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Eudaimonic well-being and narrative scaffolds : the creation of later life happiness and well-being through the story of self
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Gender and Women's Studies, 2012)
This doctoral research investigates the factors linked to eudaimonic
happiness and well-being in later life through analysis of personal life
stories and narrative identity. The study addresses two primary research
questions: ...
A Power to Bite upon the Imagination' : ecclesiastical, ideological, and cultural controversies in the domestic novels of Charlotte Mary Yonge
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Gender and Women's Studies, 2012)
This dissertation investigates and interprets the ways in which Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823-1901), one of the most popular and prolific authors of the nineteenth century, was read, represented, reviewed, and remembered. It ...
Neither ruthless militants nor tentative coffee party ? : a comparative analysis of the aims, activities and accomplishments of the Irish Women Graduates' Associations (IWGAs) and the German Federation of University Women (DAB) during th 1950s and 1960s
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Gender and Women's Studies, 2013)
This thesis is a comparative analysis of the activities, aims and
accomplishments of the German Federation of University Women ("Deutscher
Akademikerinnenbund", DAB) and the Irish Women Graduates' Associations (IWGAs)
during ...
Eating disorders as distraction from problems of self and meaning for women in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Gender and Women's Studies, 2008)
The research presented in this thesis aims to contribute to the understanding of the complex factors that lead to the development of Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Compulsive Overeating, as well as the multiple variations ...
The empancipation of women and the cultural elite at the turn of the twentieth century : the case of Amy Lowell (1874-1925)
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Gender and Women's Studies, 2016)
Using the case study of American poet Amy Lowell (1874-1925), this thesis explores the path Lowell chose to develop her narrative identity and find her own voice in the male-dominated art world at the turn of the twentieth ...
Unbounded? Gender and body in a recreational drug culture
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Gender and Women's Studies, 2006)
This dissertation explores how a sample of young adults in Dublin experience issues of
gendered embodiment in their recreational engagement with the drug ecstasy (MDMA).
The study applies a gender studies theoretical ...