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Gendered processes of recruitment to elite higher educational institutions in mid‐twentieth century Britain

Gender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article uses rare and detailed data on matriculants to the University of Oxford during the middle decades of the twentieth century as a prism through which to consider gendered processes of recruitment to elite institutions. The article makes four key claims. First, the broader shifts in middle‐class women's labour market participation in
Eve Worth, Naomi Muggleton, Aaron Reeves
wiley   +1 more source

Advances and Applications of Bionic Design and Functional Integration in Underwater Soft Grippers. [PDF]

Polymers (Basel)
Xiang C, Sun H, Wu T, Chen Y, Wang Y, Zou T.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Scandalisation, gender and space in ancient Rome: The case of Cicero and Clodia

Gender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article analyses the public attack on Clodia Metelli, a Roman aristocratic woman, by the orator Marcus Tullius Cicero in a trial in 56 BCE. Drawing on modern scandal theory, this article analyses how Cicero uses scandal dynamics to turn Clodia, the witness in the case, into the culprit.
Muriel Moser
wiley   +1 more source

An unfinished Pompeian construction site reveals ancient Roman building technology. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Vaserman E, Weaver JC, Hayhow C, Bergmann K, Grifa C, Scalesse R, Amoretti V, Russo A, Iovino G, Zuchtriegel G, Masic A.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The agency of a marmalade machine: Gender, class and mechanical gadgets in the British Kitchen, c.1870–1938

Gender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores the marmalade machine, a mechanical device designed to slice orange peel. These niche objects were manufactured between roughly 1870 and 1938 in Britain. As a so‐called ‘labour‐saving’ gadget, the marmalade machine sliced orange peel quickly and effectively, removing the tedious process of slicing orange peel by hand ...
Katie Carpenter
wiley   +1 more source

Civility, honour and male aggression in early modern English jestbooks

Gender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article discusses the comical representation of inter‐male violence within early modern English jestbooks. It is based on a rigorous survey of the genre, picking out common themes and anecdotes, as well as discussing their reception and sociable functions. Previous scholarship has focused on patriarchs, subversive youths and impoliteness.
Tim Somers
wiley   +1 more source

Imputation of ancient canid genomes reveals inbreeding history over the past 10,000 years. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Bougiouri K, Aninta SG, Charlton S, Harris AC, Petr M, Carmagnini A, Piličiauskienė G, Feuerborn TR, Scarsbrook L, Tabbada K, Blaževičius P, Parker HG, Gopalakrishnan S, Larson G, Ostrander EA, Irving-Pease EK, Frantz LAF, Racimo F.   +17 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Haunting the Historiography of Slaves in South Asia from the nineteenth century to the present

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using both English and Urdu‐language records, this article traces the career of a few African and Afro‐Asian women slaves in the household‐state of Awadh during the first half of the nineteenth century. Focusing on the same records, this article compares a master‐poet's recognition of the motherhood of the African and Afro‐Asian slaves to the ...
Indrani Chatterjee
wiley   +1 more source

A Ceramic Study of Virginia Archeology

, 2017
Clifford Evans
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Valéria, an ancestral archeology: mythical matriarchal protagonism in the Serra de Parintins, Amazonas

, 2020
Naia Maria Guerreiro Dias, http://lattes.cnpq.br/5148044834240281   +1 more
openalex   +1 more source