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Women and music in the Venetian ospedali
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Tonelli, Vanessa M.
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2013
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Electronic Theses & Dissertations
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The Venetian ospedali provided unique places in which women could train and perform as professional musicians. Much of our understanding of the ospedali, however, has been formed through the study of individual, male composers who wrote for the ospedali, of specific musical genres, such as motets or oratorios, or of individual archival collections. Studies of the female students and their lives are scarce. Additionally, ideas about gender shaped and continue to shape our understanding of...
Show moreThe Venetian ospedali provided unique places in which women could train and perform as professional musicians. Much of our understanding of the ospedali, however, has been formed through the study of individual, male composers who wrote for the ospedali, of specific musical genres, such as motets or oratorios, or of individual archival collections. Studies of the female students and their lives are scarce. Additionally, ideas about gender shaped and continue to shape our understanding of these all-female institutions. To address these issues, this thesis focuses on the lives and public perceptions of the ospedali musicians. Chapter One contextualizes the ospedali's organization in Venetian history and culture, addressing why Venetian society considered it acceptable for the female students to perform publically in a European society that generally frowned upon professional female musicians. Chapter Two examines contemporary commentaries and reviews (both positive and negative) about the ospedali. These descriptions are compared to contemporary ideas of femininity to show how gendered thought has influenced historical representation of the female ospedali musicians. Chapter Three focuses on the music performed and written in the ospedali, and investigates how gender typecasts influenced visitors' perceptions of the ospedali's music.
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Women coping with life : a mixed methods study of incarcerated women with life sentences
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Fedock, Gina
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2015
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Electronic Theses & Dissertations
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Life sentences have increasingly translated into prison stays until the end of natural life. Incarcerated women serving life sentences comprise a small, but growing, sub-population of the prison population. Women with life sentences enter prison with high rates of physical and mental health concerns, and these concerns are often chronic and recurring needs for women’s duration in prison. Pressing concerns include persistent depression and suicide risk factors. However, there is a lack of...
Show moreLife sentences have increasingly translated into prison stays until the end of natural life. Incarcerated women serving life sentences comprise a small, but growing, sub-population of the prison population. Women with life sentences enter prison with high rates of physical and mental health concerns, and these concerns are often chronic and recurring needs for women’s duration in prison. Pressing concerns include persistent depression and suicide risk factors. However, there is a lack of research focused on improving this population’s mental health, and specifically, no existing intervention for this population of women. Thus, this dissertation seeks to enhance and broaden the knowledge base about factors that influence the mental health of women with life sentence in order to provide clarity and guide advocacy for prison-based mental health services. Also, this dissertation includes a sub-study that examines the mental health outcomes for a new intervention with this population of women. Two key theories serve as the foundation for this dissertation: importation theory and deprivation theory. Three sub-studies comprise three core chapters of this dissertation. Across these studies, the results highlight implications for social work practice, policy, and research.
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