study of identity in the Qur'an". Thesis, University of Birmingham, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.503126.
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Matteson, Emily G. "Discourses of Menstruation: Public and Private Formations of Female Identity". Scholarship @ Claremont, 2014. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/432.
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Menstruation is a biological process, but it is also laden with cultrual meanings that produce society's understandings of both the body and "womanhood." The experiences of those who menstruate both reveal and inform the ways that culture mediates the relationships between biology, the body, sex, and gender. This study examines the ways that students at Scripps College, a women's college in Claremont, CA, understand and experience menstruation as part of living in an environment where the majority of students identify as female. Through ethnographic interviews, I demonstrate the ways that students use menstruation to re-envision distinctions between public and private spheres, to evaluate their relationships with other people, to gain knowledge about the body, and to question what it means to claim a female identity. The discourses of menstruation at Scripps reveal that although there is a dominant construction of the women's college as an "ideal women's space," in practice students continue to adhere to sociocultural restrictions placed on the menstruating female body, even as they attempt to create a more positive discourse.
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Alexander, Robyn Gaye. "Body/sexuality/control : female identity in four Fay Weldon novels". Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20451.
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Bibliography: pages 154-163.This thesis explores the manner in which female identity is depicted and the concept itself deployed in four novels by Fay Weldon (1931- ), a contemporary English writer. The novels examined are Puffball (1980), The President's Child (1982), The Cloning of Joanna May (1989) and Growing Rich (1992). The thesis's· theoretical focus is feminist, and it makes use of terms, arguments and insights provided by contemporary feminist literary and cultural theory. It thus in part also explores the usefulness of insights provided by recent feminist poststructuralist theory, with particular reference to psychoanalytic theory. On the whole, these insights are found to be useful, even though they do not entirely answer some of the questions generated by the possibilities which are shown to exist for female subjects within western culture. The thesis's conclusion suggests ways in which this lack of definitive answers might in its turn be interpreted. The first chapter, dealing with Puffball, examines the novel's depiction of the effects of pregnancy on a woman's body and in turn on her sense of her own identity. This is followed by a chapter on The Cloning of Joanna May, which also takes female experience of the maternal as its central focus. This chapter shows how Weldon investigates current meanings of birth, children, identity and the natural via a plot concerned with the uses and abuses of contemporary reproductive technologies. A short chapter on Weldon's prose style, which is seen to manipulate aspects of form in order to generate particular effects, follows. In it, the current reception of Weldon's work and her use of humour in her writing is commented upon. This chapter also anticipates the question of the use of narrative voice, which is crucial to the novels dealt with in the final two chapters. In the first of these, which explores Growing Rich, the manner in which masculine power is shown to impact on the bodies of the two central female characters is central. Like the final chapter on The President's Child, this chapter also deals with the narrator's use of narrative as vehicle for both the stories of the female characters which she relates and for her own story. The final chapter focuses on the increasingly open conflict which Weldon depicts between male and female power, and also explores how the public/private division central to western culture is disrupted in this novel. Throughout the thesis, an attempt is made to show how female identity is at present constructed for and by western women: via their own and others' representations of their bodies and their sexuality, and as a concept over which they have varying degrees of control. It concludes that the often contradictory fictional representations of female subjectivity in the four novels under discussion suggest the constraints and difficulties involved in attempts to create new visions of female bodies, sexualities and identities. However, these depictions of such experiences are in addition shown to suggest the possibility of new and different representations.
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Poynter, Leah Jane. "Rewriting female desire and identity: contemporary representations of ecriture feminine". The Ohio State University, 1995. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1400073058.
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De, Camilla Lauren. "Female Leads: Negotiating Minority Identity in Contemporary Italian Horror Cinema". The Ohio State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1595519031355062.
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Manomaiphibul, Parida. "Performing gender discourses : soap opera and female identity in Thailand". Thesis, University of Exeter, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.439875.
