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1	Gentlewomen: The Westernizing of Chinese American Prostitutes in San Francisco, 1870-1940 A History on Chinese American Prostitution, Missionaries and the Law Dykman, Jennifer Becker 02 April 2010 (has links) By considering San Francisco’s legal, social, and cultural history during the late 19th and early 20th centuries in relation to American law, missionary women, and Chinese American prostitutes, this thesis argues that by aggressively trying to control Chinese sexuality through laws, “yellow slave” narratives, Christianizing, and the immigration process, the American government and missionaries created an atmosphere ripe for Chinese prostitutes in America with varying degrees of sexual freedoms. gender Separate spheres Victorian womanhood Progressive Era American law Missionaries Donaldina Cameron Prostitution Chinese immigration Chinese American History
2	The Attitudes of Edward Bok and the Ladies' Home Journal Toward Woman's Role in Society, 1889-1919 Hummel, Michael D. (Michael Dennis) 08 1900 (has links) Edward William Bok, the Ladies' Home Journal's editor from 1889 to 1919, remained a confirmed proponent of Victorian womanhood. Yet, dramatic changes in American society made his perceptions increasingly anachronistic and, recognizing this, he reluctantly permitted his magazine's portrayal of woman to change with the times. The first part of the dissertation examines Edward Bok's Victorian attitudes toward woman's role in society. According to him, woman's intellectual, emotional, and physical inferiority and her moral and intuitional superiority harmonize perfectly to define a special sphere for her--the home—where she fulfills her roles as wife, mother, and homemaker. Outside the home, Bok permitted only a narrow range of activity for woman—church and club activities and even employment outside the home if finances required it. The second part of the dissertation illustrates how the Journal's image of woman changed during Bok's tenure, especially during the second decade of the twentieth century. At the outset, all departments of the Journal reinforced the editor's concept of woman, but by the time Edward Bok retired, in 1919. the magazine's image of woman contrasted sharply with Bo'k's personal views. Edward William Bok Victorian womanhood American society and women Ladies' Home Journal Bok, Edward William, 1863-1930.
3	The worlds between, above and below : "growing up" and "falling down" in Alice in Wonderland and Stardust Potter, Mary-Anne 2012 November 1900 (has links) The purpose of my dissertation is to conduct an intertextual study of two fantasy texts — Alice in Wonderland by Victorian author Lewis Carroll, and Stardust by postmodern fantasy author Neil Gaiman — and their filmic re-visionings by Tim Burton and Matthew Vaughn respectively. In scrutinising these texts, drawing on insights from feminist, children’s literature and intertextual theorists, the actions of ‘growing up’ and ‘falling down’ are shown to be indicative of a paradoxical becoming of the text’s central female protagonists, Alice and Yvaine. The social mechanisms of the Victorian age that educate the girl-child into becoming accepting of their domestic roles ultimately alienate her from her true state of being. While she may garner some sense of importance within the imaginary realms of fantasy narratives, as these female protagonists demonstrate, she is reduced to the position of submissive in reality – in ‘growing up’, she must assume a ‘fallen down’ state in relation to the male. / English Studies / M.A. (English) Victorian womanhood Fairy tales Fantasy literature Portals Woman as ‘Other’ Growing up and falling down Self-alienation Neil Gaiman Lewis Carroll 823.8 Alice (Fictitious character : Carroll) Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898 -- Influence Literature -- Philosophy Sex role -- Children's literature
4	The worlds between, above and below : "growing up" and "falling down" in Alice in Wonderland and Stardust Potter, Mary-Anne January 1900 (has links) The purpose of my dissertation is to conduct an intertextual study of two fantasy texts — Alice in Wonderland by Victorian author Lewis Carroll, and Stardust by postmodern fantasy author Neil Gaiman — and their filmic re-visionings by Tim Burton and Matthew Vaughn respectively. In scrutinising these texts, drawing on insights from feminist, children’s literature and intertextual theorists, the actions of ‘growing up’ and ‘falling down’ are shown to be indicative of a paradoxical becoming of the text’s central female protagonists, Alice and Yvaine. The social mechanisms of the Victorian age that educate the girl-child into becoming accepting of their domestic roles ultimately alienate her from her true state of being. While she may garner some sense of importance within the imaginary realms of fantasy narratives, as these female protagonists demonstrate, she is reduced to the position of submissive in reality – in ‘growing up’, she must assume a ‘fallen down’ state in relation to the male. / English Studies / M.A. (English) Victorian womanhood Fairy tales Fantasy literature Portals Woman as ‘Other’ Growing up and falling down Self-alienation Neil Gaiman Lewis Carroll 823.8 Alice (Fictitious character : Carroll) Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898 -- Influence Literature -- Philosophy Sex role -- Children's literature

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