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This paper considers the differing ways that Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams saw women through their love poems in the early twentieth century. It further examines the interrogation of a young woman in "A Portrait of a Lady" who to the consternation of the poet, interrogates back. It also looks at the way in which Pound examines women in his "Portrait d'Une Femme."

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"William Carlos Williams and Ezra Pound are alike in many ways. Both were born in the 1880s, both attended the University of Pennsylvania in the first decade of the 20th century and both rose to become two of the most celebrated poets of their generation. Despite these similarities, they differ in a number of important ways as well. While Williams attended medical school and went on to become a physician in a career that lasted well over forty years, Pound lived the life of a journalist and literary vagabond, spending time in London and Paris before settling in Italy as he championed a generation of rising stars that ranged from James Joyce to..."

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In this paper, the gender roles of women in the 19th century has been evaluated in three paintings by Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, and John Singer Sargent. The Victorian era value were often dictated by the various standards of classes in Europe and in America. Sargent's work evaluates to often exclusive privileges given to members of the upper classes that clashed with the stricter societal norms for women in lower and middle class incomes.

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This paper explains that "Portrait of a Lady", seen by many as the first truly modernist American novel, was published only 16 years after the end of the American Civil War, during a period of great social change and unrest, particularly for women and minorities. The author describes the female characters illustrated in this book as Isabel Archer, the confused woman in search of her true self; Henrietta Stackpole, an "independent woman" seeking to change the world through her eye-catching and brutally honest journalism; Madame Merle, the devious and sly possessor of a scandalous secret, and Pansy Osmond, shy and continually controlled by her overbearing father. The paper relates that James' intentions for this novel's impact and legacy are still widely debated; some argue that the fate, which befalls each of his women, clearly displays his anti-feminist attitude but others argue that the freedom of choice he has given his female characters, allowing them to make their own mistakes, finally paints women as fellow human beings.

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"One of the first female characters introduced to readers in "The Portrait of a Lady" is also one of the most anachronistic: Mrs. Touchett. Though married, she spends much of her time abroad while her husband and invalid son uncomplainingly reside in England's Gardencourt Manor. She and Mr. Touchett have been virtually separated since the beginning of their marriage, although Mrs. Touchett does spend one month per year at Gardencourt with her husband. Claiming she despises England's food and culture, she permits herself to flit about Europe with nearly unfettered access to freedoms normally only extended to men."

Tags:civil-war, isabel, stackpole, anti-feminist, freedom-of-choice

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This ten-page undergraduate essay discusses the themes of love, women's role in marriage, and Identity of a Woman through a Man in Henry James' novel, "A Portrait of A Lady".

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The paper analyzes a photograph by Cindy Sherman, based on Raphael's famous portrait "Fornarina." It argues that while the original painting depicted women as "possessed" by men and therefore "owned" by the painter, the modern-era version de-objectifies the feminine form and gives women a sense of self-identity. The paper clarifies this point by pointing out that the model of the picture is also the photographer.

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"In the view of Kate Linker (1983), there has been of late, a shift in the way we conceive of texts. We have moved, to a degree, away from the expressionist model, "based on an expressive self and an emphatic reader, who reduplicates preconstituted meanings (1983, p. 391)." This shift further moves the reader or, in the case of the visual arts, the viewer, away from a fixed ideology which renders meaning as timeless and immutable rather than as shifting or in process. Linker (1983) suggests that in most representational visual art, there are abundant forms in which the very apparatus or content of work constitutes subjects as male, positioning women as unauthorized and illegitimate and as represented rather than representing."

Tags:Lacan, gender, Renaissance, satire, orientation

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This paper looks at the different styles of fashion worn by American women in the past 100 years. It describes decade by decade of the twentieth century, styles, materials, influences and key designers of the main fashions of the time.

