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Heart: The Wilson Sisters, 2006.
A review of the careers, music and stylings of Ann and Nancy Wilson, the sisters behind the women's rock band, Heart.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 46.95
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This paper studies the lives of Ann and Nancy Wilson, sisters who started their musical careers with a folk background but became leading figures in the rock world with their band Heart. The author traces the women's meteoric careers through a review of their albums. The paper also discusses the band's influences and their influence on the music industry as a whole.
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"The band was founded in 1963 by the group's bassist, Steve Fossen, and by brothers Roger and Mike Fisher from Vancouver, British Columbia. Originally named "the Army," the band later changed its title to "White Heart" and then simply to "Heart" in the early 70s. A romantic involvement between Ann Wilson and Roger Fisher brought the former member into the group. Her sister, Nancy, followed in 1974, through a romantic relationship with Mike Fisher, who at that time was the band's primary sound engineer. Later, Howard Leese and Michael Derosier joined the band as keyboardist and drummer, respectively."
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Sisters in Literature, 2002.
This paper analyzes the use of sisters as a literary device in Geraldine Jewsbury's novel The Half Sisters, and Christina Rossetti's narrative poem "Goblin Market".
2,670 words (approx. 10.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 117.95
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The paper looks at these two works from the middle of the nineteenth century as they use the device of a pair of sisters for exploring the nature of women and expanding their audiences' understanding of women, their capacities, and the limitations placed on them by convention. The paper brings examples from the writing to illustrate this point.
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"As Armstrong puts it, there is deliberate cruelty in the "way in which the fruit is offered as a saleable commodity and arbitrarily withdrawn" so that "it has to be bargained for, but it belongs to a mystified economy to which both girls are inevitably subject" (Armstrong 349). The world of men is, like the invisible world of the goblins, incomprehensible to women and they are forced to accept the bargain on the terms offered by men. Laura gives in to her own desire for pleasure and accepts the terms of the goblins at face value. The seeming gift of fruit that does not have to be paid for, of course, entails a hidden cost that Laura, if she only paid attention to the example of Jeanie, should have understood. But women also lack full and explicit knowledge and thus Jeanie's example, while it is strong enough to motivate Lizzie, does not really satisfy their curiosity which is the motive that, almost as much as greed, compels Laura to go against her sister's common-sense advice."
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"The Makioka Sisters", 2002.
A review of Junichiro Tanizaki's "The Makioka Sisters".
1,726 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 81.95
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This paper examines how the four sisters in Junichiro Tanizaki's "The Makioka Sisters" are parts of an allegorical account of the decline of Japan's old upper-class merchant families in the face of rising modernism and nationalism. Each of the sisters, largely depending on her age and placement in the family, symbolizes a different aspect of the change in the social order. It looks at how Tanizaki manages to develop these allegorical roles for his principal characters without sacrificing any of their validity or interest as individual beings whose thoughts and actions retain the reader's full attention. It also shows how despite the fact that each sister functions in the allegory in a different way, none of them is a simple character with traditional or modern traits that make it easy to sum up her symbolic meaning in a few words.
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"The principal allegorical function of the sisters begins long before the novel opens, of course, in the simple fact that their father had only daughters to inherit from him. He had also been somewhat careless with money and had greatly reduced what there was to inherit. But even this attitude, which was responsible for the kind of upbringing his daughters had, has an allegorical function in that he had never believed that things could change. Thus, even though the early signs of change must have been everywhere in the first part of the century, his daughters were brought up believing that the pattern of life they knew so well would last forever."
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"The Magdalene Sisters", 2004.
An analysis of Peter Mullan's 2002 movie, "The Magdalene Sisters".
2,389 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 107.95
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This paper discusses Peter Mullan's 2002 movie, "The Magdalene Sisters" depicting the dark side of Irish culture, church and history. The paper explains that from the late nineteenth to the late twentieth century, the Sisters of Mercy in Ireland ran profitable asylums for women. The paper claims that the laundry businesses allowed the convents to earn money while keeping socially scorned women behind bars. The paper contends that far from being a place of spiritual refuge, the Magdalene laundries often became torture houses closely resembling concentration camps. The paper explores how Mullan illustrates that spirituality was completely overrun by cruelty, greed, torture and manipulation. The paper states that the brutality shown on screen reveals a chilling behind-the-scenes glimpse of what actually did occur regularly in Magdalene asylum laundries.
