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This dissertation explores the language employed by the editor(s) of Leviticus Rabbah in their articulation of women's physiology and gestation in chapter 14. Established as a compilation of aggadic literature from 4 th and 5th century Palestine, Leviticus Rabbah reflects the so…

This project delves into a concept that underpins almost everything about who we are and how we present ourselves to the world: gender. Specifically, this project examines how gender is constructed among evangelical Christians in the US, a group whose numbers and history have a …

Throughout history, literature has played a role in creating and disseminating cultural and societal values. Young adult literature is used for both academics and pleasure, but in either case ideas about culture, gender, values, and identity are being promulgated to children whe…

Traditional masculinity ideology and conformity to specific masculine norms have been associated with dozens of negative outcomes, including increased depression, violent behavior, and low esteem (O'Neil, 2012). Gender conceptions can also be positively constructed in men to res…

In this dissertation, I analyze a selection of works by eight Latin American female authors in order to explore how they represent the process of the social construction of women’s identities and roles in the male-dominated social, institutional, familial, and personal spaces th…