The protagonists in the fiction of Paule Marshall, Alice Walker, and Toni Morrison illuminate American cultural perceptions of black women and illustrate how the creators of these characters hope to change those perceptions. I studied Paule Marshall's Daughters, Alice Walker's Meridian and The Color Purple, and Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye to learn what the writers of these novels have to say about the women they hope black girls can grow up to be and to learn what potential for self-development they see for black women. For example, in order to become whole people, what do black girls and black women need from their parents and their community? What do black women need from their intimate relationships? "Part One: Political, Historical and Religious Identity " surveys politics, religion and history for views of black women. Politically, they appear disenfranchised; historically they were property. In reference to religion, I found that a white male religion does not serve black women well. Walker sees god within her female protagonist Celie, and Marshall has a belief in a Caribbean/African diaspora that provides a sense of spiritual and cultural continuity. "Part Two: Childhood Identity" explores childhood and the community's role. Childhood appears as a critical time for self-development. The adults in the community contribute to the child's self-awareness. Mistreatment of girls causes them harm throughout their lives. How well the community safeguards its children is a measure of how highly these children are valued. These authors want to see girls more highly regarded. Toward this end, they expose the abuse that takes place in the community. Morrison shows not only the abuse, but also the love. By showing concerned parents as well as neglectful ones, Morrison offers a fuller portrait of the community she knows. The Color Purple also tells a story of sexual abuse of a girl, but this abuse is overcome by the inner strength of the victim combined with the loving support of Shug Avery and the supportive community context of the juke where Celie is accepted. The portrayal of childhood in Daughters involves a Caribbean island culture where the roles of the women that the child Ursa observes offer few role models. "Part Three: Adult Relational Identity" looks at the dilemma in communication between the sexes and across the generations from mother to daughter. Step-fathers and husbands are abusive characters in Walker's writing, while Morrison shows a loving father and an incestuous father in The Bluest Eye. "Part Four: Language Identity" discusses Black English, orality and dialect, looking at the role of language as an aspect of self-definition. James Baldwin's view of language is presented: rejecting a child's language is rejecting the child himself. Baldwin's view supports the attitude toward language as self-defining that appears in the writing of Marshall, Morrison, and Walker. These authors show pride in Black English, and they demonstrate their ability with edited English through their own writing. / Graduation date: 1994

Thesis (PhD)--Macquarie University, Faculty of Arts, Department of Media, Music, and Cultural Studies, 2009. / Bibliography: p. 303-332.

La figure des « pionniers » et des « pionnières » est devenue un référent culturel identitaire fondamental dans le développement de la mémoire collective québécoise. Nous montrons que ces objets culturels s’intègrent et participent à la représentation identitaire imaginée et conçue à l’intérieur d’un discours visant à affirmer une identité fondée en bonne partie sur l’histoire des Canadiens issus de l’immigration française du XVIIe siècle. La conjoncture politique du XIXe siècle favorise l’émergence d’un récit patriotique et d’un discours nationaliste conservateur, tissés par certains auteurs et appuyés par les élites politiques et les membres du clergé. Ces discours ont contribué à construire la nation canadienne et à l’inscrire dans un passé lointain et glorieux - dans l’imaginaire des « civilisations ». Dans cette perspective, l’objet culturel « pionnier » et l’objet culturel « filles du roi » sont mobilisés avec force dans la construction du passé magnifié de la nation canadienne. Nous nous intéresserons donc à la construction de l’image de ces deux figures pionnières dans les récits sur les origines nationales, ainsi qu’à leur utilisation dans le développement d’un sentiment identitaire canadien-français. / The “ pioneer ” figure has become a fundamental cultural identity referent in the development of Québec folk memory. We show that these cultural objects are integrated and take part in imagined identity representation, devised from within a discourse seeking to establish an identity based in large part on the history of Canadians descending from 17th century French immigrants. The political climate of the 19th century favoured the emergence of a patriotic account and a nationalistic conservative discourse, formulated by certain authors and approved by the political elites and clergymen. This discourse contributed to building the Canadian nation and inserting it in a distant and glorious past of “ imaginary civilizations ”. In this perspective, the construction of a magnified past of the Canadian nation relied heavily on the cultural objects “ pioneer ” and “ King’s Daughters ”. We explore these two pioneer figures’ changing image in accounts of national origins, and their use in developing a French Canadian sense of identity.

