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Modern Women Writers of China, 2005.
Examines contemporary women writers in China.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 0 sources, $ 44.95
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"This paper discusses modern women writers of China. It focuses on specific works of several modern women writers and discusses how their writing reflects their new found freedoms in China. Additionally, it discusses how these women all feel a pull from the past that they cannot ignore, and how difficult that pull is when they are considering the possibilities of their future.
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"Can Xue is a woman of China who has seen the evolution of a society in transition throughout her life. She is further a writer who is considered one of the first Chinese women of literature to be recognized by the government as a literary artist. Can Xue has written several stories in which she discusses the elements of her life as a youth, and her current existence. The Summons is one such story. In her work she recognizes both the harshness of a Communist government that has been her past, and the position of women in China that has evolved during her lifetime. Thought of as a writer who relies on no conventional form to create her works, Can Xue is often depicted as an irrational writer whose work is full of vivid and wild images."
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Modern Women of China, 2005.
Examines the work of contemporary female writers in China.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 0 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper discusses the works of modern Chinese female writers. It focuses on the works on one writer in particular, Can Xue, and discusses her role in Chinese literature. It further discusses the works of several other authors and how their work reflects their roles of women in 20th Century China. The paper discusses the struggles of Chinese women as they have a new found freedom of expression and how they are using that expression through literature to make a statement about society.
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"The Chinese female writer, Can Xue, is a symbol of the modern world of many Chinese women. Can Xue struggled in her earlier years to have a voice in literature. When she did obtain a reading public she was cited as being "insane" in her writing (Lu 175). This was due to the fact that Can Xue was not afraid to express emotions through her work, or to express her personal viewpoints that were outside of the male oriented forms of the Confucian tradition in China (Lu 175). Tonglin Lu writes, "...A woman's experiment with language amounts to an attempt to master this exclusively masculine property...perceived from a masculine point of view...is in itself maddening not necessarily to the female intruder but for the newly established male order..." (Lu 175)."
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Ancient and Modern Women, 2002.
An analysis of the differences between ancient and modern Chinese women.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper looks at how women have made long strides in society from their ancient counterparts. The example of Chinese women are looked at and how there roles have changed and how Americanized their modern counterparts have become. One true fact continues according to this paper, that the oppression of women continues.
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Maria Montessori: A Modern Woman in an Old World, 2005.
Examines how Maria Montessori broke all the traditions of a male-dominated society to present us with innovative ideas on early childhood education.
2,105 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 66.95
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Maria Montessori was a modern woman in a man's world. In times when women were expected to follow procedure and know their roles in society, Montessori made her own rules. This paper shows how she continuously broke tradition and expectations by forcing her thoughts and ideas onto society. She was the first female to enroll in two all-male institutions, showing no fear when the male students ridiculed her. She dominated the medical profession, which was more of a fraternal brotherhood in those days, and she completely transformed the world of early childhood education. The paper shows that Maria Montessori's willingness to take dramatic steps away from the accepted methods of her era allowed her to create a ground-breaking teaching technique that has withstood the test of time.
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"As a physician, Montessori specialized in pediatrics and psychiatry. Through this contact with children, she began to acquire an awareness of child development. In 1901, she was appointed director of the Orthophrentic School at the University of Rome. The school had been used as an asylum for "deficient and insane" children of the city. Many of the children were most likely retarded or autistic. She walked into a room to discover children sitting on old benches for hours at a time. She was told that the children were "savage and dirty" because they would scramble to pick crumbs up off the floor after a meal. Montessori was appalled by the scene and began to develop a way to reform the school (Standing 28)."
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Early Modern Women?s Writing, 2003.
Examines the relationship between the act of writing and the process of transformation which the speaker undergoes in Wroth?s sonnet sequence Pamphilia to Amphilanthus.
3,304 words (approx. 13.2 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 94.95
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This essay discusses: the redemptive effects of writing poetry in Pamphilia?s seemingly entrapped predicament; the particular usefulness of the sonnet form and sequence in relation to Wroth?s subject matter; and the limitations of art as offering resolution but no ?cure? for love?s pain.
