Gender StudiesPub Date : 2018-12-01DOI: 10.2478/genst-2019-0004
J. Maze
{"title":"Public and Private Lives: Judith Butler’s Grief and the Loss of Black Self","authors":"J. Maze","doi":"10.2478/genst-2019-0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/genst-2019-0004","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract By looking at Butler’s theories on grief and mourning, I focus on her concept of ecstasy, or the state of being outside of one’s self, which illustrates the dependency individuals have on social norms as well as the vulnerability such a system of recognition entails. Using this framework, I discuss how the private and the public spheres can construct public bodies. If this happens, individuals can have little say over how their bodies are socially signified. To show this, I use the case of Black women in the USA, where systemic oppression constantly draws their bodies into the public’s eye.","PeriodicalId":30605,"journal":{"name":"Gender Studies","volume":"1 1","pages":"45 - 56"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83018908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gender StudiesPub Date : 2018-12-01DOI: 10.2478/genst-2019-0011
Shaharior Rahman Razu
{"title":"Determinants of Early Marriage Among Women: An Experience from Rural Bangladesh","authors":"Shaharior Rahman Razu","doi":"10.2478/genst-2019-0011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/genst-2019-0011","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study investigates the socioeconomic determinants of early marriage among the women living in rural Bangladesh through an empirical cross-sectional research. The data were collected primarily from a sample of 576 ever married women using a semi-structured interview schedule. Results show that more than half of the respondents (58.3%) were early married and the mean age of the first marriage was 16.8. Both in bivariate and multivariate setups, respondents’ age, religion, education level, family type, father’s occupation and household income were found to be significantly associated with marital age (p<0.001).","PeriodicalId":30605,"journal":{"name":"Gender Studies","volume":"51 6","pages":"127 - 136"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72452164","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gender StudiesPub Date : 2018-12-01DOI: 10.2478/genst-2019-0007
Elisabeta Zelinka
{"title":"Metaphysical Connotations of the Dream as a Liquifying Trope in 16th – 17th Century Comedies and their Contemporary Applicability for the 21st Century Human: A Midsummer Night’s Dream and La Vida Es Sueño","authors":"Elisabeta Zelinka","doi":"10.2478/genst-2019-0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/genst-2019-0007","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The aim of this paper is to investigate the philosophical connotations of the trope of the dream in William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and in Calderón de la Barca’s La vida es sueño. What are the authors’ auctorial catalysts in connecting this trope to their key characters? How do these auctorial devices connect the plays to the needs of the contemporary reader, searching for solutions to the challenges of the 21st century modus vivendi?","PeriodicalId":30605,"journal":{"name":"Gender Studies","volume":"43 1","pages":"84 - 93"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78422812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gender StudiesPub Date : 2018-12-01DOI: 10.2478/genst-2019-0002
Alberto García García-Madrid
{"title":"Shaping Gender: Femininity and Masculinity Through Sartorial Fashion in Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway","authors":"Alberto García García-Madrid","doi":"10.2478/genst-2019-0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/genst-2019-0002","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway — published in 1925 — not only represents a major work regarding its literary techniques during the years of British Modernism, but also constitutes a critique of the social system of the post-war years, which was experiencing a change regarding the strict Victorian stereotypes of gender. Social status linked to sartorial fashion is a recurring element in the novel when considering these configurations. Woolf vindicates through different characters’ reflections a rearrangement of femininity and masculinity.","PeriodicalId":30605,"journal":{"name":"Gender Studies","volume":"112 1","pages":"19 - 9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81694966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gender StudiesPub Date : 2017-12-01DOI: 10.2478/genst-2018-0006
E. Motswapong, M. Kebaneilwe, Tshenolo J. Madigele, M. Dube, S. D. Setume, Tirelo Moroka-Modie
{"title":"“A Little Baby is on the Way:” Botho/Ubuntu and Community-Building in Gaborone Baby Showers","authors":"E. Motswapong, M. Kebaneilwe, Tshenolo J. Madigele, M. Dube, S. D. Setume, Tirelo Moroka-Modie","doi":"10.2478/genst-2018-0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/genst-2018-0006","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The expectation and arrival of a baby has always played a significant role in many societies across the globe. For simple reasons, babies are perceived as blessings from God. Hence, there is the need to shower the mother-to-be and her unborn baby with gifts and advice in preparation for welcoming, not only the bundle of joy, but also the new additional member into the family. The article is based on data that were collected from baby showers in greater Gaborone over a period of twelve months. The concept of Botho/Ubuntu cuts across as one of the major initiatives that drive baby showers. The goal of this paper is to establish what baby showers entail, how these initiatives started and how they are conducted. But most importantly, the paper will argue that baby showers are a community building initiative in the urban space. The paper seeks to establish the extent to which baby showers are gendered, using analytical insights from the theory of the “good mother”.","PeriodicalId":30605,"journal":{"name":"Gender Studies","volume":"58 4 1","pages":"50 - 70"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87721075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gender StudiesPub Date : 2017-12-01DOI: 10.2478/genst-2018-0004
