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A look at colonialism from the spiritual perspective of Africans

Parnell, Raisa Cornelia (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

The colonization and enslavement of Africans has been analyzed and engaged from various angles throughout history. One perspective that has yet to be delved into properly is that of the religious/spiritual perspective. ...
Fannie Lou Hamer, Dorothy Height and Viola Liuzzo: not just a dream, initiators for equality

Barnett, Jennifer Michelle (University of Alabama Libraries, 2012)

This thesis uses the standpoint theory and lived experiences method, introduced by Patricia Hill Collins and Sandra Harding, to examine the lives of three women who were active in fighting for freedom, equality, and a more ...
From margin to center: feminism in an era of mainstream co-optation

Caddell, April (University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)

Contemporary American culture is witnessing the phenomenon of many high-profile celebrities proudly calling themselves, feminist--I refer to these individuals as celebrity feminists. This phenomenon comes as a shift from ...
"What don't Black girls do?": constructions of deviance and the performance of Black female sexuality

Hill, Kiara Monique (University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)

This research interrogates the ways in which Black women process and negotiate their sexual identities. By connecting the historical exploitation of Black female bodies to the way Black female deviant identities are ...
Dream more while you are awake: a correctional fantasy

Kruse, Kenneth James (University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)

Before September 2013, I had been in four prisons, none of them currently used to incarcerate people. I had visited them all as a tourist--in Argentina, Cambodia, Chile, and Vietnam--for the purpose of understanding the ...
Ashri and i: exploring "knowledge" through creative writing

Rodgers-Farris, Sierra (University of Alabama Libraries, 2014)

A female protagonist simply identified as "She" remembers and relives acts of violence over a span of years and attempts to cope through poetry and an attachment to an imaginary `other.' Through poetry She imagines Ashri ...
Can't take my soul: exploring and illuminating the spirituality and spiritual activism within British hip-hop

Epps, Alisha Gayle (University of Alabama Libraries, 2013)

Hip-hop is a transnational musical genre that has historically affected the lives of marginalized youth in powerful ways across the "Black Atlantic." By using a womanist framework of analysis, this thesis illuminates the ...
Integration and transformation: an examination of the role of sexuality in formulating a queer/crip subjectivity for people with disabilities

Wiggins, Meredith Joan (University of Alabama Libraries, 2013)

This thesis investigates the current cultural discourses surrounding sexuality in persons with disabilities and argues that in order to move away from existing conceptions of personhood and citizenship that are rooted in ...
Co-authorship in A narrative of the uncommon sufferings and surprizing deliverance of Briton Hammon, a Negro man

Warner, Erin Siobhan (University of Alabama Libraries, 2013)

"A Negro Man, Servant to--General Winslow" travels from Boston to Jamaica, Florida, Cuba, and London within a thirteen-year time frame. In the captivity narrative A Narrative of the Uncommon Sufferings and Surprizing ...
The other collectives of the left: reading Black left feminisms in sites of transatlantic cultural praxis

Gardner, Tia Simone (University of Alabama Libraries, 2013)

Paul Gilroy writes, "It would appear that there are large questions raised about the direction and character of Black culture and art if we take the powerful effects of even temporary experiences of exile, relocation, and ...
Motherhood on the inside: exploring the challenges facing incarcerated women at Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women

Unnasch, Emily Ann (University of Alabama Libraries, 2011)

In this thesis, I argue that the criminal justice system is deeply entrenched in racist and classist perceptions that make incarcerated women especially vulnerable to policies and ideologies that regularly involve the ...
Feminisms and fluidity: from breasted existence to breasted resistance in feminist theory and activism

Sullivan, Maigen (University of Alabama Libraries, 2011)

Dominant phallocentric norms call on bodies to fit rigid, static molds that do not allow for any flux or fluidity. It is necessary to note that these standards are a fallacy and that no bodies adhere to such strict structures. ...
Creole bodies and intersecting lives and oppressions: an intertextual dialogue between Kate Chopin and Alice Dunbar-Nelson

Watts, Rachel (University of Alabama Libraries, 2010)

Differing and contentious definitions of the term "Creole" have tried to produce rigid boundaries defining who to include and who to exclude within a "highly-contested identity space" (Stouck 272) by historians, writers, ...
Interventions in woman as spectacle: the political economy of desire in late capitalist societies

Cunningham, Scarlett (University of Alabama Libraries, 2010)

How do we discuss female sexual empowerment as feminists in this third wave political moment given the multiplicity of female sexual desires and the multiplicity of women's identities? To what degree can women make spectacles ...
Living incubators: arguing for pregnant women's autonomy and bodily integrity in an age of ever-increasing reproductive technology

DeMaeyer, Meanie Jo (University of Alabama Libraries, 2010)

In this thesis I evaluate the medicalization of birthing bodies through the use of reproductive technologies. This thesis argues that the best solution for ensuring the bodily integrity and autonomy of pregnant and birthing ...
As many hours as it takes!: women, labor, and craft in the book arts

Brock-Reed, Amy Michelle (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The growing field of Book Arts is in a state of change as it struggles to relate to the art world while being cast into the category of "craft." The majority of book artists are female and their experiences are integral ...
Gender, sex, and race in the gamespace of live action role play

Tudor, Lena Danielle (University of Alabama Libraries, 2010)

This thesis explores identity, gender, sexuality, and race within live action role play, a game format designed in an impromptu theatre style. My goal was to assess the ways in which sexism, racism, and hypersexuality ...
A critical examination of gender, race, and sexuality in introductory clinical psychology textbooks

Payne, Kristen Lynn (University of Alabama Libraries, 2010)

Clinical psychology is a field that aims to understand behavior and to use this understanding to aid individuals and society in a multitude of ways. Many psychologists use their training to help patients who seek help with ...
Cultural coverture: an examination of the impact of early American marriage laws on contemporary American women

Steib, Summer Allison (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

Under the system of coverture a married woman's civil identity was covered by her husband's civil identity and she was viewed to be civilly dead. The system of coverture originated in Europe and was part of the English ...

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