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Bragg, Beauty Lee Woodard Helena. "The body in the text : female engagements with Black identity /". Ann Arbor, MI : UMI, 2004. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/etd/d/2004/braggbl21867/braggbl21867.pdf#page=3.
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Duvall, Kathryn L., Kelly A. Dorgan i Sadie P. Hutson. "Personal Identity Changes of Female Cancer Survivors in Southern Appalachia". Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/1228.
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Navigating personal identity changes through the cancer journey can be challenging, especially for women in a culture that places emphasis on traditional gender roles and values close-knit families. Drawing on a story circule approach, this study examined the intersecting identities of female cancer survivors in southern Appalachia. Stories of 29 female Appalachian cancer survivors from Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia were collected via a mixed methods approach in either a day-long story circule (N-26) or an in-depth interview (N=3). Transcripts from both phases were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim; NVivo 8.0 facilitated qualitative content analysis of the data. Inductive analysis revealed that women in this study appeared in struggle with (1) maintaining place in the family, (2) mothering, and (3) navigating physical changes. Ideas of family versus self appeared to overlap and intertwine with how women in Appalachia navigate personal identify changes through the cancer journey.
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Mamabolo, Mokgaetji Philistus. "Self-objectification, cultural identity, body dissatisfaction, and health-related behaviours among female among female African University Students". Thesis, University of Limpopo, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/3069.
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Thesis (M.A. (Clinical Psychology)) --University of Limpopo,2019Sociocultural pressures, including the thin-ideal internalization, and other aspects of self-objectification, are associated with body dissatisfaction. However, there is limited research regarding the association between self-objectification and engagement in health related behaviours among African females. A quantitative study was conducted with a sample of 411 female African university students from the University of Limpopo, South Africa to investigate the relationship between internalisation of sociocultural beauty standards and body dissatisfaction and engagement in health related behaviours. The study further explored whether cultural identity would moderate the relationship between internalisation of socio-cultural beauty standards and both body dissatisfaction and engagement in health related behaviours. Structural equation modelling (SEM) suggested that internalization of socio-cultural beauty standards significantly predicted students’ body satisfaction. No statistically significant relationship was found between internalization of socio-cultural beauty standards and engagement in health related behaviours. Also, cultural identity did not moderate the relationship between self-objectification and both body dissatisfaction and engagement in health related behaviours. This being a single study, further research is required to determine the relationship between the variables.
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Yu, Qingyi. "Womanist Identity, Acculturation, and Gender Role Identity: An Examination of Chinese Female Students in the United States". Thesis, Boston College, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:104158.
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Thesis advisor: Janet E. HelmsAs the first generation born after China introduced its "one-child policy," Chinese female students in the United States belong to a special population that is under the dual pressures of their parents' expectations to succeed and the conflicting traditional Chinese stereotypes of women as obedient to men, dependent, and home orientated. Previous research on Chinese female students' acculturative experiences indicates that these women face unique challenges in redefining their gender roles. However, no studies have explored whether womanist and acculturative processes are related to this psychological transition. The current study explored womanist identity and acculturation attitudes as processes influencing Chinese women's negotiations of their gender roles and redefinitions of themselves as women while living in the United States. Chinese female international students (N=192), enrolled in colleges or universities in the US, completed a demographic questionnaire; the Womanist Identity Attitude Scale (Helms, 1990), which assessed their manner of coping with traditional role expectations; and, the Acculturation Scale for Asian International Students (Gu, 2008), which measured acculturation attitudes. Their gender-role traits and stereotypical attitudes toward American women were examined by the Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI) (Bem, 1974) and Attitudes toward Women Scale (AWS) (Spence, Helmrich, & Stapp, 1978). Canonical correlation analyses were used to investigate relationships among (a) womanist identity and acculturation attitudes, (b) womanist identity and gender-roles, and (c) acculturation attitudes and gender roles. Two identity-acculturation patterns, three identity-gender role patterns, and two acculturation-gender role patterns were identified. When the Chinese women were self-defining their gender-role identity, they were participating in U.S. culture and integrating traditional and non-traditional gender-role traits and attitudes. Traditional womanist attitudes were associated with increased levels of rejecting the U.S. culture, traditional gender roles, and perceived dissimilarities between themselves and U.S. women. The current study is the first to investigate gender-role and acculturation developmental issues of "One-Child" women from a psychological perspective. Obtained results suggest that their adaptive processes are more complex than anticipated. Methodological limitations of the study are discussed
Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2015
Submitted to: Boston College. Lynch School of Education
Discipline: Counseling, Developmental and Educational Psychology
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George, Eva Marie. ""Hungry to see ourselves reflected" identity, representation and black female spectatorship /". College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/1940.
