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Power at Play Sports and the Problem of Masculinity by Michael A. Messner Reviewed

observations is that sports changed with the introduction of females and acceptance of gay athletes as traditional male sporting e...

A Feminist Reading of Shakespeare's Hamlet

conflict, whereas Gertrude and Ophelia are blatantly constructed to subordinate and to submit to all of the whims and desires of t...

Mama Day by Gloria Naylor and Issues of Gender and Race

In ten pages this African American feminist text is analyzed in its portrayal of gender and racial issues. Eight sources are list...

Charles Dickens and Feminism

In 5 pages this paper argues that Charles Dickens is not a feminist despite his portrayal of women in socially oppressive situatio...

On Liberty by John Stuart Mill and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

In five pages this paper considers the portrayal of utopia in each work in terms of freedom and the individual....

La Belle Epoch and Decadence in Against Nature by J.K. Huysmans

In six pages this paper examines the novel in a discussion of its portrayal of decadence and its impact upon La Belle Epoch....

Movie Versions and the Original Play Othello by William Shakespeare

In eight pages this paper discusses the theatrical portrayals of Othello, Desdemona, and Iago in comparison with the films by Well...

Art Spiegelman on the Holocaust

the beast that was the Holocaust. It is presented as cold and unemotional in many ways, through these very depictions, and also su...

Male Gaze and Cross Dressing as Featured in the 1982 Film Tootsie

In six pages this paper analyzes cross dressing featured in the 1982 film Tootsie through the male gaze theories of feminist autho...

Feminism of the Sixties and Nursing

determine their relationships with others, as well as pull people of similar interests and often similar personalities together an...

Iris M. Young's Justice and the Politics of Difference and Susan M. Okin's Justice, Gender and the Family

home. Labor divisions are held in check by the marriage contract and the historic or traditional nature of the family. 2.In Chapt...

Margaret Thatcher and Feminism

This five page paper discusses the way in which Margaret Thatcher could be seen as a positive influence in the feminist school of...

The Feminist Movement and Criminology

Liberal feminism is characterized by operating with existing social structures to accomplish its goal or illuminating womens probl...

Portrayal of Aristocracy in Pride and Prejudice and Daniel Deronda

Eliot provides us with a very intricate look at the aristocracy from these various perspectives. At first we are given the useless...

Portrayal of Women in Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones' Diary and in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

in Austens book. And, such realities are subtly reflected in Fieldings book as well, despite the fact that it was written only a f...

Early America and the Oppression of Women

established that women were not always inherently oppressed around the world, a fair question arises: what is it about Western civ...

Religious vs. Cultural Oppression of Women in Islamic States

This paper presents an empirical research proposal to discuss the issue of female oppression in Islamic states. The author discus...

Oppression Issues

In 5 pages 5 essays that examine oppression are discussed and include Herbert Gans' 'Deconstructing the Underclass, an unknown aut...

Post American Revolution Minority Creditors' Oppression

After the British left the shores of America, the young country was faced with how to keep their economy afloat. Credit became one...

Reading as a Form of Resistance

imagine a more severe disparity of power than the one that exists in present-day Iran since its revolution and the institution of ...

Reducing Prejudice

contemporary forms of prejudice" (Dovidio et al, 1999, pp. 101-105). Intergroup contact as a method of reducing prejudice ...

Children, Prejudice Development, and Social Cognition

In fourteen pages this research paper presents a review of current literature on how prejudice in children is developed through pr...

Essential Elements of Great Literature and Writers

In five pages great works of literature written by esteemed authors are examined in order to reveal the crucial elements that cont...

The Criminal Justice System and the Issue of Racism

a great deal of ignorance and disrespect for that individual; just because someone is a member of a certain race does not mean tha...

Women in Works Such as Jane Eyre, The Scarlet Letter, and Lysistrata

This paper contrasts and compares various female characters throughout the history of literature which includes Lysistrata, Jane E...

Prejudice and Intergroup Contact

In eight pages this research paper examines intergroup contact, reducing prejudice and the barriers that often result in failure o...

Five Articles In Critical Summary

Five articles on attacks by dogs in the literature are the subject of this critical summary, which examines their portrayal of the...

Depiction of Women in Classical Greek Literature

In ten pages this paper discusses how Euripides' plays depicted Clytemnestra in this consideration of the shift in women's portray...

'Pride and Prejudice' of Mr. Darcy in the Novel by Jane Austen

is better. We note some of his pride when we see him at the party where he quickly dismisses Elizabeth, stating "She is tolerable;...

Huckleberry Finn: Prejudiced or Non-Prejudiced Text?

continues to rage well into the twenty-first century about whether The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn represents racism and should...