Essays about: "Female Rebels"

Found 2 essays containing the words Female Rebels.

1. 1. The Political Effect of Female Terrorists: Do women become empowered when entering male dominated spheres?

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Moa Peldán Carlsson; [2018]
   Keywords : Female Empowerment; Rebel Movements; Representation; Insurgency; Empowerment Mimicry; Female Rebels; Gender Equality;

   Abstract : This quantitative study aims to investigate mechanisms for female empowerment in the context of conflict by examining whether a female entry into armed rebel, insurgent and terrorist movements can lead to an increase of women represented in politics. Three different hypotheses for the relationship are set: that the effect is positive, that the effect is negative and that there is no effect at all. READ MORE

3. 2. The Byronic Heroine of North and South

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

   Author : Stina Lisnäs; [2015]
   Keywords : Byroic hero; Elizabeth Gaskell; North and South; female stereotype;

   Abstract : This essay argues that the protagonist of Elizabeth Gaskell’s North and South (1855), Margaret Hale, is a Byronic heroine. The counter argument that any such comparison is impossible because of her sex is refuted and examples are given of how Margaret is not portrayed like the other young women of the novel. READ MORE