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(University of Oregon, 2012-05-14)Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea (1966) is a postcolonial novel that gives a voice to Antoinette, the Creole woman described as the “mad woman in the attic” in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre (1847). Wide Sargasso Sea has been ...
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(University of Oregon, 2012)In this thesis, I examine the figure of the “disgusting woman” in contemporary Austrian literature. I begin by developing a theoretical orientation to disgust and the disgusting woman, drawing from works by Winfried ...
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(University of Oregon, 2014-10-17)This study acts as a response to questions surrounding the position of women in the Heian court as encountered by earlier scholars. To that end this study examines the construction of the Heian concept of femininity with ...
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(University of Oregon, 2014-02)The STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) have been historically male dominated, and continue to be so today. The reasons for this are numerous and complex. This study focuses on the role that ...
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(University of Oregon, 2016)“Art, Activism, and Popular Culture” (WGS 199) investigates how art and activism intersect to address pressing contemporary social issues concerning gender, race, and sexuality. In particular, the course focuses on how art ...
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(University of Oregon, 2018-09-06)This dissertation studies the cultural imagination of Manchukuo the nation (1932-1945). As a nominal nation-state imposed upon Chinese Manchuria by the Empire of Japan, Manchukuo is a contradiction between sovereignty and ...
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(University of Oregon School of Law, 2017-12-21)This Note begins in Part I by discussing concepts of contemporary gender theory necessary to contextualize the Oregon nonbinary ruling. Part II offers a brief history of legal determinations of sex and gender in the United ...
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(University of Oregon, 2010-12)Although the web appears to be a welcoming space for women, online spaces--like offline spaces--are rendered female through associations with the personal/private, embodiment, or an emphasis on intimacy. As such, these ...
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(University of Oregon, 2008-04)In the 1970' s when the Black Radical Movement was at its height and the United States was experiencing incredible social and political changes and challenges, there was a moment of dialogue and expression from the ...
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(University of Oregon, 2019-04-30)Focusing on the context of post-uprising Tunisia and using a gender lens, I explore gender and body politics through embodied social protest. I examine the post-uprising constitutional and decision-making processes as well ...
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(University of Oregon, 2021-11-23)Sports for Development and Peace (SDP) refers to the intentional use of sports in the pursuit of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This thesis primarily centers on three SDP Goals: #3, Good Health and Well-Being; ...
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(University of Oregon, 2019-01-11)I interviewed 60 rural, white, straight-identified men who have sex with men (MSM). I did so to answer three main research questions: How do rural, white, straight MSM understand their gender and sexual identity? How do ...
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(University of Oregon, 2012)Historically, women have been largely discounted from the public comedic arena, typically serving as the butt of the joke or other various comedic fodder. As a female comedian, I became interested in how gender played ...
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(American Chemical Society, 2010-03-09)For the field of chemistry to play a leading role in the science and technology sector of the U.S. economy it must recruit and retain the best and brightest talent from all segments of our society. Currently in the United ...
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(2006-06)The forests of the Kumaon Himalayas in northern India contain a wide variety of living materials essential to the subsistence production of the people. Women and men alike have a strong sense of history connecting them to ...
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(University of Oregon, 2010-09)In this project I explore the commitment to "social sustainability" within sustainable agriculture. Using participant observations at a Northwest farmers' market, interviews with market consumers, and interviews as well ...
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(University of Oregon, 2016-06)Deforestation is impacting the lives of rural women across the world as climate change proliferates, and these threats go beyond affecting their functional livelihoods. This article examines how deforestation jeopardizes ...
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(University of Oregon, 2014-06-17)The purpose of this study was to address the social construction, performance and experience of digital gender in the 3D immersive environment known as Second Life. To do this, this study explored the digital experiences ...
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(2004)Recent research finds that perceived risk is closely associated with race and gender. In surveys of the American public a subset of white males stand out for their uniformly low perceptions of environmental health risks, ...
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