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"The culture that supported such institutions was an inherently sexist one, as many of the interred women committed no offense other than having shamed their families or being attractive. Although a fictionalized account, The Magdalene Sisters shows what mental and physical abuse generally occurred behind the doors of Magdalene asylum laundries. "In fact, there are reports that, according to some survivors, the abuses depicted in The Magdalene Sisters actually fall short of the worst that really happened," (Greydanus). The Magdalene laundries, which were operated by the Sisters of Mercy throughout Ireland, were finally shut down for good in 1996. However, during their century of operation, countless women suffered abuses similar to those depicted on-screen by Scottish writer-director Peter Mullan."
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"The Rez Sisters", 2001.
An analysis of the themes of community and empowerment in Tomson Highway's "The Rez Sisters".
2,331 words (approx. 9.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 104.95
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This paper examines how through a group of seven native women, Tomson Highway's "The Rez Sisters" portrays themes of empowerment and community development. It looks at how a group of six native women, all sisters in one way or another, develop from the animosity of bickering "bitches" to a close community, tied together by their gender, circumstances and ancestry. It explores how through their journey to The Biggest Bingo in the World the women are empowered to achieve a common goal, taking responsibility for themselves and for each other.
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"United with a common goal they are then faced with a common problem. Emily points out they "are all welfare cases" and have no money (58,59). They turn to Pelajia, who does have some money, to help (59). Pelajia suggests they apply to the band office to ask the chief for a loan to fund their trip because the winnings could go towards paving the roads and solving all the problems of the band (59). The "grand and ridiculous march" to the band office that encompasses the entire stage, is the women's first surge of communal energy and self-empowerment (60, Pell paper). Again, Nanabush, the spirit of Native Culture, trails merrily along with the women as they march (60). Elated by their newfound empowerment the women are shocked at the chief's refusal (60)."
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The Bronte Sisters, 2004.
An analysis of three novels by the three Bronte sisters: Anne, Charlotte and Emily.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 69.95
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The paper offers an analysis of three novels by the three Bronte sisters (Anne, Charlotte and Emily) that demonstrates the struggle of women in the Victorian era trying to achieve equality and the right to express intellectual and sexual feelings.
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"Sisters Anne, Charlotte and Emily Bronte were all authors whose works often revolved around women's issues with respect to living in a patriarchal society. Women in the era in which the sisters wrote were often limited to roles of wife, mother or family caretaker and were seldom able to express their own feelings or emotions. This was particularly true in relations with men and in expressions of sexuality."
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"Two Sisters" by Renoir, 2002.
Analysis of Renoir's painting, "Two Sisters on the Terrace" .
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 38.95
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This three-page undergraduate paper discusses Renoir's painting, "Two Sisters on the Terrace" and evaluates the artist's masterful use of line, color, light and dark, texture, area, perspective and volume.
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?Summer Sisters?, 2002.
A review of the book ?Summer Sisters? by Judy Blume.
1,454 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 70.95
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This paper examines the book ?Summer Sisters? by Judy Blume which revolves around the friendship between Vix and Caitlin and causes two opposite worlds to collide. It looks at how the character of Vix is given the opportunity to escape from the drudgery of her life in poverty and her controlling mother, Tawny by the offer to spend the summer at summer at Martha?s Vineyard by the privileged Caitlin and how next five summers at Martha?s Vineyard not only expose her to boys, sex and fun, but also give her a taste of the infinite possibilities that were once beyond her imagination, such as going to Harvard. It provides a brief background to Judy Blume and looks at how she writes with a pithy, simple style, making her stories easy to read for the majority of readers.
