Simone de beauvoir against the power of phallocentrism. by Yeo, Cheryl Zhi Zhen.

“…Beauvoir has tried to answer 'the woman question' in The Second Sex, but in her attempt to do so, she loses her ground and ironically reveals her conflicting notions as well as the influence which the patriarchy had on her instead. …”
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Navigating a raging river : a Canadian teacher-librarian’s experience implementing information technology by Shaw, Joan

“…This experience resulted in a gradual increase of tension in her professional life. After much pondering, she has made necessary adjustments in her teaching that enhance rather than hinder her practice. …”
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BLOOD NOIR / by Hamilton, Laurell K., author 407538

“…A favor for Jason, vampire hunter Anita Blake's werewolf lover, puts her in the center of a fullblown scandal that threatens master-vampire Jean- Claude's reign, and makes her a pawn in an ancient vampire queen's new rise to power.…”

Louise Moillon by Stevenson, Lesley

“…Born and raised in Paris, Moillon was the sole woman in a circle of Calvinist Protestant émigrés who brought their tradition of still-life painting with them from Flanders. During her lifetime, she was able to enjoy a degree of professional independence and attract enough recognition to be regarded as on a level with her male counterparts, yet her exquisite work and enigmatic story are little known today. …”

Songs of The Runaway Heart / by Marisa Fendi, author 655832

“…Kamelia’s goal was to get into Harvard. It led her to loneliness, spending nights studying, deserted by friends. …”

Umbrella by Khoo, Siew May

“…Ah Girl accidentally brought her opened umbrella into the house one day and her grandmother went into a panic mode. …”
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The Nightingale / by Hannah, Kristin, author 369246, Macmillan Books (Online service) 655983

“…FRANCE, 1939 - In the quiet village of Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac says goodbye to her husband, Antoine, as he heads for the Front. …”
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Han Suyin’s translation philosophies in the context of Mainland China since the 1950s by Cui, Feng

“…Most of her views are still of practical relevance today.…”
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“Main Teri Dushman” : critiquing the patriarchic suppression of female identity through Sridevi. by Mohammed Shafie Haja Mohaideen.

“…This paper would argue that Sridevi straddles binaries using her body to embody different patriarchal stereotypes only to subvert the very rules that govern her body within patriarchy. …”
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‘Liege lady’: Queen Victoria’s political medievalism by Broome Saunders, C

“…This chapter explores the reception and reader responses to medievalism by women who were engaged in political discussion in the long nineteenth century. <br> From her very accession, Queen Victoria used the nineteenth-century cultural fascination with medieval and chivalric revival to her own political advantage, to manipulate public opinion in favour of her monarchy and her consort, and to explore the social complexities of her own position. …”

The Devotion of Suspect X / by Higashino, Keigo, 1958-, author 656116, Smith, Alexander O., translator 656118, Alexander, Elye J., translator 656119, Minotaur Books (Online service) 656121

“…Yasuko lives a quiet life, working in a Tokyo bento shop, a good mother to her only child. But when her ex-husband appears at her door without warning one day, her comfortable world is shattered. …”
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新移民的跨国实践和离散论述 ：孙侠(铃铛)个案研究 = Transnational practice and diasporic discourses of new immigrant : a case study on Sun Xia (Ling Dang) by Sun, Guizi

“…She views her role of a Chinese national as the basis of her identity, enabling her to embrace the differences and similarities between China and Singapore’s Chinese cultures. …”
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Please, let me go / by Spencer, Caitlin, author 656310, Brown, Linda Watson author 656311

“…From the age of 14, Caitlin was completely controlled, repeatedly raped, provided with alcohol, given drugs, sold and passed on to new gangs over and over again. The majority of her abusers were Pakistani men, who were blatant in their attacks upon her, often collecting her from school or home, to be taken to flats they owned, family homes, or hotels booked for the day, to be horrifically and systematically abused. …”

Where ‘peripheral’ becomes central : examining the transnational life and activism of shirin fozdar in the early twentieth century asia by Chua, Yi Lin

“…In addition, I will analyse her position on nationalism and citizenship and how it relates to women’s rights activism, and her representation at international conferences on women’s rights in the twentieth century. …”
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Editors’ introduction: Cynthia Ozick and the art of nonfiction by Mendelssohn, M, Tyson, C

“…And then there is her magnificent...…”

CASTERS OF EVERVILLE / by Yap, Cherilyn, author 655829, Ikram Wazir, editor 655732

“…Honey, his childhood friend, is determined to find a cure and put her life on the line in order to save her friend. …”

Surface composition dependent ligand effect in tuning the activity of nickel–copper bimetallic electrocatalysts toward hydrogen evolution in alkaline by Wei, Chao, Sun, Yuanmiao, Scherer, Günther G., Fisher, Adrian C., Sherburne, Matthew, Ager, Joel W., Xu, Zhichuan Jason

“…The key to a rational catalyst design is understanding the de-scriptors that govern the alkaline HER activity. Unfortunately, the principles that governs alkaline HER performance remain unclear and are still under debate. …”
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跨媒介视野下的严歌苓研究 ：从《陆犯焉识》到《归来》的影视改编 = Cultural studies of Yan Geling from the trans-media perspective : from the adaption of the novel “The Prisoner Called Yanshi Lu” to the movie “Com... by 叶晓霞 Ye, Amber Xiaoxia

“…Her works are often adapted and directed into movie productions, in which one of her earliest works “TianYu” had won seven honorable awards from the Golden Horse Film Festival. …”
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Digging up flowers by Seo, Jasmine Lijuan

“…In the event of her father’s death, Clori has the best-laid plans to get out of her father’s shadow and prove herself worthy inside a cutthroat illustration company, but things soon stop going according to script. …”
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An examination of the "Pathology" of relationships within the dynamics of illness in Jane Austen's EMMA by Saradetch Melissa-Mae.

“…The importance of Emma seems to be that it provides Austen with a Active space within which she displaces her personal frustration over the "illnesses" of her society.…”
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