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Individualism and the ruined woman in print and film: social standards, stratification and feminine independence in Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders, David Attwood's The fortunes and misfortunes of Moll Flanders, and Pen Densham's Moll Flanders
No full textThe 18th Century is undeniably rife with social and political unrest. The highly capitalist nature of society created highly striated social groups ranging from the financially elite to the abjectly poor and morally weak. Minority groups always suffer in these environments and in England the women were truly subject to the depravity of the era. Women as a social group were set up to and expected to fail. Without money and status a woman could amount to nothing more than a wet nurse or a prostitute. Yet, in these stations women were labeled “ruined” and they were ostracized by those in power. This semester I hope to research the social station of women in 18th Century women by examining culture, history, and literature. Specifically, I hope to target Defoe as a major author who sympathizes his ruined women characters in order to show the flaws in 18th Century society. He examines Moll Flanders as the pitiable prostitute, and manages to showcase the struggles of womanhood despite his role as a male author. Daniel Defoe’s Moll Flanders introduces a liberated female character who defies the standards of society in order to reach a measure of personal individualism. I will also examine other literary characters who enter into prostitution in order to exist within society and the way in which other authors present these women. Are these fictionalized characters representations of reality? Are they accurate? Regardless, they comment on and represent standard stereotypes of the 18th Century and its capitalist flaws. What does this say about the authors, the 18th Century population, the place of women, and England’s economic stratifications?M.A.Includes bibliographical referencesby Gina Mercuri
GINA and Preemployment Criminal Background Checks
No full textThe article discusses the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) and the ethical and public policy issues related to workplace genetic profiling and institutional security. GINA precludes employers from requesting DNA from potential employees. It provides employees protection from discrimination as well as access to and disclosure of personal genetic information. The author proposes turning background criminal checks over to law enforcement agencies which allow them to collect the DNA from prospective employee
Gina Ochsner
No full textGina Ochsner graduated from George Fox in 1992 and quickly became one of the school’s most critically acclaimed fiction writers. Her 2002 book of short stories, The Necessary Grace to Fall, won the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction, and her 2005 follow-up, People I Wanted to Be, was recipient of the Oregon Book Award. A novel, The Russian Dreambook of Colour and Flight, received the Grub Street Book Prize in 2011 and was long listed for the Orange Prize in 2010. In all, she has won more than 20 awards for her writing, including the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book Award. Her short stories have been featured in The New Yorker magazine and The Best American Nonrequired Reading. Gina Ochsner is an educator and prolific writer who has received widespread praise for her work. She is the author of the short story collection The Necessary Grace to Fall, winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction, and the story collection People I Wanted to Be. Both books received the Oregon Book Award. In addition, her novel The Russian Dreambook of Colour and Flight was longlisted for the Orange Award (UK). Ochsner lives in Keizer, Ore., and divides her time between teaching at Corban University and writing. She is the recipient of grants from the Oregon Arts Commission, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Howard Foundation.Since her graduation in 1992, Gina has been a part of numerous volunteer and ministry outreaches. She has worked with the Roma Outreach Ministries (BBI, YWAN Slavic Ministries, and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship); the Romainian/Moldovan Outreach (Bridge Builders, and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship); and the Latvian Missions (Bridge Builders International, YWAN, and the Lavitican Public School Cooperation). Her volunteer experience includes work in Roma through Global Missions and Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (short term teams), Youth with a Mission (Slavic short term teams), as a writer/intern for, For God’s Children International with ministries at Bucharest’s Children’s Hospital and Zabil home for the disabled and the Children’s Home in Moldova, a speaker/ workshop leader at the Slavic school in Salem, a speaker/workshop leader for the Public School Conference’s “Integrating Biblical Principles in Education,” in Riga, Latvia. She has also volunteered with the Oregon Writers Colony, Simonka House for Women, as an English Language tutor, for the Northwest Review staff reader, and as a mentor/ workshop leader facilitating with middle and high school grades with an emphasis on creative writing with Title 1 and rural schools.https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/noteable_individuals/1088/thumbnail.jp
Insufficiency of immersion joints in existing immersed tunnels: Case study on functioning of Gina-seal and Omega-seal in the Kil Tunnel
