Feminist Novels:
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This 4 page paper examines feminist literature such as "The Guide", "Maru", "Nervous Conditions", and "The Collector of Treasures" and discusses why these post-colonial stories are such ppowerful examples of feminist issues. This paper provides examples from these stories to illustrate the strength of the female characters and their refusal to be oppressed by a male dominated society. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Feminist Overtones in Mary Shelly’s “Frankenstein”: The Symbolism in the Role of “Victor”
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A 5 page discussion of Mary Shelly’s classic science fiction. The author contends that the underlying theme of subjugation could be interpreted to apply to the societal situation which the feminist movement as a whole has revolted against. The primary perpetrator of this situation in Mary Shelly’s "Frankenstein" is identified as Dr. Victor Frankenstein, Frankenstein’s fictional creator. No additional sources are listed.
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Feminist Perspectives in Poetry: The Writings of Sylvia Plath and Adrienne Rich
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An 11 page paper outlining the perspective of Sylvia Plath and Adrienne Rich in regard to feminism. Identifies these two authors as two of the most prominent women poets of their generation. Notes a difference in feminist approach, Rich's as one of activism and Plath as a means of introspection. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Feminist Principles: Wollstonecraft and Austen
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An 18 page paper which examines the feminist principles in the works of Wollstonecraft and Jane Austen. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Feminist Reaction to Frankenstein by Shelley
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A 3 page paper which offers a feminist reaction to the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. No sources cited.
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Feminist Responses to the Policing of Domestic Violence in the UK
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This 5 page paper considers the way that domestic violence is treated by the police and the underlying reasons for its’ lack of status as a serious crime. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
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Feminist Scholarship and the View of Women in Jane Austen's Society
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This 5 page paper considers the limited roles of men and women in Jane Austen's society and assesses the social conventions, enforced by gossip, that keep women in line. This paper specifically explores the characterization of Elizabeth Bennett in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and argues that she is a representation of a modern woman in a nineteenth century world.
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Feminist Theory and Nursing
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A 6 page paper which discusses the impact of feminist theories on nursing from a historical, political, and management perspective. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Feminist Theory Management
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6 pages in length. The major assumptions of the feminist theory model contend that the road to female freedom and self-expression has been paved with patriarchal intolerance and characteristic skepticism so much so that women have been forced to prove their worthiness within the stringent boundaries of a male-dominated existence. This perpetual assertion speaks volumes about the inherent fortitude that comprises the female spirit. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Footnotes in History - The Role of Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement
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A 5 page paper that discusses the behind-the-scene roles that black women played in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and how these roles supplied the support and strength to carry this movement forward. Also discussed is the triple burden of oppression that these women have labored under, a burden consisting of not only racial prejudice, but gender and class prejudice as well. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Forms of the Cinematic Gaze and the Psychological Relationship of Power: Spectator vs. Object
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A 42 page paper which examines the claim of film historians and critics alike that there is a paradigm in the process of film viewing that implies the superior viewer (subject) vs. the object of looking (film) and how the spectator positioning and looking relations in two feminist films, Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen’s Amy! (1980) and Michelle Citron’s Daughter Rite (1978) destroy this paradigm of looking and how this is achieved. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
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Frye on Sexism
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This 4 page paper examines Marilyn Frye's views on sexism as expressed in the article "Sexism," which is included in James Rachels' book, The Right Thing to Do. Bibliography lists 3 sources
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