African studies

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The Problem and Purpose of this study The purpose of the study is to find out how different types and combinations of interpersonal violence relate to a women’s mental health status. This study focuses on how how experiences with sexual assault, physical assault, and witnessing a serious injury or death throughout a woman’s life are associated with increased problems of mental health issues and substance abuse problems. This study addressing an experience of one aspect of interpersonal…

theoretical framework and a utilitarian approach, I formed a specialized team to better fulfill this project: • Acting as the theorist of the project, co-leader Robert Riglietti has consulted with his advisor Dr. Ian Reyes, a professor of communication studies with a focus in media, regarding journals and passages that are pertinent to the project. These include: The Network Society by Manuel Castells, Various papers by Danah Boyd, and Who Owns the Future by Jaron Lanier. Having instigated the…

that students gain the required level of understanding in the subject. In the lesson plan, the teacher has set aside time for direct instruction, and also uses structured activities such as the case study groups, in addition to constructivist learning experiences such as the problem-based case study. R stands for how to encourage student reflection on previous lessons…

Gender is very consistent term in our life and thus due to its extensiveness, sometimes we fail to comprehend the meaning of this term and mix it with the meaning of sex. In Judith Lorber’s “Night to His Day: The Social Construction of Gender”, she had tried to explain, academically, what gender is. The discussion in this paper is about the basis of gender construction and its process of enlargement throughout time. Is it nature or nurture? “Night to His Day” is a relevant discussion for my…

hroughout the early 1900s, society was built upon stringent principles regarding the virility of men. Young men, in particular, would often feel compelled to practice specific behaviors to achieve a sense of pride and maturity. As a result, young men would frequently look up to their male predecessors in hopes of becoming a true man. Successful writers of the twentieth century, including Robert Frost and Richard Wright, utilized literary elements and ideologies, such as human behavior, to convey…

Gender Theory is a lens that can be applied to a novel by analyzing male and female characters. It involves analyzing gender roles, stereotypes, etc. In the novel In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez, there are different roles assigned to women and men. In the time that the novel took place in, women had the role to be obedient wives and good mothers. Men had the role to wear the pants in the relationship. Some characters in the novel conform to the roles that are given to them, but…

Defying Gender Roles How many times have you been in a situation where gender roles played a major factor? Gender roles affect every aspect of our life. The gender roles of males and females both develop as a pattern of behavior based on genes. Males and females are expected to follow certain gender roles in today’s society. In the play Antigone, the main character shows a simple example of a courageous woman defying her gender limits. Gender roles are very important by creating tension in the…

What Shakespeare does in his comedic play Twelfth Night is that he deconstructs notions of gender and social class; however, he also stresses the futility of going against said social norms especially in Elizabethan society. Throughout the play, clothing is shown as a prime marker for, among other things, identity and social class. Some characters use clothing as a means of climbing up the social ladder; whereas others happen to flip the gender script by using clothing to highlight that gender…

In the novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, author Mark Haddon tells the tale of a young Christopher Boone, and his journey to uncover the mystery of who killed his neighbor’s dog, Wellington. Christopher narrates this story in a unique way, giving readers a glimpse into the mind of a fifteen year-old boy who has Asperger’s Syndrome, a type of autistic disorder. Christopher uses unconventional quirks, such as his excellence in mathematics, his keen photographic memory, and…