Browsing by Subject "Gender studies"
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A Descriptive Study of Emotional Well-Being Among Women in Ghana
(2012)Mental illness is prevalent worldwide in all cultures with varying manifestations. Its socioeconomic impact cannot be underestimated. Mental health accounts for as much as 14 percent of the global disease burden (Prince, ... -
A Meta-Physics of Sexual Difference: The Quantum Gravity Matrix and Embryogenesis of Our Universe
(2021)This dissertation makes a case that sexual difference, to date, has been a deeply misconceptualized philosophical concept. Too often reduced to only one expression of itself—the difference between the sexes—critiques of ... -
A Toolbox for Observing and Modulating the Gut-Brain Axis
(2022)An estimated 10% of people worldwide have an enteric nervous system (ENS) related illness including irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), diabetes, colorectal cancer, fecal incontinence, and chronic constipation or diarrhea. Current ... -
Against Compulsory Sexuality: Asexual Figures of Resistance
(2022)In the aftermath of the #MeToo moment, we are called to revisit old conversations about human dignity, gendered power, and the conditions under which consent can be freely given. To date, the shape of this discourse in the ... -
An Invisible Conundrum: Visualizing “Queer Immobility” in the Contemporary PRC
(2022)Until the end of the 20th century, with the deepening of the Opening-up and Reform movement under the context of globalization and advancement of communication methods, both culture and economy in the PRC have achieved ... -
Between Boys: Fantasy of Male Homosexuality in Boys’ Love, Mary Renault, and Marguerite Yourcenar
(2018)“Between Boys: Fantasy of Male Homosexuality in Boys’ Love, Mary Renault, and Marguerite Yourcenar” examines an unexpected kinship between Boys’ Love, a Japanese male-on-male romance genre, and literary works by Mary Renault ... -
Big House: Women, Prison, and the Domestic
(2019)Big House: Women, Prison, and the Domestic, addresses the development of the contemporary US carceral state, foregrounding the confinement and control of women and the evolving ideological frameworks and disciplinary techniques ... -
Boccaccio's Women Philosophers: Defining Philosophy, Debating Gender in the Decameron and Beyond
(2020)This dissertation investigates the ‘woman philosopher’ in the works of fourteenth-century Italian author, Giovanni Boccaccio. Across his literature, Latin and Italian alike, Boccaccio demonstrated an ongoing interest in ... -
Brown Sugar and Spice: Exploring Black Girlhood at Elite, White Schools
(2019)Black girls who attend elite, predominantly white schools face a host of unique challenges and tasks in achieving a positive, resolved gendered-racial identity; they must learn to reconcile external and potentially negative ... -
Corporeal Resurfacings: Faustin Linyekula, Nick Cave and Thornton Dial
(2013)"Corporeal Resurfacings: Faustin Linyekula, Nick Cave and Thornton Dial," examines art and performance works by three contemporary black artists. My dissertation is opened by the analytic of black female flesh provided ... -
Double Exclusion to Double Embrace: Caring for the Spiritual Care Needs of Transgender, Gender Non-Conforming, and Nonbinary People and Communities
(2022)Transgender, gender non-conforming, and nonbinary people have historically had a bad relationship with Christianity. We have experienced rejection, physical harm, and spiritual violence justified in the name of faith. Such ... -
"For Better or Worse: Divorce and Annulment Lawsuits in Colonial Mexico (1544-1799)
(2013)"For Better or Worse: Divorce and Annulment Lawsuits in Colonial Mexico (1544-1799)" uses petitions for divorce and annulment to explore how husbands and wives defined and contested their marital roles and manipulated legal ... -
Graphic Intimations: Postwar to Contemporary Asian Diasporic Art and Writing
(2019)Graphic Intimations: Postwar to Contemporary Asian Diasporic Art and Writing follows the oblique tensions in Asian diasporic creative compositions between art and writing, performance and inscription. Identifying ... -
"If You Don't Take a Stand for Your Life, Who Will Help You?": A Qualitative Study of Men's Engagement with HIV/AIDS Care in Rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
(2015)The needs of South African men with HIV are often overlooked in providing healthcare for people living with HIV/AIDS, leading to unique needs and experiences for men seeking HIV/AIDS healthcare. Compounding this phenomenon ... -
In Transit: Women, Photography, and The Consolidation of Race in Nineteenth-Century America
(2017)In Transit: Women, Photography, and the Consolidation of Race in Nineteenth-Century America charts the accretion of historical and often obscured memory upon our textual and visual world. Rapid innovations in transportation ... -
Informatic Opacity: Biometric Facial Recognition and the Aesthetics and Politics of Defacement
(2014)Confronting the rapidly increasing, worldwide reliance on biometric technologies to surveil, manage, and police human beings, my dissertation <italic>Informatic Opacity: Biometric Facial Recognition and the Aesthetics and ... -
Intimate Life Together: A Decolonial Theology
(2017)Disease metaphors dominate Christian theological discourses that equate sex with sin. When Christianity is imagined to “cure” sexuality, religious communities push out those members who are perceived to threaten the health ... -
Intimate Partner Violence among Female Students at a Rural University in Limpopo Province, South Africa: A Mixed Methods Study with Intervention Implications
(2017)Background: Limpopo Province has the highest rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) in South Africa, with data suggesting that over half of women experience IPV in their lifetimes. However, data among young, university... -
"Lifting as We Climb?": The Role of Stereotypes in the Evaluation of Political Candidates at the Intersection of Race and Gender
(2012)This dissertation examines the topic of social perceptions regarding political candidates at the intersection of race and gender. Within this project I analyze 1) the degree to which stereotypes are held at different points ... -
Molding “Economic Woman”: Conflicting Portrayals of Women’s Economic Roles in Magazines Published During the Franco Dictatorship
(2022)This dissertation explores how the depiction of gender-differentiated economic roles in women’s magazines contributed to shaping Spanish women as economic actors during the first 30 years of Francisco Franco’s dictatorship ...