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the complexities of daughterhood as portrayed by nine contemporary women writers: from former West Germany(Gabriele Wohmann, Elisabeth Plessen), from former East Germany (Hedda Zinner, Helga M. Novak), from Switzerland (Margrit Schriber) and from Austria (Brigitte Schwaiger, Jutta Schutting, Waltraud Anna Mitgutsch, Christine Haidegger). Ten prose-works which span a period of approximately ten years, from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, are analysed according to theme and character. In the Introduction, we trace the historical development of women's writing in German, focusing on the most significant female authors from the Romantic period through to the rise of the New Women's Movement in the late sixties. We then consider a definition of 'Frauenliteratur' and the extent to which autobiography has become a typical feature of such women's writing. In the ensuing four chapters we highlight in psychological and sociological terms the mourning process a daughter undergoes after her father's death; the identification process between daughter and mother; the daughter's reaction to being adopted; and the daughter's decision to commit suicide. We see to what extent the environment in which each of these daughters is brought up as well as past events in German history shape the daughter's attitude towards her parents. Since we are studying the way in which these relationships are portrayed, we also need to take into account the narrative strategies employed by these modern women writers. In the light of our analysis of content and form we are able to examine the possible intentions behind such personal portraits: the act of writing as a form of self-discovery and self-therapy as well as the sharing of female experience. We conclude by suggesting the direction women's writing from German-speaking countries may be taking.

Univ., Diss.--Regensburg, 2002.

Thesis (M.S.W.)--Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, Mass., 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (p.53-56).

Thesis (Ph. D. in Spanish and Portuguese)--Vanderbilt University, May 2007. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.

[pt] Nesta tese apresenta-se a pesquisa que teve como objetivo investigar a percepção de maridos e filhas a respeito de esposas e mães que têm uma carreira profissional e exercem uma atividade remunerada fora do lar, as possíveis modificações nas atribuições dos homens na família, a forma como as filhas estão vivenciando essas mudanças e a relevância das redes de apoio no ambiente familiar. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa, para cuja consecução procedeu-se a entrevistas semiestruturadas com quatorze sujeitos – sete maridos e sete filhas (sujeitos independentes) – residentes em uma cidade localizada no interior sul do estado do Rio de Janeiro. A partir da fundamentação teórica e da análise de conteúdo das falas dos sujeitos entrevistados, foram propostas onze categorias temáticas de avaliação. Os resultados apontam que há maior participação masculina na rotina doméstica e nos cuidados com as filhas, mas que a mulher continua a ser a principal responsável por essas atividades, carregando culpa e angústia por não exercer totalmente o que considera suas funções exclusivas. Na percepção dos maridos, houve melhorias no relacionamento conjugal e familiar com a saída da mulher para o trabalho remunerado, além de ser vantajosa sua contribuição na composição da renda familiar. Na concepção das filhas, ter uma mãe que trabalha fora de casa é motivo de orgulho e satisfação, embora se depreendam de suas falas sentimentos ambíguos, como independência e solidão; apesar de os papéis desempenhados por seus pais estarem bem distribuídos, elas elegem a mãe como a principal referência. A relevância das redes de apoio é inferida pela ajuda de familiares nos cuidados com as filhas e de diversos profissionais na execução de tarefas domésticas, além de apoio e cooperação de irmãos e amigos. / [en] In this thesis it is presented the research that has as main goal to investigate the perception of husbands and children about their wives and mothers who have a career and are no longer just housewives. Were investigated the possible changes of men s duties in the family, the way daughters are experiencing these changes and the importance of social support networks in a family environment. This is a qualitative research based on semi-structured interviews conducted with fourteen individuals – seven husbands and seven daughters (independent individuals) – all of them living in a city in the south of the state of Rio de Janeiro. Starting from the theoretical foundation and analysis of the interviewees content, it was proposed eleven theme categories for evaluation purpose. The results indicate that there is an increase of the male participation in the domestic routine and in the caring for their daughters, but that women continue to be the main responsible for these activities, carrying guilt and anguish for not fully exercising what they consider to be their exclusive function. According to husbands perception, there were improvements in the marriage and family relationships with women going out to the market, in addition to the contribution to the family revenue. Regarding daughters perception, having a mother who works outside their home is a reason of pride and satisfaction, even though we can identify in their speech ambiguous feelings such as independence, loneliness and helplessness. Although the roles played by their parents are well distributed, they have elect the mother as their main reference. The importance of support networks is inferred by the help of family members in the care of the daughters and by several professionals in performing domestic chores, as well as support and cooperation from brothers and friends.

