Browsing by Subject "Masculinity"
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Divorcing the Rake: Male Chastity and the Rise of the Novel, 1753-1857
(2020)Loose understandings of naturalized sexual difference have worked for hundreds of years to bolster both the legal and social oppression of women. This dissertation, Divorcing the Rake: Male Chastity and the Rise of the Novel, ... -
Fighting for Life: War Trauma, Healing, and Ritual Communities in the American Pacific Northwest
(2022)This dissertation traces the complex connections between violence, trauma, healing, and medicalization in North America. The project connects to conversations in medical anthropology and American studies, and intersects ... -
Fragile Masculinity: Operationalizing and Testing a Novel Model of Identity Fragility
(2022)In this dissertation, I propose, operationalize, and test a novel model of identity fragility using fragile masculinity as a case study. To date, identity research has largely focused on understanding how people’s membership ... -
HIV Stigma Among Men in Tanzania: A Mixed-method Study
(2020)Background: HIV-related stigma is a barrier to the success of programs targeting the prevention and treatment of HIV. In Sub Saharan Africa, where the HIV epidemic is concentrated, men play a critical role in defining and ... -
"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 ... -
The Male Coming-of-Age Theme in the Hebrew Bible
(2013)This study identifies and elaborates on a theme in the Hebrew Bible (HB) that has largely gone unnoticed by scholars: the transition of a male adolescent from boyhood to manhood. Beyond identifying the coming-of-age theme ... -
Uneven Modernities, Uneven Masculinities: Manliness and the Galician Hinterland in the Novels of Emilia Pardo Bazán (1882-1896)
(2010)The late-nineteenth-century realist canon in Spain is filled with male characters who are physically weak, effeminate, ineffectual, infantilized, or impotent, and, thus, decidedly "unmanly," which indicates a collective ...
