The present study aims to focus on the relationship between gender and everyday life and reflect on the meanings of being a woman in the 1950s and the 1960s over Sally Potter’s film Ginger and Rosa(2012a).The 1950s a...The present study aims to focus on the relationship between gender and everyday life and reflect on the meanings of being a woman in the 1950s and the 1960s over Sally Potter’s film Ginger and Rosa(2012a).The 1950s and the 1960s are marked with significant changes and transformations in terms of the social statuses and everyday lives of women in many countries all around the world.Women began to question their gendered roles and performances,resist“doing gender”and speak out“the problem that has no name”in these years,which would then evolve into the second-wave feminist movement—a significant historical period in women’s history.Therefore,an analysis of this specific period is considered significant to understand the relationship between gender and everyday life.Thus,the present study first addresses the relationship between gender and everyday life in general terms,discussing the social construction of gender and how we are taught to do gender through socialization.Then,it examines women’s practices,performances,relationships,conflicts,and resistances in their everyday lives throughout the 1950s and the 1960s over the film Ginger and Rosa.Considering the historical,social,and political developments at the time,this study tries to explore significant issues within feminist studies such as the relationship between mothers and daughters,and female friendship/sisterhood through the characters in the film,and comprehend what it meant to be a young girl,a woman,a wife,and a mother in both private and public spheres in these years based upon the director’s own experiences and memories.展开更多
This paper describes the author’s reflections on a personal and professional experience he had 35 years ago in Iran as President of Damavand College,Tehran,Iran from 1975-1978 to lead this young liberal arts college ...This paper describes the author’s reflections on a personal and professional experience he had 35 years ago in Iran as President of Damavand College,Tehran,Iran from 1975-1978 to lead this young liberal arts college for Iranian women.The author decided to reflect on its mission(it had had a religious heritage),what he had hoped to accomplish,its possible role in the women’s movement and Islamic Reformist Movement,what had happened to its graduates,its teachers,and its friends and supporters.As he reflected on their achievements,he realized that their growth and advancement served as metaphors for his own personal and professional growth into an intercultural person.Because of that experience in Iran,he has dared subsequently to live in other countries and do research and teach in different cultures.He realized that Damavand,named for the highest mountain in Iran,was a symbol of reaching higher heights.Damavand College now had become a living symbol of what had developed as his research agenda in intercultural communication,leading him to years ago in Iran.He recently began his journey back in time.展开更多
"ALIGNING with Russia, aligning with the Communist Party and supporting peasants and workers," were the three policies put forward by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, pioneer of tile Chinese democratic revolution, at the Fi..."ALIGNING with Russia, aligning with the Communist Party and supporting peasants and workers," were the three policies put forward by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, pioneer of tile Chinese democratic revolution, at the First Kuomingtang (KMT) National Congress held in Guangzhou in early 1924. With the展开更多
SHUAI Mengqi, an outstanding member of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and a pioneer of the Chinese women’s movement, died of illness on April 13, 1998, in Beijing, at the age of 102. Shuai Mengqi had been born to
文摘The present study aims to focus on the relationship between gender and everyday life and reflect on the meanings of being a woman in the 1950s and the 1960s over Sally Potter’s film Ginger and Rosa(2012a).The 1950s and the 1960s are marked with significant changes and transformations in terms of the social statuses and everyday lives of women in many countries all around the world.Women began to question their gendered roles and performances,resist“doing gender”and speak out“the problem that has no name”in these years,which would then evolve into the second-wave feminist movement—a significant historical period in women’s history.Therefore,an analysis of this specific period is considered significant to understand the relationship between gender and everyday life.Thus,the present study first addresses the relationship between gender and everyday life in general terms,discussing the social construction of gender and how we are taught to do gender through socialization.Then,it examines women’s practices,performances,relationships,conflicts,and resistances in their everyday lives throughout the 1950s and the 1960s over the film Ginger and Rosa.Considering the historical,social,and political developments at the time,this study tries to explore significant issues within feminist studies such as the relationship between mothers and daughters,and female friendship/sisterhood through the characters in the film,and comprehend what it meant to be a young girl,a woman,a wife,and a mother in both private and public spheres in these years based upon the director’s own experiences and memories.
文摘This paper describes the author’s reflections on a personal and professional experience he had 35 years ago in Iran as President of Damavand College,Tehran,Iran from 1975-1978 to lead this young liberal arts college for Iranian women.The author decided to reflect on its mission(it had had a religious heritage),what he had hoped to accomplish,its possible role in the women’s movement and Islamic Reformist Movement,what had happened to its graduates,its teachers,and its friends and supporters.As he reflected on their achievements,he realized that their growth and advancement served as metaphors for his own personal and professional growth into an intercultural person.Because of that experience in Iran,he has dared subsequently to live in other countries and do research and teach in different cultures.He realized that Damavand,named for the highest mountain in Iran,was a symbol of reaching higher heights.Damavand College now had become a living symbol of what had developed as his research agenda in intercultural communication,leading him to years ago in Iran.He recently began his journey back in time.
文摘"ALIGNING with Russia, aligning with the Communist Party and supporting peasants and workers," were the three policies put forward by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, pioneer of tile Chinese democratic revolution, at the First Kuomingtang (KMT) National Congress held in Guangzhou in early 1924. With the
文摘SHUAI Mengqi, an outstanding member of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and a pioneer of the Chinese women’s movement, died of illness on April 13, 1998, in Beijing, at the age of 102. Shuai Mengqi had been born to
