Browsing by Subject "gender"
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Altered States of Consciousness: Gender, Nineteenth-Century Medical Discourse, and Gothic Literature
(2022-08-23)Gothic literature often depicts altered states, including sleep, dreams, nightmares, somnambulism, hypnotism, and mesmerism. This project considers the mind-body question in Gothic literature through a medical humanities ... -
Does development work for women, or do women work for development? Making sense of the language and logic of women's empowerment and gender equality programs at UNDP Zimbabwe
(2014-12-11)This thesis examines the internal factors that influence the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)’s approach to women’s empowerment and gender equality. Applying methods of content analysis and participant observation, ... -
El (des)orden social y la representación del castigo en la ficción de Sara Paretsky
(Dalhousie University. Electronic Text Centre, 2010)The concepts defining politics refer to human organizations that legislate rules for people living together in a society. The main purpose is to live in the most harmonious way as possible. It is this search for harmony ... -
Enhancing Small-Scale Fishing Communities Through the Advancement of Women’s Participation in the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework [graduate project].
(2016)Globally, fisheries are in a precarious position. Climate change, over-fishing and pollution threaten marine eco-systems and the communities that rely on them. As so often is the case, these pressures are experienced ... -
An Exploration of the Gendered Culture of Mountain Biking in Nova Scotia
(2015)Inclusiveness and safety are two key values recognized by Canadian Sport Policy to be the foundation of participation in sport. Despite these values, inequitable participation and risk-taking practices are attributed to ... -
"Fire of Unknown Origin": Patti Smith, Androgyny, and the New York Underground
(2018-04-06)Patti Smith’s androgynous gender performance is often cited as one of her defining performance characteristics. This thesis aims to determine whether Smith’s androgyny might be conceptualized as a subversive tactic to ... -
'I Can Be So Much More Than I Think of Myself': Girls' Sport Participation and Discourses of Power and Agency in Windhoek, Namibia
(2010-09-15)This study explores the impact of sport on the lives of 15-19 year old female participants in the Physically Active Youth program in Namibia by examining how they reinforce or resist dominant gender discourses in their ... -
The impact of estrogen and the cAMP/PKA pathway on male-female differences in SR calcium release in murine cardiomyocytes
(2016-09-12)This study investigated the cellular mechanisms involved in the initiation and regulation of Ca2+ release and contraction in ventricular myocytes from male and female mice. Results showed that Ca2+ transients were smaller ... -
In A Class of Their Own: International Students, Class Identity and Education Migration in Atlantic Canada
(2016-08-31)This thesis explores the migration pathways and transnational class projects of international students studying in Atlantic Canada. Bourdieu's concepts of class and capital guide my analysis of the complex relationship ... -
"Playthings in the Margins of Literature": Cultural Critique and Rewriting Ideologies in Supernatural and Star Wars Fanfiction
(2010-08-31)Building on the questions of gender and sexuality proposed by the ethnographic analyses of first wave fanfiction criticism, I identify the ways in which fanfiction may function as a feminist response to the mainstream ... -
RESETTLEMENT CHALLENGES AND GENDER: A CASE STUDY OF LIBERIAN REFUGEES IN NOVA SCOTIA
(2011-01-04)This Master’s level research project investigates how gender shapes the resettlement challenges that liberian refugees have faced in Nova Scotia. The study investigates the impact of the reframing of gender relations during ... -
Sex and gender in pediatric pain: Pain responses and parental modeling
(2016-06-06)Sex differences in pain are well-studied in the adult literature. Women generally demonstrate greater sensitivity and response to painful events, though the strength of the effect differs based on the type of pain and ... -
Sexuality After Colorectal Cancer Treatment: A Narrative Synthesis
(2014-12-11)Sexuality and sexual health are often implicated due to treatment for colorectal cancer (CRC). The aim of this thesis was to understand how CRC treatment impacts the sexual health experiences of survivors, and how sex and ...