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"Pamphilia, as a character to whom Wroth designates the role of writer as well as speaker of poetry, gives a powerful account of both the limitations and empowerment involved in the process of creating art. The peculiar mix of the confrontation of distressing emotion and the gaining of artistic fulfilment has been described by Quilligan as characteristic of the entire sonnet genre: she writes about Wroth?s image of blood drops as perhaps constituting ?an image for sadomasochistic sonneteering itself? . The majority of explicit references to writing within the sonnet sequence, as with the title quotation, express Pamphilia?s frustration about the usefulness of producing poetry. Despite the lucid exposition, ?grief is not cured by art? , which comes early in the sequence, there is still a creative force which lures the poet-persona to keep on writing. Seamus Heaney has famously posited the power of poetry in terms of redress and its therapeutic potential: ?poetry can be as potentially redemptive and possibly as illusory as love? . This essay will discuss: the redemptive effects of writing poetry in Pamphilia?s seemingly entrapped predicament; the particular usefulness of the sonnet form and sequence in relation to Wroth?s subject matter; and the limitations of art as offering resolution but no ?cure? for love?s pain."
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Women in Modern China, 2005.
This paper examines literature about women in modern China.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 4 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper explains that "Stones of the Jingwei Bird" and "New Year Sacrifice" offer fascinating insights into the lives of women in modern China. The author points out that the "In the Wine Shop" and "Xiaoxiao" explore different aspects of gender in China from a wider cultural perspective. The paper relates that "Once upon a Time" and "The Night of the Mid-Autumn Festival" complemented these first four works by expanding the thematic discussion of gender and presenting characters faced with different challenges.
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"In discussing the works we read for class and examining their meaning, it should be noted that "Excerpts from Stones of the Jingwei Bird" and "New Year's Sacrifice" offered fascinating insights into the lives of women in modern China, while "In the Wine Shop" and "Xiaoxiao" explored different aspects of gender in China from a wider cultural perspective. "Once Upon a Time" and "The Night of the Mid-Autumn Festival" complemented these first four works by expanding the thematic discussion of gender and presenting characters faced with different challenges."
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Role of Women in Modern Japan, 2002.
The paper analyzes the remarkable progress Japanese women have made in asserting their rights over the last century.
4,095 words (approx. 16.4 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 110.95
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The paper examines Japan's change in foreign policy and resulting economic growth in the second half of the 20th Century, which allowed women to enter the workforce. The paper also looks at the social changes in marriage and family life that resulted from the women's employment. It also discusses the emerging Japanese women's liberation movement called "wuman ribu" and its attempts to raise social consciousness in Japan. The paper notes the differences in attitude between Western and Japanese cultures and the fact that Japan still has a long way to go before it achieves sexual equality, especially in the workplace.
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Modern Japan - How is it different?
What Women Gained
Women's Movement In Japan
Women In Economy
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"Women in Japan in the past 50 years have made a huge progress as far as their presence in the workplace is concerned. We have seen that most women in the past few decades decided to pursue a career instead of staying at home and raising children. While this has resulted in tremendous economic benefits for women, it has also affected their personal lives, which is the reason why most of them are facing a major dilemma today. They are not certain if they should continue being a part of the workforce or is it better to stay at home and do justice to their traditional roles. But women in Japan still complain of discrimination and inequality in the workplace. Sometimes it is about promotion that they deserved but did not get, at others it can be about the pay scale, which often tilts in favor of their male counterparts."
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"Galileo's Daughter" and Social Roles for Women in Early Modern Europe., 2002.
This paper examines the concepts and the laws that governed women during the period of early Modern Europe.
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The two texts that are used in order to investigate this concept is the work, "Galileo's Daughter" by Dava Sobel and "Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe" by Merry Wiesner. These two texts clarify the differences that occurred in the treatment of men and women, where the role of women was established through unbendable social norms that were intricately woven into the fabric of society.
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Women's Experience in Modern East Asian Literature, 2008.
An analysis of women's subjective experience in modern East Asian literature, particularly in Japan.
1,051 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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The paper discusses how, in Japan, women's literature since the late 19th century, has had particular forms expected whereby the woman who writes from her heart and reports details of life is seen as less significant than the woman whose work somehow complies with established traditions of form, subject and genre. The paper provides examples from East Asian literature to support its arguments.
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"It is as though women's subjectivity, in their authentic expression, must crack through barriers of slightly different kinds, as both societies need to take on a new understanding of how women fit into literature and ideas. In the meantime, a wise approach is one of reading Chinese or Japanese works by women as direct accounts, trying to put aside preceding forms, concentrating on what the writer is trying to convey, more than the nature of her environment or the social or political environment. One knows that the women, not the Chinese outlook or the Japanese society's sexism, will be seen as problematic, as is well understood by women writers in both countries. Whatever appears will be assessed in relation to how well it fits with a tradition to have gone before and with criticism likely of that which diverges. Many things have not been good about women's experience in modern China or Japan at different times or in particular situations. At the same time, many things have been appreciable, as needs to be kept in mind by non-East Asian readers who may be quick to criticize the societies described or the condition or women within them. It is tremendously important that women in both China and Japan be encouraged to express themselves, as individuals, so that women's literature in both countries can be seen for its different vantage points and ideas."
