... "The Body Project", Joan Jacobs Brumberg examines how the social changes of the last century have affected the ways in which teenage girls regard their bodies and themselves. By the use of various historical documents, including the many diaries of adolescent women, the author looks at the developing attitudes towards such issues as physical occurrences like that of menarche which we know ... leads into the corruption of personal advancement of female adolescence into adult life. To understand the meaning of the title "Body Project", one must come to know and recognize the social concer...

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Literature often holds a mirror to the social, political and economic milieu in which it was created; this could not be truer in Elizabethan times. A virgin Queen redefined the role of courtier, amorous intent must be merged with ... the Queen's two bodies and Cleophila arise with startling regularity. In a world where traditional gender roles have been in some respects capsized, many questions are posed concerning Sidney's motivation. The issues of gender politics in context of The Old Arcadia produce numerous questions, and other avenues of exploration. If cross dressing in a female someti...

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• Grade Level: Graduate