No full textIn 2009 and 2010, two leakages through immersion joints occurred in the First Coen Tunnel near Amsterdam. From the study on t-he cause of these leakages, it followed that there was a potential problem for existing immersed tunnels: failure of the temporary Gina-seal combined with corrosion on the clamping structure of the definitive Omega-seal. It is unknown whether the immersion joints of existing immersed tunnels in the Netherlands will still function during the remaining design lifetime. There is lack of calculations on the governing watertight parts (Gina-seal and Omega-seal) in immersion joints. The main goal of this research is to become both qualitative and quantitative insight into the watertightness of existing Gina-seals and Omega-seals in immersed tunnels. It is applied to the Kil Tunnel (case study).Leakage through immersion joints can only take place when both the Gina-seal and the Omega-seal fail. The Gina-seal consists of a rubber gasket (the Gina-gasket) and a clamping structure that connects the Gina-gasket with the tunnel element. It can fail due to widening of the joint (due to seasonal temperature changes) combined with relaxa-tion, increased soil pressure and differential movements of the tunnel elements. The Omega-seal consists of a rubber gasket (the Omega-gasket) and a structure that connects the flange of the Omega-gasket with both tunnel elements (the clamping structure). It can fail if the clamping structure is affected by differential movements, relaxation, corrosion and widening of the joint (due to seasonal temperature changes).The Kil Tunnel (case study, finished in 1977, below Dordtsche Kil) consists of 3 tunnel elements, so it has 3 immersion joints (1A, 2E and 3A). Immersion joint 1A and 2E connect the tunnel to both abutments and are exactly the same. Immersion joint 3A connects two tunnel elements to each other. The Gina-seal and the Omega-seal are slightly different for 1A/2E and 3A.The Gina-seal has to meet several requirements in order to be watertight. The result of the case study on the Gina-seal in the Kil Tunnel is the following:- Joint 1A/2E may not meet Requirement G2 roof (Force equilibrium in the roof). This check requires attention. Therefore, it is recommended to do visual inspections in the roof of joint 1A/2E. All the other requirements are met with large margins.- Joint 3A meets all requirements with large margins. It is expected that this Gina-seal fulfils its function over the entire lifetime.- It is recommended to measure the value of maximum difference between winter and summer of the immersion joint in longitudinal direction (Δx) in all immersion joints.The Omega-seal has to meet several requirements in order to be watertight. The result of the case study on the Omega-seal in the Kil Tunnel is the following:- The compression of the flange of the Omega-gasket (cO) determines strongly whether the requirements on watertightness are met. When the compression of the flange of the Omega-gasket is smaller than 5 mm, the requirements are not met. This means that leakages through the immersion joint can occur. It is recommended to measure this value.- The maximum allowed penetration depth of the corrosion is 2 mm of the core of the bolt. If this value is exceeded, the functioning of the bolt is not guaranteed anymore. It is recommended to remove a bolt at the “splash zone” in order to see how far the corrosion has penetrated the bolt. Besides, it must be checked whether the corrosion is an on-going process.- When one bolt fails, the clamping plate will deform. As a result the forces on the adjacent bolts will be lower. It depends on the state of the bolt whether this is able to take the loads. This will determine whether the ‘zipper effect’ will occur.This study has created a theoretical description of the state of existing Gina-seals and Omega-seals. However, visual inspections and measurements are also needed to judge whether the seals will function during the remaining lifetime.Civil Engineering | Hydraulic Engineerin
Competitive advantage as a legitimacy-creating process
No full textPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how small firms in the tattooing industry actively shape institutional expectations of value for consumers in a changing industry. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws upon interviews with key actors in the firms under study to explore their experiences with consumers and other constituents in determining how competitive advantage is constructed in this environment. These data are complemented data with interviews with governmental representatives and material from secondary sources.
Findings – The results reveal efforts of firms to construct and increase organizational legitimacy through the prominence of discourses of professionalism based on artistry and medicine/public health. These bases of competitive differentiation are not the clear result of exogenous pressure, rather they arise through the active efforts of the firm to construct value guidelines for consumers and other constituents. Practical implications – Strategic management in small firms is a complex and dynamic process that does not necessarily mirror that of large organizations. Constructing competitive advantage is an interacting process between key actors of small firms and various constituents.
Originality/value – The paper extends the application of institutional theory in strategic management by illuminating the active role that firms play in creating industry norms, especially in industries where norms are not well established or no longer entrenched. Moreover, exploring an alternative site of study offers a means through which to see well-studied issues in new ways
DOSSIER: TEN YEARS
No full textA collection of articles and video essays dedicated to the series of political omnibus films TEN REARS (Hong Kong, Japan, Thailand, Taiwan), with text and video contributions from a variety of international academics, producers, distributors and critics. Author, with Gina Marchetti, of introductory article. International contributions by Clarence Tsui, Andrew Choi, Felix Tsang, Laikwan Pang, K.C. Lo, Ruby Cheung, Jenny Coates, Timmy Cheng, Vivian Lee, Anchalee Chaiworaporn
DOSSIER: TEN YEARS
No full textA collection of articles and video essays dedicated to the series of political omnibus films TEN REARS (Hong Kong, Japan, Thailand, Taiwan), with text and video contributions from a variety of international academics, producers, distributors and critics. Author, with Gina Marchetti, of introductory article. International contributions by Clarence Tsui, Andrew Choi, Felix Tsang, Laikwan Pang, K.C. Lo, Ruby Cheung, Jenny Coates, Timmy Cheng, Vivian Lee, Anchalee Chaiworaporn
Value Of Tolerance In Gina Prince’s The Secret Life Of Bees Movie (2008): A Marxist Approach
No full textThe problem of the study is to reveal value of tolerance reflected in The Secret Life of Bees movie directed by Gina Prince Bythewood published in 2008. The objectives of the study are to analyze the film based on structural analysis and based on the Marxist analysis.