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Bedouin Women: Traditions vs. Modernity, 2002.
An in-depth analysis of the woman's role in the current Bedouin society, with a focus on their role as healers.
13,100 words (approx. 52.4 pages), 41 sources, MLA, $ 248.95
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This paper discusses issues pertinent to the Bedouin woman at a time of change with regard to her status, her abilities and skills as a healer in the Bedouin traditional society. The paper describes in detail research examining the following main questions: Are Bedouin women still engaged in traditional healing or do they prefer the modern medicine? What is the Bedouin's attitude to traditional medicine today in a period of a meaningful interaction with the Western culture? In response to this, the writer provides us with an understanding that the older Bedouin population favor their traditional methods, whereas the younger Bedouin favor the modern methods and find it easier to integrate with Western culture.
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Introduction
Literature Review
The Bedouin in Israel
Belief and Views among the Bedouin
The Bedouins? Health in the Desert
Climate and Living
Health Conditions
Illness and Cures among the Bedouin
The Bedouin Healers
The Dervish
The Fugara (Bedouin Shaman)
The Traditional Doctor
Ways of Healing
Preventive Medicine
Curative Medicine
Burning as a Cure
Bleeding as a Cure
Herbs as a Cure
Mental Diseases
Holistic Health and the Bedouin
From Tradition to Modernization
Traditional Medicine vs. Modern Medicine
The Bedouin Women of the Negev
The Bedouin Women?s Attitude toward Traditional Medicine
The Research
Findings
Discussion
Summary
Bibliography
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"The Bedouin society has been experiencing a process of change for the last several decades, regarding issues like dwelling, occupation, women?s status, modernization - changes that refer to the traditional point of view among the Bedouins. During the last few years there has been a great change in the attitude toward Bedouin?s medicine and its use as a result of interaction with the Western world. The awareness of the Bedouins to modern medicine brought many of them, especially the young ones, to realize the limits of traditional medicine. In order to follow this new situation one must begin with the Bedouin tradition in different themes (Ben-David, 1999)."
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Women in Modern Europe, 2002.
A study of the conditions and status of women in Europe.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 7 sources, $ 62.95
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This paper outlines the condition of women in war/ revolution and leisure / work during the Modern period in Europe.
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Women in Modern Society, 2002.
This paper discusses that, in an era of gender equality, it is easy to overlook how structures of patriarchy continue to dominate the lives of women, both here in the United States and around the world.
1,555 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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This paper argues that gender stereotypes are reinforced and reproduced through various social structures such as the media, through generally accepted employment practices and through the norms and expectations regarding women?s roles. This paper explains that the foundations of patriarchy and the preferential treatment of boys and men are planted in early childhood, as young girls are socialized into the less active, nurturer roles. The author details how these stereotypes affect the economic status of women, particularly in the area of their finances.
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Gender Stereotypes in Early Childhood
Gender and Work
Hiring Practices
Opportunities for Advancement
Gender Wage Gap
Conclusion
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"Many experts agree that children establish ideas about gender very early in life, and that television increasingly contributes to these gendered expectations. For example, in many television shows targeted at children five and older, many women were portrayed as housewives, waitresses and secretaries, while men were seen in roles like construction workers and doctors. Despite a growing awareness of the role of television in creating stereotypes, experts believe that the majority of women in television do not reflect the changes in society.
Even in programs as seemingly innocuous as the Teletubbies and Barney, males serve as leaders and directors of action, while females act as followers. Neither program show adult women in non-stereotypical roles. In Teletubbies, even the non-human characters are gendered in terms of color, voice and by the shape of their antennas. As a result, these programs send a subtle but powerful message regarding gender expectations, particularly at a time when children are most receptive to internalizing such assumptions."
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Women in Modern Egypt, 2003.
Discusses the extent to which women's status has improved.
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Contends women's position is still subordinate to that of Egyptian men. Examines the conflict between feminism and conservative religious, political, and social views associated with Islam.
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"Modern Egypt is like its dynastic counterpart, drawing sustenance from the Nile River. Today, as in the ancient period, most of the country's population is concentrated along the river, fully 20% of it around Cairo. Modern Egyptian society is..."
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