Şerban Dan Blidariu
{"title":"The Other Half of the Truth: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, A First-Hand Account of Slavery from a Woman’s Perspective","authors":"Şerban Dan Blidariu","doi":"10.2478/genst-2018-0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/genst-2018-0004","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract While Frederick Douglass’ autobiography is a classic and offers an image of slavery based on the memories of a former slave, that image remains incomplete because it is centered on attributes and events seen as predominantly masculine. For a more thorough understanding of what slavery was for all, another perspective must be put forth: that of a woman and a mother. In order to achieve this, the paper will focus on Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs.","PeriodicalId":30605,"journal":{"name":"Gender Studies","volume":"1 1","pages":"29 - 39"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74853565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gender StudiesPub Date : 2017-12-01DOI: 10.2478/genst-2018-0009
Marijan Andrić, Slobodanka Markov
{"title":"Challenges (Obstacles) in Reaching Leadership Positions – Experiences of Women Professors at Novi Sad University Serbia","authors":"Marijan Andrić, Slobodanka Markov","doi":"10.2478/genst-2018-0009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/genst-2018-0009","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Underrepresentation of women in leadership positions in universities is a phenomenon present in most countries of the world, with some significant differences. In our work we focused on obstacles that women professors in Novi Sad University (Serbia) faced in reaching leadership positions. Analysis is based on qualitative research using a semi structured interview, statistical data and selected secondary sources. Obstacles, mentorship and networking have been researched from an idiographic perspective (reflection and the personal experience of the women at Novi Sad University). Results indicate a significant underrepresentation of women in leadership positions at Novi Sad University. Findings point to a general pattern: the more power and authority the leadership position holds, the scarcer the number of women participating in it. According to interviewees’ statements the patriarchal value system makes the leadership positions difficult to attain for women. Interview analysis also suggests additional limiting factors, such as lack of mentorship and inadequate networking, acting as inhibitors in reaching leadership positions.","PeriodicalId":30605,"journal":{"name":"Gender Studies","volume":"5 1","pages":"115 - 133"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73472794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gender StudiesPub Date : 2017-12-01DOI: 10.2478/genst-2018-0001
E. Marino
{"title":"Powerful Emblems of Protest: Flower Language and Flower Imagery in the Writings of Margaret Fuller","authors":"E. Marino","doi":"10.2478/genst-2018-0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/genst-2018-0001","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This essay aims at exploring the controversial and thought-provoking use of flower language and flower imagery in Margaret Fuller’s so-called flower pieces. In a rather unconventional way, this language for women is turned by the writer into a powerful instrument of protest, capable of upsetting stereotypes and common beliefs on women.","PeriodicalId":30605,"journal":{"name":"Gender Studies","volume":"55 1","pages":"1 - 7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72708847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gender StudiesPub Date : 2017-12-01DOI: 10.2478/GENST-2018-0013
V. Mureșan
{"title":"Book Review Renate Haas (Ed.). 2015. Rewriting Academia. The Development of the Anglicist Women’s and Gender Studies of Continental Europe. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 442 pp., ISBN 978-3-631-66985-3.","authors":"V. Mureșan","doi":"10.2478/GENST-2018-0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/GENST-2018-0013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":30605,"journal":{"name":"Gender Studies","volume":"58 1","pages":"160 - 168"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77830576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gender StudiesPub Date : 2017-12-01DOI: 10.2478/genst-2018-0002
Laura Măcineanu
{"title":"Impressive Women in the Latest Productions Set in J. K. Rowling’s Wizarding World","authors":"Laura Măcineanu","doi":"10.2478/genst-2018-0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/genst-2018-0002","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract As J.K. Rowling continues to develop the fictional universe that has brought her fame, an already extensive gallery of female characters has been enriched with the portraits of some memorable and complex women. Her most recent heroines hold positions of power previously held only by men in the Harry Potter series or prove to be quite a match for their male counterparts. This paper proposes an analysis of the most important female characters in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (July 2016) and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (November 2016).","PeriodicalId":30605,"journal":{"name":"Gender Studies","volume":"20 1","pages":"17 - 8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73432006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}