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Acting Fragility : Body and Vulnerability in the novels Vattenpass, Vide ung and Födelsenatt by the Working-class writer Inga Lena Larsson
No full textThis thesis explores the representation of female vulnerability in three working-class novels bythe lesser-known Swedish author Inga Lena Larsson (1907–1987), against the historicalbackground of the emergent Swedish welfare state. Larsson’s career as an author started in the30’s when she got a short story published in a magazine. She wrote her first novel during thelast years of the Second World War. It was published in 1945 and was followed by six morenovels of which the last was released in 1959. This study is focused on the following threenovels from the early 50’s: Vattenpass (1950), Vide ung (1951) and Födelsenatt (1952). Thenovels depict working class women in their everyday struggle to make ends meet and femaleexperiences such as sex, rape, pregnancy, abortion, and childbirth are laid bare. The theoreticalbasis of the thesis is Sara Ahmed’s theory of emotions as actions, Toril Moi’s interpretation ofSimone de Beauvoir’s phenomenological understanding of what it means to be a woman, andBeverly Skeggs’ study of working-class women. Vulnerability is understood as relational andas corporal experiences that shape the depicted women’s understanding of themselves. Theanalyses are thematically structured and address vulnerability through experiences of poverty,sexuality, illness, and mothering. The thesis argues that the novels illustrate vulnerability as amotion that moves between the private and public sector. Vulnerability is depicted as limitedpossibilities and options but also as a source of agency. The women in the novels act, even inexposed situations such as illegal abortion. The novels demonstrate vulnerability as a state ofhelplessness and of productivity.
Vera Kelsey Papers, 1944-1958
Get PDFAn accomplished journalist and author, Vera Kelsey's papers document her writing career through the manuscripts and research notes for her last four books, British Columbia Rides a Star, Red River Runs North!, Tomorrow is for You, and Young Men So Daring. For British Columbia Rides a Star it includes her travel notes from four trips around British Columbia
Open doors presents Judith Van Gieson and Vera John-Steiner
No full textThe Open Doors series presents Judith Van Gieson author of ""Confidence Woman"" reads from her new novel and discusses doing research for her books at the Center for Southwest Research and Vera John-Steiner, author of ""Creative Collaboration,"" discusses the her study of the collabortive process
En mor "att lita på" : En analys av moderskap och psykisk sjukdom i Oktoberbarn och Jag vill inte dö, jag vill bara inte leva
No full textI den här uppsatsen studeras hur modrande i relation till psykisk sjukdom och kulturella moderskapsideal gestaltas i Linda Boström Knausgårds roman Oktoberbarn samt Ann Heberleins verk Jag vill inte dö, jag vill bara inte leva. Tematiken undersöks med hjälp av feministisk moderskapsforskning som visar hur föreställningar om det ”goda moderskapet” påverkar mödrar i stor grad. Idealen kan tyckas ouppnåeliga och i samband med psykisk sjukdom innebär de en stor press då huvudpersonerna inte bara måste hantera sina egna och andras förväntningar på dem som mödrar, utan även sjukdomens inverkan på sig själva och sin omgivning. Berättarjagen lider av bipolär sjukdom och upplever svår depression, och i berättelserna gestaltas känslor som självhat, dödslängtan och hopplöshet. Att som mor vara drabbad av depression är tabubelagt och psykisk sjukdom innebär i sig en stigmatisering vilket protagonisterna är medvetna om. Skam genomsyrar berättelserna och känslan är knuten till upplevelsen av att vara otillräcklig som mor, men även till hur de erfar att vara ”avvikande” på grund av den psykiska sjukdomen. De litterära gestaltningarna uttrycker en längtan efter ”normalitet” och efter att vara stabila mödrar som de själva och omgivningen kan lita på
Vera Hall
No full textThis chapter describes the recordings of Vera Hall (1902–1964). On October 31, 1940, at the Livingston, Alabama, home of author, painter, and folksong collector Ruby Pickens Tartt, Vera sang “Another Man Done Gone” twice into Lomax's machine. During the first take, the partially filled recording blank ran out of space, abruptly ending the song. The second time, however, Lomax used a fresh side, allowing Vera to include all her verses. Just as she finished, but before he lifted the cutting arm and turned off the microphone, he remarked, “That's perfect.” Lomax's summation saluted more than an unmarred recording. “Another Man Done Gone” became Vera Hall's most celebrated performance. Carl Sandburg recalled listening to it more than a dozen consecutive times during a January 1944 visit to Lomax's Dallas home, later including it in his second folksong anthology and learning it himself. The poet termed it “one of the strikingly original creations of Negro singing art.”</p
Picking up after sloppy children: What pronouns reveal about children’s analysis of English comparative constructions
No full textWe present the results of an experiment that reveals that while children are capable of assigning an interpretation to basic comparatives without coreferential pronouns in the elided material, they diverge from adults precisely in the assignment of reference to a pronoun appearing in the standard. This study therefore sheds new light on the components of children's linguistic representations and their developing interpretation of comparatives. We close by discussing possible account for this set of results appealing to binding principles and the representation of the elided pronoun
Plan de la Rade et Ville de la Vera-Cruz
No full textRepresenta la Villa de la Vera-Cruz y las Islas del Golfo.</p
Salute to Mrs. Vera Holt
Get PDFDocument - Our Fourth Nominee - Mrs. Vera HoltAlberta Women's Institutes; AWI CollectionOUR FOURTH NOMINEE
Is a long time resident of the area firstly living in
the Cosmo area and more recently in the Village. She
has been an active member of the Alberta Woman's
Institute for 30 years, a Charter Member of the Cosmo
W. I., served the Sangudo W. I. in every capacity and
has held office at both the District and Provincial
level. She is an active member of her Church, a
member of Session and Secretary of the United Church
Women. She is Manager of the Sangudo Farmers' Market.
She is a strong supporter of the Agricultural Society,
and was responsible for organizing the Ethnic Supper
and following program during the Official Opening of
the Arena in May 1981. Last year she organized
Heritage Days in conjunction with the History Book
Society and the Village Council. She spent 2 years
of devoted effort in compiling and editing our Local
History Book the Lantern Era, as well as a homecoming
in 1979 when the book was unveiled. She is divisional
representative for the Red Cross, a Village Councillor
and a judge for 4H Public Speaking competitions. She
was also one of a group who with the support of the
Yellowhead Library Association brought about the
opening of the School Library for public use. Ladies
and Gentlemen please --
SALUTE - MRS. VERA HOL
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