Anne Tyler/Women & Social Isolation
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A 9 page essay that discusses Anne Tyler's novels Celestial Navigation and Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant. Anne Tyler's novels have been described as "songs written in the key of hardship" (Patrick 24). In many of Tyler's narratives, her female protagonists are isolated, divorced from the company of other women, which denies them the sort of social support that women draw on from each other. In Tyler's novels, also, mothers are seldom resources for daughters. They are frequently out of touch with who their daughters are and are too caught up in their own emotional needs to tend to those of their children. Daughters who are raised by such mothers find that they, likewise, have no emotional resources on which to draw to nourish their own children and the cycle perpetuates itself. Furthermore, the women's emotional isolation prevents them from developing any sort of true intimacy with the men in their lives. These isolated, emotionally-starved women find themselves primarily in their situations due to breakdowns in communication, as well as misplaced assumptions about what is important in life. This pattern of development is particularly clear in Tyler's novels Celestial Navigation and Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Another View of Domestic Violence: Violence Committed by Women Against Men
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A 5 page overview of female perpetuated violence against their male partners. This paper shows another side of domestic violence, a side where the woman is the abuser and the man is the abused. The author suggests that our societal perceptions of abused males is one of stereotyping and even emasculation, a fact that keeps many instances of female perpetuated abuse from being reported. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Are Children Impacted When Mothers Work Outside of the Home?:
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This 7 page paper discusses the issue of mothers who work outside of the home versus mothers who do not work, and the impact upon the child. This paper exposes many study results which reveal how children are in fact impacted. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Arranged Marriage—A New Indian Generation Moves Away
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A 10-page paper outlining the changes that have occurred as Indians move to the United States and raise children in America; how the traditional attitudes toward arranged marriages are changing and evolving, while not being abandoned altogether. Lists 10 sources.
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Article Analysis: Power as a Theme in Women's History
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This 6 page paper analyzes the information entitled "Power as a Theme in Women's History" as well as an essay by Freedman about women's issues and organizations. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Article Analysis: Women and Power
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This 5 page paper analyzes Estelle Freedman's article about women, women's institutions, and how they affect women's fight for equality. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Article Evaluation of Theories of Jane Eyre and Feminism
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This is a 5 page article evaluation of theories presented in Jane Eyre. The author of the article does a thorough examination of the themes which occur throughout Bronte’s Jane Eyre. Her analysis includes aspects of elements which have been important in feminist studies which are found in the novel; namely, Jane’s desires for intimacy, recognition, sisterhood, and a change in her gender and class. Bronte wrote the novel in autobiographical style which is also considered by the author as one of the major reasons the novel has such appeal in that Bronte can include certain secrets and intimacies of Jane while still allowing the readers to answer Jane’s plea for answers. The author also tries to decipher the relationship which develops between Jane and Rochester that most readers feel does not provide them satisfaction as Jane never completely opens up to Rochester and leaving herself unfulfilled. In addition to the author’s criticism of the text, the author provides extensive criticism and sources from other materials which would prove beneficial in research for other papers on feminism and Jane Eyre. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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ASHCROFT WEIGHS GRANTING OF ASYLUM TO ABUSED WOMEN:A SUMMARY
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This 3 page paper summarizes a NEw York Times article about granting asylum to immigrants who face extreme domestic abuse. Quotes and examples given. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Australia’s Glass Ceiling
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A 3 page paper discussing the course of change from women’s perspective over the years. It appears that advances for women in general are preceded with intense social change. It was not until the 1970s that women made noticeable and lasting advances in Australia, after the “women’s movement” had been operational for some time. Today, it is Generation X that dictates the need for balance in work and home life. As men seek to achieve more of the balance that has been required of women in the past, likely there will be fewer gender-based differences apparent as well. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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