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1	The myth of the feminine\| Problematic fictions Stoupas, Leslie Linger 06 November 2015 (has links) <p> This study argues that the veneration, romanticization and projection of the feminine in depth psychology is problematic. Depth psychology claims that the masculine and feminine principles exist as archetypes in the collective unconscious. It also claims that these principles are not attached to men and women, yet it coopts imagery that represents the principles in ways that identify them as such, as well as describing certain modes of thinking or acting as definitively masculine or feminine. Specifically, the claim that the masculine principle dominates conscious life results in positing the feminine as a powerful unconscious force, leading to an interpretation of it as transcendent or numinous, revered as a principle needed to heal psychic damage from the overreach of the masculine in patriarchy. This veneration leads to the feminine being romanticized as a panacea for sociocultural ills and projected onto women as carriers of this healing potential. </p><p> This dissertation employs philosophical and depth psychological theories highlighting the relationship between truth, history, myth and fiction to challenge mythopoetic narratives of the feminine and their effect on perceptions of women. Specifically, it uses James Hillman’s concept of healing fiction to demonstrate how narratives that result from mythopoetic collusion between psychological fictions are believed as true, and when applied retroactively, are used to reframe historical personal and cultural experiences. The study critiques the comingling of women and the feminine and the resultant essentializing of women by analyzing depth psychology’s anima theory, matriarchal and Goddess mythology popularized in the twentieth century, the conflation of women, nature and the feminine in the ecology movement, and narratives implying women’s obligation to use the feminine to heal the world. </p><p> The findings of this study call for the lived experience and potential of women to be recognized and valued above fantasies about the feminine. They also suggest that depth psychology’s insistence on the masculine/feminine polarization contributes to patriarchal ideology. Finally, they identify the feminine as a psychological fiction that helps the psyche navigate through the sociocultural complexity of patriarchal culture. Keywords: the feminine, healing fiction, women, patriarchy</p> Philosophy\|Womens studies\|Gender studies
2	Maternal drag: Identity, motherhood, and performativity in the works of Julia Franck Hill, Alexandra Merley 01 January 2009 (has links) This dissertation, the first book-length investigation of the works of Julia Franck, investigates representations of the mother-daughter relationship in Franck’s five major texts: Der neue Koch (1997), Liebediener (1999), Bauchlandung: Geschichten zum Anfassen (2000), Lagerfeuer (2003), and Die Mittagsfrau (2007). Specifically, it examines the roles of “daughter” and “mother” as social constructs, which are open to resignification and reinvestigation. In the introduction, I outline the trajectory of Franck’s career, focusing particularly on her relationship with feminist scholarship and her persona as a representative of feminism in the German media. In chapter 1, I begin with Judith Butler’s theory of gender performativity and look for examples of performative identity in Franck’s works of fiction. I further destabilize identity in chapter 2 by demonstrating how identity is contingent on space, drawing on Marc Augé’s theory of “places” and “non-places.” In chapter 3, I demonstrate how psychoanalysis, as the primary theoretical lens through which the mother-daughter relationship has been viewed, conflicts with destabilized gender binaries, as laid out in chapter 1. Consequently, I argue, the psychoanalytic models of attachment and identity are not relevant to an investigation of the mothers and daughters in Franck’s works. I explain my theory of “maternal drag” in chapter 4. I argue that the mother figures in Franck’s novels exhibit a performative maternal identity, specifically one that so conflicts with expectations of the maternal that it calls into question those very expectations. Finally, in the conclusion, I consider the wider implications of my theory, particularly in light of the media discussions in Germany surrounding feminism, motherhood, and the decline in birth-rate.
3	Street queens\| The Original Pinettes and black feminism in New Orleans brass bands DeCoste, Kyle 20 October 2015 (has links) <p> The musical traditions of New Orleans are largely patriarchal. As the predominant sonic signifier of New Orleans, the brass band amplifies this gender bias more than any other musical tradition in the city. Brass band song lyrics can at times revolve around the subjugation and objectification of women, which renders the brass band canon tricky to access for female musicians. These symbolic issues become socially reified in the male control of instruments and the barriers to professionalization experienced by female musicians. Indeed, female brass band musicians are in the minority, constituting few more than ten musicians in a city with somewhere in the vicinity of fifty bands, all of which feature about ten musicians. The available literature on brass bands has thus far focused almost exclusively on black men and, mostly due to the relative absence of women in brass bands, neglects to view gender as a category of analysis, reflecting the gender bias of the scene at large. Using black feminist theory, this thesis seeks to introduce gender as a key element to brass band research by studying the only current exception to male dominance in New Orleans’ brass band community, an all-female brass band named the Original Pinettes Brass Band. Their example forces us to reconsider the domain of brass band music not only as one where brass band instruments articulate power, but where gender is a primary element in the construction and consolidation of this power.</p>
4	In Pursuit of Raising Critical Consciousness: Educational Action Research in Two Courses Shockley-Smith, Meredith C. 16 October 2015 (has links) No description available. African American Studies Critical Pedagogy Womens and Gender Studies Afrocentric theory
5	Selling Sex To Survive: Prostitution, Trafficking And Agency Within The Indian Sex Industry Burns, Emily K. January 2013 (has links) No description available. Gender Gender Studies Womens Studies South Asian Studies Sex Work Female Agency India Southern India Karnataka Bangalore Devadasi Feminization of Poverty Neoliberalism Postcolonialism Migration Feminism Womens and Gender Studies Sexuality
6	Mindful Movement as a Cure for Colonialism Ganoe, Kristy L. 07 May 2013 (has links) No description available. Aesthetics Alternative Dispute Resolution American History American Studies Art Criticism Art Education Art History Asian American Studies Communication Comparative Cultural Anthropology Dance Education Education Philosophy Ethics Ethnic Studies Fine Arts Folklore Gender Studies Kinesiology Modern History Multicultural Education Peace Studies Pedagogy Performing Arts Philosophy Physical Education Rhetoric Sociolinguistics Sports Management Sustainability Womens Studies World History Aikido Cultural Studies Womens and Gender Studies Decolonial Theory Peace Studies Mindful Movement Martial Arts Transformative Praxis Performance Studies Decolonial Feminist Cultural Studies Consciousness Studies

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