Outline
Introduction
Portrait of the American Woman as a Fashion Plate
Passage
The American Dress through the Years Evolution
1990-La Belle Epocque Era of the Beautiful
1910-The Eastern Touch and the Paul Poirot
1930-Despair and Fantasy
1940-Sporting the New Look
1950-Flamboyant and Ultra Feminine
1960-Gearing Up for a Revolution
1970-Hippies in Polyester
1980 to present
Fashion in Search of Identity
Fashion without Boundaries
The Academician Digs into a Woman's Fashion
Ford Search for a Supermodel
A Media Prediction of a Fashion Event
Quotes from a Popular Press

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"Day and evening clothes had unusual cuts with odd puffs and fitted sleeves. Evening dresses were bias-cut and high waisted. For day wear, 2-piece suits were popular with square pockets, large buttons and narrow, lean skirts done in thin materials. Fabrics used were of natural fibers sometimes linen but mostly cotton, wool or silk, acetate, rayon, light to medium weights in velvet, georgette, crepe, organdy, satin for both day and evening wear. Colors were often muted or of deeper hues; florals, geometric or abstract designs were used, quirky designs flourished. Because of the influence of Salvador Dali who designed textile for designers, surrealism thrived in prints."

Tags:clothes, dresses, skirts, blouses, material, style, day, night

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This paper briefly summarizes Rosario Ferre's book, "When Women Love Men", and discusses its theme about the social injustices suffered by women living under traditional, patriarchal societies. Examples of how Ferre conveys the message of social injustice through the portraits of his characters and the plot of the story are illustrated and explained.

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"Ferre's literary products explore a woman's role in a traditional male-dominated society. Females are seen as victims of a culture dominated by machismo who are denied the full realization of power. The author's social criticism is achieved through the varied portraits of women from prostitute to lady, grandparent to child. While individually disconnected, the characters' stories collectively form the voice of the Puerto Rican female's experience. The devastating forces of class, race and gender repression deprive a woman of her full status and cast her as a casualty. Yet, ironically, she emerges as both victim and victor, for within her, also lies the possibility for liberation."

Tags:papales, de, pandora, the, youngest, doll, machismo, power, victim, victor, liberation

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"The purpose of this research is to examine the following statement: "The fact that they could file legal suits against men, administer valuable family properties, run small businesses, and become major literary figures, indicates that women in colonial Latin America had as significant economic, social, and political roles as men."

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"The purpose of this research is to examine the following statement: "The fact that they could file legal suits against men, administer valuable family properties, run small businesses, and become major literary figures, indicates that women in colonial Latin America had as significant economic, social, and political roles as men." The plan of the research will be to set forth a comparison of women's and men's roles in Spain's New World colonies during Spain's most significant imperial period, with reference to two books that discuss the behavior of women who resided in the colony of Peru.
In the aftermath of the so-called conquest of Peru, which achieved importance in the Spanish colonial sphere of the New World largely because of its rich precious-mineral deposits, there appears to have been an intent to structure a society that would ..."

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"Isadora Duncan led a remarkable life that was atypical for women, even in modern society. Duncan eschewed conventions concerning motherhood and marriage, and travelled the world in her quest to perfect her art--the dance. Duncan exhibited both similarities and dissimilarities to Kate Millett's description of women in Sexual Politics.

Millett (1970) blames the patriarchal bias of society for the subordination of women, the family unit serving as the foundation of such beliefs. In her estimation, "Serving as an agent of the larger society, the family not only encourages its own members to adjust and conform, but acts as a unit in the government of the patriarchal state which rules its citizens through its family heads" (Millett, 1970, p. 33). Isadora Duncan's rebellion against traditional female roles perhaps..."

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This paper discusses the book "Engendering the Chinese Revolution: Radical Women, Communist Politics, and Mass Movements in 1920s" by Christina Gilmartin which shows that despite the efforts of various Chinese feminists, both male and female, the patriarchal nature of society created a gender system within the Chinese Communist Party, which ultimately reinforced traditional roles. The author states that the book focuses on Xiang Jingyu, one of the most well known women in the era fighting for reform in education and other facets of social equality. The paper explains that this book also deals with the extreme revolutionary period of 1925-27 through the First United Front, the alliance between the Communist and Nationalist parties.

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"The Communists adapted Soviet models of propaganda, cultural symbols, and organization to mobilize the worker population, both male and female, in assisting the formation of a new nation-state in full equality- at least that is what the posters, articles, and orators exclaimed. The urban and rural student populations were especially targeted as both recruiting areas and distribution systems for party literature. The propaganda during the Northern Expedition against the warlord factions was particularly graphic; it detailed the horrific acts the troops carried out against women."

Tags:nationalist, social, equality, reform, alliance