Browsing by Subject "Power"

Browsing by Subject "Power"

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    The effect of an empowered mindset on social anxiety in negotiations 
    Brown, Kayla (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2018)
    Socially anxious individuals both struggle to progress in the workplace, and do not benefit from "power" (over others) interventions (as those with low levels of social anxiety do). This research attempted to develop an ...

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    Implanting empowerment? : a discourse analysis of cosmetic surgery and power in The Swan 
    MacPherson, Ashley Erin (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2011)
    Using the reality television show, The Swan , as a narrative frame, my Master's thesis explores the discursive construction of feminine subjectivity, empowerment, liberation, choice, self-esteem and resistance in the context ...

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    Surveilled women : subjectivity, the body and modern panopticism 
    Gabriele, Sandra (Halifax, N.S. : Mount Saint Vincent University, Dalhousie University, Saint Mary's University, 1998)
    "Surveilled Women: Subjectivity, The Body and Modern Panopticism" explores the ways in which surveillance enacts the power to limit the self definition and thus the subjectivity of the female subject. Understanding the ...