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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2004.Thesis research directed by: American Studies. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Rae, Angela Lynn. "The haunted bedroom: female sexual identity in Gothic literature, 1790-1820". Thesis, Rhodes University, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002294.
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This thesis explores the relationship between the Female Gothic novel of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century and the social context of women at that time. In the examination of the primary works of Ann Radcliffe, Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley, this study investigates how these female writers work within the Gothic genre to explore issues related to the role of women in their society, in particular those concerned with sexual identity. It is contended that the Gothic genre provides these authors with the ideal vehicle through which to critique the patriarchal definition of the female, a definition which confines and marginalizes women, denying the female any sexual autonomy. The Introduction defines the scope of the thesis by delineating the differences between the Female Gothic and the Male Gothic. Arguing that the Female Gothic shuns the voyeuristic victimisation of women which characterizes much of the Male Gothic, it is contended that the Female Gothic is defined by its interest in, and exploration of, issues which concern the status of women in a patriarchy. It is asserted that it is this concern with female gender roles that connects the overtly radical work of Mary Wollstonecraft with the oblique critique evident in her contemporary, Ann Radcliffe’s, novels. It is these concerns too, which haunt Mary Shelley’s texts, published two decades later. Chapter One outlines the status of women in the patriarchal society of the late eighteenth century, a period marked by political and social upheaval. This period saw the increasing division of men and women into the “separate spheres” of the public and domestic worlds, and the consequent birth of the ideal of “Angel in the House” which became entrenched in the nineteenth century. The chapter examines how women writers were influenced by this social context and what effect it had on the presentation of female characters in their work, in particular in terms of their depiction of motherhood. Working from the premise that, in order to fully understand the portrayal of female sexuality in the texts, the depiction of the male must be examined, Chapter Two analyses the male characters in terms of their relationship to the heroines and/or the concept of the “feminine”. Although the male characters differ from text to text and author to author, it is argued that in their portrayal of “heroes and villains” the authors were providing a critique of the patriarchal system. While some of the texts depict male characters that challenge traditional stereotypes concerning masculinity, others outline the disastrous and sometimes fatal consequences for both men and women of the rigid gender divisions which disallow the male access to the emotional realm restricted by social prescriptions to the private, domestic world of the female. It is contended that, as such, all of the texts assert the necessity for male and female, masculine and feminine to be united on equal terms. Chapter Three interprets the heroine’s journey through sublime landscapes and mysterious buildings as a journey from childhood innocence to sexual maturity, illustrating the intrinsic link that exists between the settings of Gothic novels and female sexuality. The chapter first examines the authors’ use of the Burkean concept of the sublime and contends that the texts offer a significant revision of the concept. In contrast to Burke’s overtly masculinist definition of the sublime, the texts assert that the female can and does have access to it, and that this access can be used to overcome patriarchal oppression. Secondly, an analysis of the image of the castle and related structures reveals that they can symbolise both the patriarchy and the feminine body. Contending that the heroine’s experiences within these structures enable her to move from innocence to experience, it is asserted that the knowledge that she gains, during her journeys, of herself and of society allows her to assert her independence as a sexually adult woman.
