While the character of women in the plays of ancient times has ever played an important part in the history of the drama, the appearance of women in the feminine roles is a distinctly recent development. It might well be said that this is a fairly...
This thesis chronicles my journey within the framework of a hero's journey, as a theatre artist in the Master of Fine Arts program at the University of Louisville's Theatre Arts Department. This thesis is divided into six chapters that explore the...
Feminism in literature; Self-perception in literature; Women in literature; Chen, Ran, 1962-; Tan, Amy
With increasing cross-cultural infiltrations and accelerated interflows among people of all nationalities in this globalized world, the focus of comparative literature has experienced a shift from traditional Eurocentric cannons to a broader space...
Body parts; Animals; Insects; Medical equipment & supplies
Woodblock prints of, clockwise from top left: two-piece belted contraption with ties, possibly a girdle; anatomical drawing of a woman's internal organs, the most prominent of which is the bladder; skunk; anatomical drawing of woman's external body...
Nora Kirch of Louisville, Kentucky sitting at her desk, holding a pencil. The photograph has several torn edges, cracks, and spots of discoloration. Attached to back of image: Business Women of Louisville Photographed at their Desks. Stamped on...
Standing in the creek, a man wearing a white shirt holds the hand of a woman wearing a print dress. Another woman with a bun in her hair touches the baptized woman's face, and another man wearing overalls holds onto the woman's arm. A group of boys...
Buildings; Clubs; Cobblestone streets; Street railroad tracks; Transportation
Address: 615 W. Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard), Louisville, Kentucky. The Catholic Woman's Club is set off the street by a sidewalk and small lawn with one small tree on each side of an entry walk. The building appears to have been...
Within Walls is the story of a woman's psychological and physical deconstruction as she comes to terms with a childhood tragedy she feels she caused. This process is mirrored by her sister's perception of her own life after death. A philosophical...
Streets; Buildings; Brick wall signs; Billboards; Electric signs; Stores & shops; Charitable organizations; Religious groups; Southern Baptist Convention. Woman's Missionary Union; Street railroad tracks
Looking down Preston Street at intersection with East Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky, 1930. Building at right (Southeast corner of Preston) was the Kentucky Baptist Woman's Missionary Union Training School. Drugstore is across Broadway from WMU...
Fresco detail, initiate hiding in the lap of the woman who accompanies her in the various phases of the rite. "[…] it still remains uncertain whether the subject is a woman's initiation into an Orphic or Dionysian mystery cult or rather the...
Standing in the creek, a man wearing a white shirt holds a woman wearing a print dress by the arm. She looks as though her head has just been dunked in the water. Another man holds onto the woman's arm, and another woman with a bun in her hair...
Described by Jean Thomas as "Idiot Man," the man in this image is wearing overalls and a straw hat and sits on a bench, talking with his hand on the woman's shoulder. The old woman wears a blouse and skirt and sits next to the man on the...
Animals; Street railroads; Children; Play (Recreation); Toys; Writing; Reading; Sleeping; Men; Lathes; Shepherds; Barrels; Women; Flowers; Plants; Trees; Urns; Inkstands
Woodblock prints of, from top left and starting with larger images: fox ready to pounce on rabbit, hidden under tree root; 5-cent stamp, bearing image of horse-drawn trolley; mother cat leaping with arched back toward dog to protect her litter of...
Six men and eight women pose around a dinner table in a residential dining room that appears to be decorated for Valentine's Day or an engagement party. One woman's back is to the camera. The woman standing third from the left is believed to be...
An African-American woman wearing a long dress and head scarf sits at a table on a porch, writing. A portrait of Abraham Lincoln is propped up on the table. In her 1940 book 'The Sun Shines Bright,' Thomas recalls that Aunt Charity had been hired...
An African-American woman wearing a long dress and head scarf sits at a table on a porch, writing. A portrait of Abraham Lincoln is propped up on the table. In her 1940 book 'The Sun Shines Bright,' Thomas recalls that Aunt Charity had been hired...
Goodman's News store, 332 W. Liberty, Louisville, Kentucky, circa November 1930. Man, likely the proprietor, rests on magazine stand against window display bearing lettering "Goodman's 'Everything to Read'" and "Out of Town...
Goodman's News store, 332 W. Liberty, Louisville, Kentucky, circa 1930. Close-up of window display bearing lettering "Goodman's 'Everything to Read'" and "Out of Town Newspapers," a November 1930 calendar, an ad for tickets for...
Woman in long pink dress holds a child on her lap. The child has its arms around the woman's neck. Printed below the picture is a post script: "Yes this country is full of malaria but it does not bother us as we take Wintersmith's Tonic and it...
