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Books on: femininity women

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New Woman Hybridities: Femininity, Feminism and International Consumer Culture, 1880-1930

Book by Ann Heilmann, Margaret Beetham; Routledge, 2004

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Consumer Behavior, Femininity, Feminist Theory, Women--Identity

Collections: History, Entire Library

...ambivalent images of the New Woman in the popular press of the...order to invoke an iconographic femininity which returned women to the safe parameters of marriage...bolstering the popular appeal of New Woman images even as they contributed...this figure. Communities of women As Sharps discussion of Vicki...
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Black Women Writers and the American Neo-Slave Narrative: Femininity Unfettered

Book by Elizabeth Ann Beaulieu; Greenwood Press, 1999

Subjects:

African American Women In Literature, African American Women--Intellectual Life--20th Century, African Americans In Literature, American Fiction--20th Century--History And Criticism, American Fiction--African American Authors--History And Criticism, American Fiction--Women Authors--History And Criticism, Femininity In Literature, Feminism And Literature--United States--History--20th Century, Historical Fiction, American--History And Criticism, Narration (Rhetoric), Slavery In Literature, Women And Literature--United States--History--20th Century

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Elizabeth Ann. Black women writers and the American neo-slave narrative : femininity unfettered / Elizabeth Ann...History--20th century. 4. Women and literature--United...slaves in literature. 12. Femininity in literature. 13. Narration...
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The School of Femininity: A Book for and about Women as They Are Interpretated through Feminine Writers of Yesterday and Today

Book by Margaret Lawrence; Frederick A. Stokes, 1936

Subjects:

American Fiction--Women Authors--History And Criticism, English Fiction--Women Authors--History And Criticism, Women And Literature--History, Women Authors, American--Biography, Women Authors, English--Biography, Women In Literature

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...It made her the trumpeter of femininity. Women, she said, are the...sin of civilization against women. And also against the race...could rise no higher than its women. The book astonished England...did. Men made a joke of it. Women bridled at it. The woman must be a wanton. She must...
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Women in Teacher Training Colleges, 1900-1960: A Culture of Femininity

Book by Elizabeth Edwards; Routledge, 2001

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Teachers Colleges--Great Britain--History--20th Century, Women Teachers--Great Britain--Social Conditions--20th Century, Women Teachers--Training Of--Great Britain--History--20th Century

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...evidence shows that, even at this early date, the promotion of a middle-class culture of femininity in training colleges was the deliberate policy of women principals. Trevors encouragement of middle-class girls to train as teachers, and her...
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Between Sacrifice and Desire: National Identity and the Governing of Femininity in Vietnam

Book by Ashley Pettus; Routledge, 2003

Subjects:

Femininity--Vietnam, Women--Vietnam--Conduct Of Life, Women--Vietnam--Social Conditions

Collections: History, Entire Library

...socialist image, 55 - 58 women and socialist transformation...standard, 180 - 185 heroic femininity, 45 - 47 , 50 modern national...discourses on, 5 - 6 national femininity, 11 , 18 , 37 , 45 , 147...district, 104 - 106 Heroic femininity, 45 - 47 , 50 "Heroic Mothers...204 contesting national femininities, 190 - 203 doi moi era...

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Journal Articles on: femininity women

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Femininity, Masculinity, and Body Image Issues among College-age Women: an In-depth and Written Interview Study of the Mind-body Dichotomy

Journal article by Patricia Leavy, Andréa Gnong, Lauren Sardi Ross; The Qualitative Report, Vol. 14, 2009

Subjects:

Colleges & universities, Females, Femininity, Males, Masculinity, Perceptions, Psychoanalysis, Research, Women

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...another sort of femininity is when you can...like all of the women we spoke with...appearance. The same woman also noted how...cultural dictate of femininity and thinness. In particular, these women experienced anxiety...environments one woman reported, Or...Alternative femininities may be more readily...relationship between femininity and body image for college-age women. In spite of...
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Health as Women's Work: A Pilot Study on How Women's Magazines Frame Medical News and Femininity

Journal article by Barbara Barnett; Women and Language, Vol. 29, 2006

Subjects:

Femininity--Analysis, Women's health--Analysis, Women's magazines--Services, Women's periodicals--Services, Women--Analysis, Women--Health aspects