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Billard, Jennifer Christine. "Relationships between identity and music preferences in female Anangu Pitjantjatjara teenagers /". Title page, abstract and contents only, 1997. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09mub/09mubb596.pdf.
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Starks, Nancy E. "The effects of sobriety on the gender identity of female alcoholics". DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 1995. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/1995.
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This study examined the impact of sustained sobriety on the female alcoholic's gender behaviors and perceptions of self. It is based on the premise that sustained abstinence from alcohol will result in the acquisition of situation appropriate cognitive and behavioral processes that support recovery and strengthen coping skills. A comparison group posttest-only research design was employed to organize and analyze data from fifty-eight alcoholics in Atlanta, Georgia. The Bem Sex-Role Inventory was used to gather information and classify the sample's gender identities. The study's findings suggest that women entering recovery are unable to clearly identify with and pattern their actions to conform with personal and social expectations. As the time in recovery increases, the woman's sense of self, ability to think and act independently are enhanced.
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Weidhaas, Allison Dawn. "An Analysis of How Female Business Owners Construct and Communicate Identity". Scholar Commons, 2013. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4609.
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Individuals often get asked: So what do you do? This question can be challenging for those in less traditional work settings, such as stay-at-home-moms and the self-employed. To help women better understand the range of possible responses, this study explores how women in Public Relations respond to identity questions that involve both their work and personal lives. I begin by situating the study within relevant literature on entrepreneurship, female business owners, the history of women in the workplace, work/life issues, Public Relations, the use of language to construct work identity, and structuration theory. I conducted one-on-one qualitative interviews as my methodology. Next, I discuss how my research questions led to a variety of often paradoxical findings including: (a) business owners who perceive mothering as their primary role; (b) the development of the "unplanned organization;" (c) business ownership as a phenomenon that seemingly offers more opportunities, but also constrains people in unexpected ways; (d) the emergence of nontraditional work arrangements, which continue to experience some resistance; (e) the idea that advisers can be peers or colleagues; (f) new labels, such as virtual work and virtual agency, that describe individuals' roles but raise lingering questions about societal perceptions of work; (g) how framing and sensemaking can offer women tools to account for the discontinuities in their narratives.
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Pope, Catherine. "The regulation of female identity in the novels of Florence Marryat". Thesis, University of Sussex, 2014. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/49563/.
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This thesis evaluates the contribution to Victorian literary and cultural debate of Florence Marryat (1833-99) a prolific and varied writer yet to receive sustained critical attention. Specifically, I examine her many fictional representations of the legal, medical, and religious regulation of female identity in novels published between 1865 and 1899. I argue that Marryat goes further than other contemporary writers in subverting gender norms and theorising in fiction a transgressive female. By considering Marryat's output in relation to comparator authors, I demonstrate how her work represents a uniquely radical protest, anticipating and prefiguring the New Woman writing of the fin de siècle. I also show how Marryat appropriates different styles of rhetoric to expose and challenge various mid-Victorian notions of ‘woman' constructed for the purposes of regulation. By representing and then challenging the regulation of female identity, Marryat's novels provide an important insight into how Victorian gender roles were constructed. My research shows that her work constitutes an effective protest against this regulation, evidenced by the critical response which attempted to undermine her reputation and arguments. I examine these criticisms in detail, showing how Marryat's novels became a space in which she engaged with her critics, thereby pushing literary and gender boundaries. By bringing critical insight and contextual knowledge to close readings of Marryat's novels, I reveal the feminist meaning hitherto occluded by literary regulation and subsequent superficial interpretations. Through extensive archival research, I also explain how Marryat used her own experiences to educate her readers, often appearing as a character in the novels. I propose that this direct relationship with her audience, presenting feminist ideas in a quasi-polemical style, makes Marryat's oeuvre distinctive and worthy of further consideration. While Marryat is often considered a writer of ephemeral romances, I establish her as an early feminist who questioned and subverted nineteenth-century notions of femininity.