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"In this work, Blume presents a vast array of men and women, representing a full spectrum of gender roles. The most striking characters who seem to defy the prescribed roles of their gender are Phoebe, Caitlin?s mother and Caitlin, who walks in her mother?s footsteps. The very first impression Blume conveys of Phoebe is one of an unorthodox mother: "Phoebe, dressed in faux Indian clothes? including her boyfriend of the moment, a guy with long, silvery hair?" (11). Furthermore, she had convinced Lamb, Caitlin?s father, of having an open marriage that ultimately did not work (Blume 34). In these aspects, Phoebe represents the image of a new woman who does not stay within the confines of a traditional prescription of a wife or mother."
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The Delany Sisters, 2005.
This paper examines the causes for the longevity of the Delany sisters who lived for over 100 years.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 4 sources, AU$ 116.95
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This paper explores the example of New York state's Delany sisters who died in the late 1990s, well over 100 years old and how their lives promised their remarkable longevity. The paper explains that they valued their background, they had the stimulation of succeeding as African-American professional women against the odds and had a spirit of philanthropy with which they were raised. The paper shows how they did not just have interests or jobs; they lived their lives, and were each others' best friends through each chapter. The paper offers notes on spirituality and values as sources of mental stability and inspiration, social relationships, family and having pride in one's accomplishments.
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"This paper discusses the late Delany Sisters, as they have become something of an American institution, in the light of recent models of lifespan development. These models ask us to examine aspects of development and periods of adulthood in stages of young, middle and late, as opposed to earlier models that recognized the shift to adulthood rather than a continuum. (Papalia et al: 2000:6f) One sees in the example of the Delany Sisters that different meanings were attached to different stages of their lives; factors that pertained to their gender, to their African-American background, education, health, their family of origin and a philosophical approach to the world."
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Big Brothers Big Sisters, 2002.
An overview of the functions of the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 7 sources, AU$ 64.95
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This paper is about the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization. It examines what kinds of children need mentors, what kind of activities mentors do with children and what effect this interaction has on the children and the volunteers.
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"The Rez Sisters", 2005.
An analysis of Aboriginal women in Tomson Highway's "The Rez Sisters".
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 51.95
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This paper discusses the portrayal of gender in Tomson Highway's award winning play of 1987, "The Rez Sisters". The paper focuses on his revelation of Aboriginal women's strength, intelligence and humour that render Reserve life on Manitoulin Island, sometimes hopeless, but never serious.
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"The Portrayal of Gender in Tomson Highway's The Rez Sisters, 1988. Tomson Highway (b. 1951) makes use of humour in demonstrating women's reality on the mythical Manitoulin Island reserve of Wasaychigan Hill First Nation. Considerable wit is demonstrated in seven female characters, in a small Aboriginal community, those who are not related having known one another, all their lives. The play opens as Philomena Moosetail is repairing the roof of her cabin, with Pelajia Patchnose, also middle-aged, describes how she wants to go to Toronto, that the reserve has little to offer her. "
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Dubois and Ruiz' "Unequal Sisters", 2007.
This paper reviews the feminist book "Unequal Sisters: A Multicultural Reader in U.S. Women's History", edited by Ellen Carol Dubois and Vicki Ruiz.
1,440 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 69.95
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This paper explains that Dubois and Ruiz in their book "Unequal Sisters: A Multicultural Reader in U.S. Women's History', which is a compilation of a multiplicity of perspectives of feminist historians of a variety of periods, ethnic groups and racial groups, attempt to ameliorate some of the past oversights of the women's rights movement that denied the equally important components of race and ethnicity in defining many women's lives. The author points out that, for women of color, their struggle to make peace with themselves and with their American identities cannot be fully subsumed into the traditional feminist categories of gender or race. The paper relates that this collection of essays instead argues for a relational understanding of the nature of race and gender, which means that each person is composed of categories, such as male/female, Anglo/Latino, that gain meaning only in the inter-relationship of these categories.
