Interrogation of Gender Identity: Aesthetic Consumption of Korean Television Dramas by Young Women in China

Given the popularity of Korean television dramas among various age groups in other countries, one would expect to see a similar pattern of consumption across different ages in China. Instead, we see high levels of consumption of Korean dramas by a very specific demographic. Why do young Chinese females consume Korean dramas at such high levels? I argue that young Chinese women’s heavy consumption of Korean dramas that portray a particular aesthetic of self and familial resolution may be explained by a need to redress contemporary psychological issues related to gendered self-identity. I posit that the identity formation processes of this particular demographic has been shaped by changes in family dynamics that stem from social and political restructuring in the 1980s, particularly the one-child policy. Thus, this thesis explores how the consumption of Korean dramas by young females in China may be understood as an implicit interrogation of gendered identity.

Wikis for women's health: Social constructivist analysis of the effectiveness of online collaborative spaces for reflective learning

Public Health undergraduate students studying the unit Women’s Health undertook a teaching and learning exercise which required them to learn to create and use a wiki website for reflective learning purposes. The Women’s Health wiki provided an online shared, collaborative, and creative space wherein the students’ perceptions of women's health issues could be discussed, reflected upon, and debated. We analysed the content developed on the Women’s Health wiki using a social constructivist theoretical framework and provided a theoretical model for how the wiki worked to aid reflective and critical thinking, as well as developing technological and communicative skills amongst students.

Gender and Assimilation: The Roles and Representation of Women in Modern Jewish History, pt. 1

Explores the relation between gender and the encounter of Jews with various conditions of Modernity. She makes clear that the study of the process of Jewish assimilation in contemporary times must include women and gender in its framework.

Gender and Assimilation: The Roles and Representation of Women in Modern Jewish History, pt. 3

Explores the relation between gender and the encounter of Jews with various conditions of Modernity. She makes clear that the study of the process of Jewish assimilation in contemporary times must include women and gender in its framework.

Gender and Assimilation: The Roles and Representation of Women in Modern Jewish History, pt. 2

Explores the relation between gender and the encounter of Jews with various conditions of Modernity. She makes clear that the study of the process of Jewish assimilation in contemporary times must include women and gender in its framework.

Jeunes filles mineures traduites devant la Cour des jeunes délinquants de Montréal de 1912 à 1949 : problèmes et procédure judiciaire

L’objectif de ce mémoire est de décrire et expliquer le traitement des jeunes filles traduites devant la Cour des jeunes délinquants de Montréal durant toute la période de son existence, soit de 1912 à 1950. Une analyse statistique a tout d’abord été utilisée sur un échantillon de 1 465 jeunes filles pour lesquelles nous avions des données quantitatives provenant du plumitif de la cour. Une analyse documentaire a ensuite été utilisée sur un sous-échantillon de 126 mineures pour lesquelles nous avions accès aux divers documents contenus dans leur dossier judiciaire. L’analyse met particulièrement en évidence la différence d’application de la loi en fonction du sexe des mineurs traduits devant la cour. Les jeunes filles sont poursuivies pour des motifs différents de ceux pour lesquels on poursuit les garçons : elles sont particulièrement poursuivies pour des infractions spécifiques aux mineurs telles que l’incorrigibilité, les infractions à caractère sexuel, la désertion ou la protection. Les garçons, quant à eux, sont davantage poursuivis pour des infractions prévues au Code criminel (notamment le vol). Les mineures sont plus souvent amenées devant la cour par leurs parents plutôt que par les officiers de la cour et se voient imposer des mesures différentes de celles qu’on impose aux garçons pour une même infraction. Le placement est ainsi plus fréquemment utilisé chez les filles que chez les garçons et la probation plus fréquemment utilisée chez ces derniers. La définition de ce qui pose problème chez ces mineures et les solutions souhaitables pour y remédier varient en fonction des différents acteurs (les agents de probation, les officiers de la cour, les parents et les mineures elles-mêmes).

Report on activities at the Caribbean subregional level to support the integration of women into the social and economic development of Latin America and the Caribbean for the period June 1994 to August 1997

Summary Lists the meetings and conferences for which ECLAC/CDCC provided substantive servicing. Provides details on non-recurrent publications produced by the ECLAC/CDCC secretariat. These include: an investigative study on women and the micro-enterprise sector in the Bahamas, and poverty eradication and female headed household (FHH); in the Caribbean. Finally, provides a list of the instances in which ECLAC/CDCC has provided advice and technical assistance and notes the governments and countries which were beneficiaries of such assistance.