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Pibiri, Francesca. "Single-neuron correlates of social identity in freely interacting female rats". Thesis, Durham University, 2018. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/12519/.
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The neuronal bases of social interaction are poorly understood, especially in terms of social motivation and social cognition. The present study used single-unit recording to investigate neuronal firing patterns in two inter-connected regions: the amygdala and the piriform cortex, focusing on the latter region. Olfactory signals strongly shape rodents’ social interaction: previous anatomical and physiological studies implicate the piriform cortex in olfactory pattern separation and pattern completion functions which could support memory for the odour profile of familiar conspecifics. As a first step in characterising the rodent social amygdala and piriform cortex, I paired Lister Hooded rats in an apparatus where they are fully free to engage in a variety of positive social interactions including anogenital sniffing, face to face contacts, and body contact. The apparatus was a 40x40 cm wooden square box with a wall height of 50 cm. I performed extracellular electrophysiological recordings from ensembles of single neurons tested in various social and non-social conditions (e.g. familiar rat in box vs empty box, or familiar rat vs novel rats). In addition, I simultaneously recorded behaviour with images time-stamped in synchronization with the electrophysiological recordings. The present thesis shows that there are pyramidal neurons in the rodent amygdala and piriform cortex which respond strongly to social interaction. The main finding was that about 20% of cells in the piriform cortex showed firing patterns specific to either familiar or novel conspecifics, and a similar proportion showed firing patterns specific for one of two familiar sisters.
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Parker, Sarah Louise. "The lesbian muse : homoeroticism, female poetic identity and contemporary muse figures". Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2012. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/3498/.
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This thesis addresses the concept of the contemporary muse in the work of six late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century women poets. In my introduction, I detail the history of the muse in literary tradition. I examine the problems that the gendered dynamic of poet/muse presented, by restricting women to a passive, inspiring role. I argue that, due to these problematic aspects, contemporary feminist criticism of the woman poet’s muse has often elided the homoerotic desire and power-play that structures these relationships. To rectify this, I focus on contemporary, living muse figures. I emphasise why these kinds of figures (as opposed to dead, historical or mythological muses) were particularly inspiring to women poets in the late-nineteenth/early-twentieth centuries. I also address the specific ethical dilemmas of claiming a living muse. My four main chapters detail and theorise the dynamics between poets and their contemporary muses: Michael Field and Bernard Berenson; Olive Custance and Lord Alfred Douglas; Amy Lowell and Eleonora Duse/Ada Russell; and H.D. and Bryher. My conclusion draws these individual studies together to emphasise their illuminating similarities, including the increased fluidity between the roles of poet/muse, destabilisation of gender categories, and the presence of a third term that mediates the muse/poet relationship.
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Ouditt, Sharon Ann. "Fighting forces/female identity : women writers of the First World War". Thesis, University of Leicester, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/34880.
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Nilsson, Tilda. "Ethnic identity and the female native-immigrant employment gap in Sweden". Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-96233.
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Immigration to Sweden has increased in recent decades with low employment records of foreign-born, especially among females. It is a political challenge to integrate immigrants into the labour market and in the ongoing debate, an integration factor that has been put forward is immigrant’s adaption of the majority identity in the host country. Using data from the European Social Survey, this thesis investigates the female native-immigrant employment gap in Sweden and contributes to the debate about the relationship between ethnic identity and labour market-outcomes. The results indicate that it exists an interethnic employment gap and being an immigrant leads to an employment penalty of 10%. Further, ethnic identity is negatively correlated with employment probabilities. Having a strong identity being an immigrant decreases the probability of employment by 6%.
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Lee, Melissa. "Staging the Actress: Dramatic Character and the Performance of Female Identity". The Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1397823196.
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