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"The essays include a number of ethnic groups, including African-American, Latina-American, Chicanas, Asian-Americans, and Native Americans in their subject matter. Early on, it becomes clear that the lives of black women in particular were written out the second-wave feminist debate. While many white feminists of the 1960s and 1970s such as Betty Friedan (1963) defined their feminism as an ideology that gave them the intellectual justification to seek work outside the home, most Black women have always worked, either as slaves, as noted by Deborah Gray White's essay on "Female Slaves: Sex Roles and Status in the Antebellum South" and Jeanne Boydston's "To Earn her Daily Bread"."
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Having our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years by Sarah & Elizabeth Delany & Amy Hill Hearth, 2001.
Discusses book that chronicles lives of the sisters from post-Reconstruction 19th Century to 1993. Combines personal experiences with historical accounts of life of African Americans in U.S.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 6 sources, AU$ 81.95
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"n Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters, First 100 Years, siblings Sarah Louise ("Sadie") Delany and her sister Annie Elizabeth ("Bessie") Delany share poignant and humorous details about their lives during the post-Reconstruction 19th century, Jim Crow, two World Wars, the exhilarating days of the Jazz Age of Harlem and how they managed to survive it all (Moore, 34). Co-author Amy Hill Hearth opens the narrative of the lives of Sarah Louise ("Sadie") Delany and her sister Annie Elizabeth ("Bessie") Delany by noting that they are among the oldest living witnesses to American history (Delany, Delany & Hearth, 3). Sadie was born on September 19, 1889. Bessie followed almost exactly two years later on September 3, 1891 ..."
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"Sisters and Strangers: Women in the Shanghai Cotton Mills", 2002.
An examination of the book "Sisters and Strangers: Women in the Shanghai Cotton Mills" by Emily Honig.
1,957 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 0 sources, AU$ 91.95
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This paper contains a critical book review of the title, along with a discussion of the personal value of the book. Emily Honig's book is the story of women who worked in the Shanghai cotton mills from 1919 through 1949, but the paper shows how the story is really about the women themselves, and how they survived the harsh working conditions by creating a sisterhood ? working together to help each other while surviving harsh and intolerable conditions.
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"The author's thesis is stated clearly in the Introduction. She hopes to prove that the women of the Shanghai mills were extremely class conscious, and this class consciousness had to be transformed and eliminated before the women could rise up together and demand reform. She notes, "I began my study by focusing on issues that precede the role of women in the labor movement and in the Chinese revolution: the nature of work, social relations within the workplace, the formation of the working class, and the transformations women underwent as they became members of an urban industrial proletariat" (Honig 2). The author also states her beliefs early in the book, when she notes, "Modern industrial capitalism in twentieth-century China, as in England and the United States a century earlier, was built on the intersection of textile manufacture and female and child labor" (Honig 1). She goes on to elaborate on this assertion throughout the book, exploring the exploitation of women in the mills, and its connection to the Shanghai labor movement. "
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Margaret Weitz's "Sisters in the Resistance", 1999.
A review of Margaret Weitz's book, "Sisters in the Resistance," about women serving in the French resistance during the Second World War, emphasizing their struggles and sacrifices in the face of wartime hardship.
980 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 1 source, AU$ 50.95
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"Margaret Collins Weitz very poignantly illustrates these desires and actions that women in France experienced in her book Sisters in the Resistance. Not only does Weitz substantiate these women's decisions and lifestyles, but also, through a combination of literary narration, she paints the lives of these women for the reader. She, together with these women, illustrates their victories as well as their losses, which lead to their eventual shaping of French history."
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Soong Sisters, 1996.
Personal & political portraits of three Chinese sisters & their impact on development of China in Nationalist era.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 104.95
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"This research paper is a summary biography of the Soong sisters and an assessment of their influence and importance in the history of modern China. The Soong sisters, Ai-ling (18901974), Ching-ling (1892-1981) and May-ling (1897-), individually and together with their blood relatives and in-laws, played in different ways influential and controversial roles in the affairs of twentieth century China. Their influence was built upon the rising wealth and power of their family headed by their father, Charlie Soong (1866-1918), before and during the rise to power of the Nationalists led by Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek. The sisters were carefully groomed to assume those roles. The influence of Ching-ling (Mme. Sun) peaked shortly after the death of Sun yat-sen in 1925, but she remained until her death a symbol..."
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