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...addition to teaching women about health, magazines...teach women about femininity--about appropriate...Thinking it through: Women, work and caring. Canadian Woman Studies, 21/22...representations of women and femininity. She received her...
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Embodied Pedagogies: Femininity, Diversity, and Community in Anthologies of Women's Writing, 1836-2009

Journal article by Karen L. Kilcup; Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers, Vol. 26, 2009

Subjects:

Anthologies--Criticism and interpretation, Femininity--Analysis, Women authors--Criticism and interpretation, Women authors--Works, Women writers--Criticism and interpretation, Women writers--Works

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...the category of woman writer itself as...against themselves as women" (Hogeland and...the pedagogy of femininity. Although it included...incommensurability of woman and writer, and...earlier pedagogy of femininity. In 1937, publisher...included American Women Poets, a collection...the pedagogy of femininity, instead embracing...Penguin Book of Women Poets (1978...effectively synthesized woman and writer. Poetry...
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The Home as Battlefront: Femininity, Gendered Spheres, and the 1943 Women in National Service Campaign

Journal article by James J. Kimble; Women's Studies in Communication, Vol. 34, 2011

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American soldiers--Family, Femininity--Military aspects, Femininity--Portrayals, Housewives--Military aspects, Housewives--Portrayals, Women's associations--Military aspects, Women's associations--Services, Women's organizations--Military aspects, Women's organizations--Services, Women--Military aspects, Women--Services, Women--Societies, clubs, etc., World War II, 1939-1945--Social aspects

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The Home as Battlefront: Femininity, Gendered Spheres, and the 1943 Women in National Service Campaign...investigates the dynamics of the Women in National Service (WINS...factory were slim. And as a woman, she would have had no opportunity...perceptions of American homes and the women who labored in them during...
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Stop before You Hurt the Kids: Communicating Self-Control and Self-Negation in Femininity, Mothering, and Eating Disorders

Journal article by Lorin Basden Arnold, Erica Doran; Women's Studies in Communication, Vol. 30, 2007

Subjects:

Domestic violence--Control, Domestic violence--Psychological aspects, Domestic violence--Social aspects, Eating disorders--Care and treatment, Eating disorders--Influence, Family violence--Control, Family violence--Psychological aspects, Family violence--Social aspects, Femininity--Analysis, Mother and child--Psychological aspects, Mother-child relations--Psychological aspects, Motherhood--Psychological aspects, Motherhood--Social aspects, Self control--Methods, Self-control--Methods

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Self-Negation in Femininity, Mothering, and...in the roles of woman and mother, communicated to women from their childhood...and powerless in femininity and mothering strand many women in a double bind...of change on the woman (not the social...Words such as "women/woman," "femininity," "motherhood...

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Magazine Articles on: femininity women

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Transnationalism, Canadian Identity, and the Performance of Femininity in Elite Canadian Figure Skating

Magazine article by Karen McGarry; Women & Environments International Magazine, Fall 2005

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Canada, Chouinard, Josee, Culture, Feminism, Figure skating, International, Minority & ethnic groups, Nationalism, Recreation, Skating, Social life & customs, Sports, Women

Collections: Entire Library

...attitudes and aesthetics of femininity. Why, then, is a mainstream femininity, predicated upon visual aesthetics...and appearance signified her femininity and her status as a Canadian...To be a feminine Canadian woman, within the context of figure...mimicked by many other top women skaters. As one (Anglophone...
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Dancing like a Girl: The New Tap Women Are Putting Femininity Back on the Boards

Magazine article by Jenai Cutcher; Dance Magazine, Vol. 80, May 2006

Subjects:

African American dancers--Performances, Glover, Savion--Performances, Tap dancers--Performances

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...Dancing like a Girl: The New Tap Women Are Putting Femininity Back on the Boards. by Jenai...and Savion Glover had a woman addition to his group, people...Or as a guy. In terms of women hoofers at that time, one...wasnt such visible proof that a woman could dance as well as a man...
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Ordaining Women: Two Views

Magazine article by Jennifer Ferrara, Sarah Hinlicky Wilson; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, April 2003

Subjects:

Femininity--Religious aspects, John Paul II, Pope--Attitudes, Luther, Martin--Attitudes, Ordination of women--Religious aspects, Priesthood--Laws, regulations, etc., Sex role--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Masculinity and femininity are not just attributes...anatomy: "Man and woman constitute two...different, men and women both have the capacity...Masculinity and femininity are not traits...Bouyer explains in Women in the Church...neither man nor woman, though He encompasses...my life as a woman, wife, and mother...general, modern women and men chafe against...masculinity and femininity is by no means...
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New York A NEW WAVE OF FEMININITY

Magazine article by Eunice W. Johnson; Ebony, Vol. 55, July 2000

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Fashion--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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new york A NEW WAVE OF FEMININITY by Eunice W. Johnson A NEW WAVE OF FEMINITY A new wave of femininity swept the runways as New York...offerings, fashion-conscious women should have no problem finding attire that expresses their femininity. Carmen Marc Valvo designs...
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Bosnia: the Postwar Moment: Lessons from Bosnia Herzegovina

Magazine article by Cynthia Cockburn; Women & Environments International Magazine, Spring 2003

Subjects:

Bosnia-Hercegovina, Grass roots movement, Postwar reconstruction, Women

Collections: Entire Library

...resolution had identified, as many women knew, that international peacekeepers...ascribed higher values than femininity and women, are part and parcel...the local Bosnian NGOs. Yet women who exposed the problem or...profiteers, were sidelined. One woman in the International Police...so that everyone, not just women, not just gender focal points...

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Newspaper Articles on: femininity women

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Secret of Successful Women. Femininity

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 20, 2011

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Women

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Secret of Successful Women. Femininity. Byline: Fiona MacRae Science Reporter WOMEN who want to succeed at work...Their studies show that women who take an aggressive approach...suggest the best way for a woman to succeed in a mans world...
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Yes, This IS What Women Fought for; My Choice: Kay Kay Celebrates Her Femininity in the Sixties

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), December 16, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Yes, This IS What Women Fought for; My Choice: Kay Kay Celebrates Her Femininity in the Sixties. IS THIS what women fought for? asks Catherine...Im a 60-year-old woman who fought in the Sixties...eyeshadow. It seemed any woman who painted her face...difference between wimmin and women? They do it on their...
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Women Who Pack a Punch: Boxing Programs Show That Boxing, Femininity Can Go Hand-in-Glove

Newspaper article by Denise Barnes; The Washington Times, April 11, 1996

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...programs show that boxing, femininity can go hand-in-glove by...six-round bout. The two women boxed on the undercard of the...That fight gave some local women who hope to box in the Olympics...the following Monday 12 young women called Margaret Murray Washington...and Id like to be the first woman to compete." Every day...
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ROBBED OF THEIR FEMININITY; Tracey Was Told Her Hysterectomy Would Save Her Life. in Fact, as with Thousands of Other Women like Her, the Surgery WASN'T Essential. So Are They Being Needlessly ..

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 8, 2010

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

ROBBED OF THEIR FEMININITY; Tracey Was Told Her Hysterectomy...major surgery occur. For most women, however, the real concern...pleasure. When HERS surveyed 691 women whod had their womb and both...perform needless operations. Women, she says, are routinely...how I felt about myself as a woman, so I researched alternative...
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WOW : My Dream Role Was Everything but the Girl; Hilary Swank Is All Woman but the Part That Helped Transform Her Career Meant Hiding Her Femininity

Newspaper article by Siobhan Synnot; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), April 21, 2000

Subjects:

Swank, Hilary

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Girl; Hilary Swank Is All Woman but the Part That Helped Transform Her Career Meant Hiding Her Femininity. by Siobhan Synnot IN her...that she was indeed still a woman. She said: "If he hadnt...Paris this summer, playing a woman who travels in search of her...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: femininity women

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Pre-Raphaelites

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Collection of Critical Essays (1976); T. Hilton, Pre-Raphaelites (1985); J. Marsh, Pre-Raphaelite Women: Images of Femininity (1988). ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the...
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Feminism

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...aspects of feminism, see woman suffrage . History Women traditionally had been regarded...Mill, The Subjection of Women (1867); S. de Beauvoir...1986); A. C. Rich, Of Woman Born (1986); H. L. Moore...1989); S. L. Bartky, Femininity and Domination (1990...et al. Body/Politics: Women and the Discourses of Science...

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