Essays about: "girl"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 175 essays containing the word girl.

  1. 16. Man(ners) Maketh Woman : An Analysis of Dutch Male-Authored Women’s Advice Literature

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Roxanne Lokin; [2023]
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    Abstract : This thesis analyses Adriaan Loosjes’ De Vrouw in de Vier Tijdperken Haars Levens (’The Woman inthe Four Stages of her Life’) and Gozewijn de Greuve’s Wilhelmina, een Handboek voor het VrouwelijkeGeslacht (‘Wilhelmina, a Guide for the Female Sex’). These two works of male-authored adviceliterature for women in the early nineteenth-century Netherlands are analysed in order to researchthe construction of gender. READ MORE

  3. 17. A Blessing and a Curse - Stress and Wellbeing in Meaningful Work

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Jessica Paulsson; Linnéa Tullberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Stress; Wellbeing; Meaning; Meaningful Work; Volunteer-Based Organizations; Autonomy; Identification; Job Insecurity; Purpose-Driven Organizations; Non-Profit Organizations; Calling; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to create a better understanding of work-related stress and wellbeing amongst employees who do meaningful work in volunteer-based organizations. The research question chosen to explore this topic is "How do employees in girl’s support centers, who perceive their work as meaningful, experience stress and wellbeing in their jobs?". READ MORE

  4. 18. A Black woman's fight against oppression: Celie's transformation in the Color Purple

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Hanna Stark; [2023]
    Keywords : The Color Purple; Celie; feminism; oppression; gender traits; masculine femininity;

    Abstract : In the novel the Color Purple (1982), the author, Alice Walker, highlights the oppression African American women had to endure in the South, during the 1920s. It tells the story of the protagonist Celie's life, from being a sexual abused girl, to becoming an independent woman. READ MORE

  5. 19. “I’m not a Final Girl” An intersectional character analysis of Jade in Stephen Graham Jones’ My Heart Is a Chainsaw and its pedagogical implications in the EFL classroom

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Jens Nilsson; [2023]
    Keywords : My Heart Is a Chainsaw; Final Girl; Intersectional Framework; identity; marginalization; alienation; empowerment; EFL classroom;

    Abstract : The following essay applies an intersectional lens to the character analysis of Jade, the main character in Stephen Graham Jones’ My Heart Is a Chainsaw (2021), as it aims to introduce EFL students to the principles of the intersectional theory framework. As Jade, as a way of dealing with her reality as an abused and marginalized young part-Native American adolescent, obsessively frames her real-life experiences in a slasher movie context, the novel explores the themes of identity, marginalization, empowerment through the way Jade sees herself in relation to the Final Girl: the archetypal female protagonist featured in slasher movies. READ MORE

  6. 20. Limitations of Girl Child Education and Consequences on National Development in Nigeria: A Teachers’, Counsellors’ Perspective on Obudu Local Government Area.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

    Author : Nmajeme Onyinyechi J; [2022-11-25]
    Keywords : Girl-child; Education; National Development;

    Abstract : Aim: This research examined the limitations of girl child education and its consequences on national development. The major aim was to investigate through the lens of teachers and counsellors the factors limiting girl-child education and its consequences on nation-building in Nigeria. READ MORE