This study is descriptive qualitative study. The object of the study is The Secret Life of Bees movie directed by Gina Prince Bythewood. The data sources are divided into two namely primary and secondary data source. The primary data source is the film itself and the secondary data source is the other source related to the analysis such as references, author biography, criticisms relation to the problem and material related to the study whether picking up from books or internet. The methods of data collection are observation and library research. The technique of data analysis is descriptive analysis.
The outcome of the study is shown in the following conclusion. First, based on the structural analysis, Gina Prince delivers a message that the blacks have a high tolerance in the discrimination. Tolerance is important in the society, as black and white. They must be have tolerance. The black just wants a little respect from the whites as a human being. Racial discrimination can be changed with tolerance because the blacks have rights to live in the world. Second, based on Marxist analysis, Gina Prince reflects the racial discrimination by present Marxist issues in this movie. The blacks can be survived with the race prejudice which comes from the whites
Gina Bonakdar Nahai: Fantasies of Escape and Inclusion
No full textCry of the Peacock, Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith, and Caspian Rain are the enticing titles of Gina Bonakdar Nahai’s Iran-focused novels, published in 1991, 1999, and 2008 respectively. And the titles hold true: the narratives reflect the pain, melancholy and dream-like beauty conveyed in the titles as they divulge characters who strive to escape the restrictions of their community, religion, government, and gender. In the meantime, as the author depicts these fantasies of escape and attempts at flight –and frequently harshly punishes them–, the characters achieve a hitherto unknown feat, namely the depiction of Jewish Iranian main characters at the center of everyday Iranian life. Nay, the author goes further than that even as her characters become entangled in the lives of great or notable historical figures, from the Qajars to the Pahlavis, creating an arc of Jewish presence through Persian history
Ana Mendieta's Influence on the Contemporary Artists Simone Leigh and Gina Osterloh
No full textabstract: Despite her untimely passing in 1985, Cuban-born, American artist Ana Mendieta continues to shape modern thinking about many themes including gender, cultural displacement and body discourse. Among those profoundly influenced by Mendieta’s legacy are contemporary artists Simone Leigh and Gina Osterloh. This research critically compares Mendieta's artwork to that of Leigh and Osterloh in terms of identity, feminism, and the body. While their approaches to these themes differ, all three artists incorporate their bodies within their work in order to connect with the rest of the world.
Twelve year-old Ana Mendieta and her sister involuntarily left their family in revolutionary Cuba to live in an orphanage in Iowa. Mendieta’s art legacy includes an innovative combination of numerous mediums, including her earth-body sculptures, which amalgamated land art, body art, and performance. Realizing the feminist movement of Western (white) society largely neglected women of color, Mendieta explored her Cuban roots. Her work is both semiautobiographical and ambiguously political, appropriating indigenous components of art to address issues of identity, feminism, and ethnicity.
To begin, in chapter one I will analyze Ana Mendieta’s work in terms of a search for her personal identity. Art critics plagued Mendieta throughout her lifetime placing her in identity categories. Mendieta’s struggle to defy social constraints led her to explore identity politics throughout her work. Simone Leigh and Gina Osterloh further Mendieta’s emphasis on identity politics through complex explorations of identity within their works. Politics of identity, specifically fragmentation, cultural and self-identification, shaped Mendieta’s works. Gina Osterloh explores themes of visibility and invisibility, attempting to abstract and obscure the identity of subjects within her work. Like Mendieta, Leigh explores her diasporic roots through numerous media, including sculpture and video. Her practice is very research based and heavily considers feminist discourse and histories of political resistance.
In chapter two I will argue that Mendieta did not essentialize the female body. Her observation that the 1970s feminist movement overlooked women of color plays a significant role in her work as well as in the work of Osterloh and Leigh. All three artists seek to break through social constructions of race, gender, and ethnicity. Gina Osterloh’s performance Prick! is a post-feminist critique on call and response relationships. Mendieta’s work encapsulates third wave feminism, she sought to challenge second wave feminism’s essentialist view of femininity. All three artists address the complexities of feminism within their work explore the social constructions of gender and femininity and attempt to break down boundaries to open dialogues for new discussions about feminism. Gina Osterloh works in Los Angeles and uses photography and video as integrative sites for questions of visibility, invisibility, and perception. Within her constructed paper rooms, the body—whether human, paper-māché, wood cutout—explores the idea of camouflage.
In chapter three I will assess Mendieta’s contribution to body discourse. All of Mendieta’s video works are mute, underscoring the focus on the actions of her body. Osterloh uses abstracted bodies within her paper-constructed rooms as a means to bring awareness about the importance of not making conclusions about people and their affiliations. Leigh uses the body to go beyond Mendieta’s exploration to show the racial and gendered body in a positive light. Mendieta traces the outline of her body in the Silueta Series similar to Osterloh’s use of camouflage. Mendieta, Osterloh and Leigh use their own bodies to explore themes of the displaced, marginalized and disempowered
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