Telling About Southern Fluctuations: Elizabeth Spencer at the Back Door by Gérald PRÉHER

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Representing succession: Tudor royal portraits, 1544–1546: context, production and analysis by Susan E. James

“…Within the context of the 1544 Act of Succession and the events surrounding it, the purpose of this paper is to analyze the production and political role played by this royal portraiture and to examine not only what history can tell us about the commissioning of the portraits but what the portraits can tell us about the intentions and goals of the commissioner.…”
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Unterzakhn, Dirty Laundry, and the Map of Lost New York: An Interview with Leela Corman by Jaime Cleland

“…Finally, she discusses her desire to tell a story about women’s lives from a female perspective, as well as the ways her characters’ lives are circumscribed by gender roles.…”
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Camille Laurens, Marie Darrieussecq : du « plagiat psychique » à la mise en questions de la démarche autobiographique by Anne Strasser

“…Beyond the similarities noticed by Camille Laurens, the latter denies Marie Darrieussecq the right to tell about the death of a child whereas she had not lived through it herself. …”
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Cameron’s Tories : Talking Conservative, Acting Radical by Harry Cheesman

“…What does this tell us about Cameroon Conservatism ? It is the purpose of this paper to show that, whilst in a wide range of policy areas Mr Cameron’s Conservatives have clearly taken inspiration from “mother”, and have in fact demonstrated a reformist zeal which throws their heroine’s caution into surprising relief, that they have reversed one of her key teachings ; instead of following the doctrine of “talk radical, act conservative”, Cameron’s Tories are more likely to “talk conservative, act radical”.…”
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Dramatic Autobiography: the Poetic Voice Recreating Itself in Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s ‘The Bride’s Prelude’ by Raphaël Rigal

“…This poem presents a woman about to be forcefully married to a man who deceived her and abandoned her, as she explains to her sister why she cannot look forward to this marriage. …”
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Eileen Gray’s Jean Désert showroom 217 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Paris ; marketing design in the 1920s by Tim Benton

“…What does the showroom tell us about Gray’s approach to design? How does her practice differ from that of other designers of the day? …”
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The History of Miss Jane Pittman by Christopher Mulvey

“…The young man who wants to get Miss Jane Pittman’s story upsets her with his persistence: “What you want know about Miss Jane for?’ …”
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Mettre l’intime en bande dessinée. Un dialogue avec Léna Merhej et Noémie Honein by Michela De Giacometti, Laura Odasso

“…In this interview, we talk with Lebanese artists Léna Merhej and Noémie Honein about their respective practices and trajectories as cartoonists, a craft for which they are particularly known. …”
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Die sosiale konstruksie-model en die spanning tussen hoor en doen as reaksie op die prediking by DJB Kleynhans, JS Kellerman

“…The right questions will stimulate the hearer to tell his/her own story. In doing so, his/her life story will be deconstructed and changed according to the preached workd will take place. …”
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L’enfermement, vu de l’intérieur (XXe siècle) by Claire Dumas

“…As a consequence of this tragedy, the institution in Cadillac (Gironde) was definitely closed down in 1951.Christiane, a 20 year old nurse who started her professional life in the Bon Pasteur in Loos (Nord) in 1948, tells about the feeling alienation that affected her, as is common amongst professionals who work in exclusively feminine environment where very troubled girls are secluded and completely isolated from their families.Single motherhood was punished with the same type of repressive treatment, as Evelyne describes it when she lived in a secular maternal home in Clermont Ferrand (Puy de Dôme) in 1967.It is not until the nineteen seventies that a sketchy sexual education for girls started, simultaneously with the legalisation of contraception that came with the revolution in morals.All these stories, but Marguerite’s, were collected by Claire Dumas, caseworker for children and author with the historian Françoise Tétard, of the book: Filles de Justice, du Bon Pasteur à l’Education surveillée, 19e-20e siècle, published in 2009, Beauchesne – ENPJJ editors.…”
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Le texte victorien à l’âge postmoderne : jouvence ou sénescence ? Fingersmith de Sarah Waters et le mélodrame victorien by Georges Letissier

“…But what do these updated versions of 19th century fictions tell us about the legacy of Victorian literature in the 21st century ? …”
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A Room with Two Views: An Insight into the 1985 and 2007 Film Adaptations of E. M. Forster’s Novel by Elena Raicu

“…Therefore, if we are to consider that a film adaptation presents the story as seen through the lenses of the society contemporary with the filmmaking, we can justly ask ourselves what these two adaptations of A Room with a View tell us about the last part of the 20th century and about the first years of the 21st century.…”
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The Artistic Links of Dora Pejačević and Svetislav Stančić Viewed Through the Stančić Legacy in the Library of the Academy of Music in Zagreb by Vilena Vrbanić

“…Such things, on the one hand, tell of their networking, their influences on each other, the interweaving of their lives and artistic paths. …”
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… en la oscuridad y así con velas, con mecheros, se organizaban by Amandina Quispe, Vicente Romero

“…She tells us about her experiences and livings being a woman leader of the Confederación Campesina del Perú (CCP).…”
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Résistances de femmes face aux risques de subsistance à l’île Maurice. Travail, éthique et subjectivité politique de Shakti by Colette Le Petitcorps

“…The analysis focuses on the experience of a woman who tells the story of her fight for survival, from her childhood in the plantations system to her current position in domestic service. …”
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Pastourelles : narrateur, bergère et troupeau by Charlotte Guiot

“…The Medieval Pastourelle is mostly telling about the encounter between a male narrator and a stereotypical shepherdess. …”
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Our First Ten Years of Leading With Love: Transforming Cultures Through Interdisciplinary Discourse by Riane Eisler

“… Editor-in-Chief of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies Riane Eisler writes about how much the tenth anniversary of this journal means to her. …”
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Entrevue guidée avec Catherine Teiger Cailloux by Hélène David, Esther Cloutier

“…We learn that with her first field research studies, her constant concern about creating and developing data collection methods that reveal the actual work activity was already present. …”
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Roma & Sinti Culture as Modern German Studies by Arushi Nair

“…Born in 1975, Reinhardt has used her voice in many ways to speak about her identity and represent her culture beyond the scope of the war. …”
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