TBC02 8/7/2002 04:01 PM Page 46 CHAPTER TWO A Dialogue of Self and Soul: Plain Jane’s Progress a SANDRA M. GILBERT AND SUSAN GUBAR The authors of The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-century Literary Imagination (1979) are both distinguished feminist critics: Sandra Gilbert is a Professor at the University of California‚ Davis; and Susan D. Gubar a Distinguished Professor of English and Women’s Studies at Indiana University. They have also collaborated
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"Babylon Revisited" Context ’’Babylon Revisited’’ is widely considered to be the apex of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short stories‚ of which there are more than a hundred. Like many of his works‚ ’’Babylon Revisited’’ was loosely based on Fitzgerald’s own life. Fitzgerald was born on September 24‚ 1896 in Saint Paul Minnesota. He was named Francis Scott Key‚ after a distant relative‚ and the writer of the American national anthem. Fitzgerald spent his childhood years in the United States—Buffalo
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IIUC STUDIES ISSN 1813-7733 Vol. – 3‚ December 2006 (p 19-30) The Woman Question in the novels by the Bronte Sisters Rehnuma Bint Anis∗ Abstract: The Victorian period lasted more than half a century. During this time England changed radically in almost all respects. One of these was the rising consciousness of women about their rights and potentials. Soon‚ the social awareness was transmitted to literature. In retrospect we find that many women writers emerged at this critical juncture in history
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Wealth and Power in The Hunger Games Professor Kenneth Wong G15 Dorothy SIOK Li Phing LIU Zhe LIN Feng Ian Nicolette CHEN Lixin TAN Yan Zhen 1 1 Introduction 2 The Ethics of Power 2.1 How Power is Obtained and Maintained The Hunger Games is
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WOMEN EMPOWERMENT OR MILITARY EFFICIENCY? AN ANALYSIS REGARDING THE RECENT US POLICY LIFTING THE BAN AGAINST WOMEN IN COMBAT ZONES Etana Fides Introduction History has always defined war fighting to have an inclination towards being a "males only" activity with laws and policy established to reflect and maintain that exclusivity. And yet‚ women have always been of service in and out of the warzones‚ even if "unofficially." The last fifty years have produced significant changes
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0 THE KOLANUT AS A PEACE SYMBOL IN IGBOLAND: TOWARDS A CULTURAL NEXUS OF GENDER CONSTRUCTION AND MEANING BY ALOZIE BRIGHT CHIAZAM UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA NSUKKA +2347061905914 Donbright4all@yahoo.com A PAPER PRESENTED AT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NIGERIA (HSN)‚ SOUTH-EAST ZONAL CONFERENCE THEME: SOUTH-EAST NIGERIA IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE HELD AT THE LAW AUDITORIUM EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY‚ ABAKALIKI SEPTEMBER 11TH TO 14TH‚ 2011. 1 Introduction The kolanut a symbolic
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in SEARCH FOR IDENTITY IN SHASHI DESHPANDE’S THAT LONG SILENCE‚ THE DARK HOLDS NO TERROR AND ROOTS AND SHADOWS SEARCH FOR IDENTITY IN SHASHI DESHPANDE’S THAT LONG SILENCE‚ THE DARK HOLDS NO TERROR AND ROOTS AND SHADOWS "SEARCH FOR IDENTITY IN SHASHI DESHPANDE’S THAT LONG SILENCE‚ THE DARK HOLDS NO TERROR AND ROOTS AND SHADOWS"‚ 1st Edition Dr.Kavya.B Price: 200/© 2012 by Laxmi Book Publication‚ Solapur All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form‚ by mimeograph or
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Feministic Perspectives in Selected Novels of Shashi Deshpande’s with reference to That Long Silence‚ The Dark Holds No Terror and The Binding Vine INTRODUCTION CHAPTER – I Feminism The term ‘feminism’ has its origin from the Latin word ‘femina’ meaning ‘woman’ (through French ‘feminisme’)‚ and thereby refers to the advocacy of women’s rights‚ status and power at par with men on the grounds of ‘equality of sexes’. In other words‚ it relates to the belief that women should have the same
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This article was downloaded by: [HEAL-Link Consortium] On: 12 February 2010 Access details: Access Details: [subscription number 772811123] Publisher Routledge Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer House‚ 3741 Mortimer Street‚ London W1T 3JH‚ UK History of Education Publication details‚ including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713599897 ’A position of
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CHANGING ATTITUDE TOWARDS SEX PREFERENCE AS OLD AGE SECURITY AMONG NIGERIAN OLDER PERSONS BY AJIBOYE‚ OLANREWAJU EMMANUEL(Ph.D) Department of Sociology‚ Lagos State University‚ Ojo‚ Lagos. Abstract This paper focuses on the intensity of preference for sons over daughters in anticipation of old age security both physically and financially‚ and its impact on the care and support/ well-being of the elderly in Nigeria in general‚ and in particular among the Yoruba of Southwest. The paper examines
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