Submitted by Jos? Henrique Henrique (jose.neves@ufvjm.edu.br) on 2018-01-30T19:27:04Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) meirelle_aiane_almeida_loredo.pdf: 1878737 bytes, checksum: 0eac1cf766884d197c480b56a9ecd3eb (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Rodrigo Martins Cruz (rodrigo.cruz@ufvjm.edu.br) on 2018-02-03T11:48:09Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) meirelle_aiane_almeida_loredo.pdf: 1878737 bytes, checksum: 0eac1cf766884d197c480b56a9ecd3eb (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-02-03T11:48:09Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) meirelle_aiane_almeida_loredo.pdf: 1878737 bytes, checksum: 0eac1cf766884d197c480b56a9ecd3eb (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017 / O objetivo central desse trabalho ? a an?lise do projeto educacional desenvolvido no Col?gio Nossa Senhora Das Dores em Diamantina, pelas Filhas da Caridade no per?odo de 1905 a 1925. J? os objetivos espec?ficos desse trabalho consistem em analisar o discurso ultramontano presente nas pr?ticas escolares do col?gio e identificar a influ?ncia das caracter?sticas institucionais da Congrega??o das Filhas da Caridade na forma??o da mocidade feminina. O educand?rio recebia alunas internas e externas e cuidava de meninas ?rf?s. As mo?as do Nossa Senhora das Dores eram preparadas para serem boas m?es, esposas e educadoras. Com rela??o ?s pr?ticas pedag?gicas desenvolvidas no col?gio, a presente pesquisa prop?e investig?-las utilizando-se do m?todo qualitativo. Como instrumento para a realiza??o da pesquisa foi utilizada an?lise documental e levantamento bibliogr?fico. Para tanto, prop?e-se investigar os dispositivos legais que foram institucionalizados para a efetiva??o desse projeto tanto no que concerne ?s leis do Estado, como as leis da Igreja e do pr?prio Col?gio. Sendo assim, o resultado da pesquisa ? ressaltar a import?ncia de discutir a organiza??o do ensino feminino e a sua tentativa de sistematiza??o dentro do quadro educacional, utilizando as mulheres como instrumento de expans?o desse novo discurso. / Disserta??o (Mestrado Profissional) ? Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Educa??o, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, 2017. / The main objective of this work is the analysis of the educational project developed at the Col?gio Nossa Senhora das Dores in Diamantina by the daughters of charity from 1905 to 1925. The specific objectives of this work are to analyze the ultramontane discourse present in the school practices of the college and to identify the influence of the institutional characteristics of the Congregation of the Daughters of Charity in the formation of the female youth. The educational received internal and external students and take cared of orphaned girls. The girls of Nossa Senhora das Dores were prepared to be good mothers, wives and educators. With respect to the pedagogical practices developed in the college, the present research proposes to investigate them using the qualitative method. As an instrument for conducting the research will be used documentary analysis and bibliographic survey. In order to do so, it is proposed to investigate the legal documents that have been institutionalized for the realization of this project both with regard to the laws of the State, as well as the laws of the Church and of the College itself. Therefore, the expected result of the research is to emphasize the importance of discussing the organization of female teaching and its attempt to systematize within the educational framework, using women as an instrument to expand this new discourse.

CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de NÃvel Superior / A presente pesquisa analisa a Pia UniÃo das Filhas de Maria, irmandade leigo-religiosa de mulheres solteiras catÃlicas em Limoeiro, Cearà (1915 â 1945). Visando formar modelos femininos de conduta moral, essa irmandade era lugar de disciplina, norma e distinÃÃo social. O estudo examina as prÃticas de leitura das associadas Pia UniÃo, articulando dimensÃes devocional, exemplar, instrutiva, educativa, moralizadora e de entretenimento. Tais prÃticas sÃo prescritas centralmente no periodismo catÃlico, classificando e distinguindo as leituras entre edificantes e perniciosas. A linguagem do cinema tambÃm à abordada no estudo. A Biblioteca da Pia UniÃo participa desta pesquisa, formando um corpus documental que inclui desde as obras piedosas e exemplares aos romances. A pesquisa aborda ainda a atuaÃÃo das Filhas de Maria no campo pedagÃgico como professoras e no proselitismo catÃlico como catequistas. / The present research analyzes the Pious Union the Daughters of Mary, religious brotherhood of single women catholics in Limoeiro, Ceara (1915 - 1945). Aiming to form feminine models of moral behavior, this brotherhood was place of disciplines, norm and social distinction. The study examines practical of reading of the associates Pious Union, articulating dimensions: devotional, exemplary, informative, educational, entertainment and moralizing. Such practices are centrally prescribed in Catholic journalism, classifying and distinguishing between the good and the bad readings. The language of cinema is also broached in the study. The Library of the Pious Union participates of this research, forming a documentary corpus that includes pious and exemplary books and novels. The research still considers the performance of the Daughters of Mary in the educational field as teachers and as catechists in the Catholic proselytism.