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(In)Forming the Female Bildungsroman in Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea and Jamaica Kincaid's Annie John

Creator:: Farrow, Rebecca L.
Abstract:: Caribbean women authors, in an attempt to reclaim their voices lost to patriarchy and colonialism, are creating a new literary tradition by expanding the boundaries of the Bildungsroman genre. Many have challenged the conservative male Bildungsroman's deeply entrenched gender bias where female transcendence was impossible due to cultural prescriptions that...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Taking a broader approach : longitudinal effects of personality on the physical health of spouse caregivers in two disease groups

Creator:: Hall, Brandi June
Abstract:: Caregiving circumstances frequently evoke high levels of stress for caregivers and have consistently been linked to adverse psychological and physical health consequences. Within the caregiving literature, researchers have sought to answer questions about why some individuals seem to be particularly vulnerable to the well-established deleterious consequences of caregiving stress. Several...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: June Hall A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University

A form with a message : didacticism, adolescence, and femininity in young adult novels

Creator:: Davenport, Mattie R.
Abstract:: In this thesis, I discuss the uses of two different forms of young adult novels for relaying messages about adolescence and femininity to adolescents from adult authors. I explore the traditional and organized quest narrative as written by Anne McCaffrey in her Harper Hall Trilogy with a young female hero....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: portray adolescence. For instance, in the Harper Hall Trilogy, adolescence is a quest or a journey. In

The Umpqua Eden site : the people, their smoking pipes and tobacco cultivation

Creator:: Nelson, Nancy J.
Abstract:: Located on the central Oregon coast, the Umpqua Eden site (35D083) yielded an artifact assemblage which is one of the five largest assemblages from the Oregon coast. The first aspect of the site that I looked at is the people who lived at the site, the ancestors of the Confederated...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Director for the tribes, which resulted in a more holistic view of the site. Additionally, I attempted to

Factors impacting intimate partner violence and access to services among women in the occupied Palestinian territories

Creator:: Fitzgerald, Meghan R.
Abstract:: A study which analyzes the impact of husband's exposure to political violence on intimate partner violence perpetration and identifies factors associated with help-seeking among women in Gaza and the West Bank. Further, a qualitative component examines Gazan women's narratives regarding IPV and help-seeking and barriers faced.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Chunhuei Chi ABSTRACT Background: A report published by the Palestine Central

Bright lights, big city : electrified female desire in Edith Wharton and Theodore Dreiser

Creator:: Larsen, Haley A.
Abstract:: This thesis explores the electrified female subject in two novels, Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie (1900) and Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth (1905). As cultural touchstones, two literary works that prominently feature electricity -- Henry James' story "In the Cage" and Henry Adams' biography The Education of Henry Adams --...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ! ! AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Haley A. Larsen for the degree of Master of Arts in English presented

Muscle & money : determining the relationship between occupational physical demands and individual earning power

Creator:: O'Neill, Elizabeth A.
Abstract:: Women are economically disadvantaged in most U.S. labor markets, demonstrated by a persistent gender wage gap. The relative wage discrepancy can be understood as a result of labor market conditions, human capital investments, and gender discrimination. To determine if the wage gap could be decreased, I use classical regression modeling...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Earning Power By Elizabeth A. O’Neill MASTER ESSAY submitted to Oregon State

Creative Placemaking as a Composition Pedagogy

Creator:: Yerace, Marisa
Abstract:: This thesis explores the ways in which creative placemaking, a neighborhood-based practice for building community, can offer community-building and civic action wisdom as a model for composition. This model brings attention to spatial metaphors for rhetoric and teaching that have persisted for millennia; it re-focuses us on community; it encourages...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the degree of Master of Arts in English presented on May 14, 2020. Title: Creative Placemaking as a

A Feminist Celebrates the Rediscovery of Immanence

Creator:: Lockhart, Janet L.
Abstract:: I offer a personal and prehistoric exploration of the concept of immanence, the principle of a divine force living, remaining, and operating within living creatures, inherent in the human, including the female; a unifying force that connects humans to each other, to nature, and to the earth. I examine the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Archaeology, artd_Women Studies presented on September 17, 1998. Title A Feminist Celebes the Rediscaveu of

Case Study : Description of a Corporate University's Operational Factors

Creator:: Ewer, Gary
Abstract:: Corporate universities (CUs) have been in existence in the United States since the early 1900s. They are increasingly providing educational and developmental opportunities for workers; however, there is little empirical research on these types of organizations. This study examined a specific electrical distributor's CU using a theoretical framework as a...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : Description of a Corporate University’s Operational Factors. Abstract approved

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(In)Forming the Female Bildungsroman in Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea and Jamaica Kincaid's Annie John

Taking a broader approach : longitudinal effects of personality on the physical health of spouse caregivers in two disease groups

A form with a message : didacticism, adolescence, and femininity in young adult novels

The Umpqua Eden site : the people, their smoking pipes and tobacco cultivation

Factors impacting intimate partner violence and access to services among women in the occupied Palestinian territories

Bright lights, big city : electrified female desire in Edith Wharton and Theodore Dreiser

Muscle & money : determining the relationship between occupational physical demands and individual earning power

Creative Placemaking as a Composition Pedagogy

A Feminist Celebrates the Rediscovery of Immanence

Case Study : Description of a Corporate University's Operational Factors

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