Writing from the spirit, writing from the soul: Five nineteenth century American women writers as purveyors of spirituality and feminism

Writing from the Spirit, Writing from the Soul: Five Nineteenth Century American Women Writers focuses on the fiction writing of Fanny Fern (Ruth Hall), Harriet Wilson (Our Nig), Rebecca Harding Davis (Margret Howth), Frances E. W. Harper (Iola Leroy), and Kate Chopin (The Awakening). Each writer is studied through her life and through the women characters she writes to come to an understanding of how each author uses her unique sense of spirituality and her unique life experiences to formulate a picture of women\u27s life and experiences in nineteenth century America; The concept of writing from the spirit and writing from the soul is explored with each writer and her work in much the same way that French feminist critics of modern day have explored women\u27s writing from the standpoint of l\u27ecriture feminine. This work takes off on the ideas of the French feminists to deepen an understanding of the uniqueness and validity of women\u27s writing, especially women writers of the past century. Biographical, historical, social, and theological considerations constitute the basis of this study

Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe: E‐Books Changed Our Workflow

As the popularity and sheer number of e‐books increased, it became evident that our existing process or workflow for acquiring and cataloging them would need some modification. This presentation will explain how the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries Technical Services implemented changes in workflow for ordering and cataloging e‐books. Including the topics of technology, user expectations, and getting reference librarians on board, we’ll cover the why of e‐books, what has gone well, and where we go from here

Culture on the Rise: How and Why Cultural Membership Promotes Democratic Politics

Selectively using Tocqueville, many social scientists suggest that civic participation increases democracy. We go beyond this neo-Tocquevillian model in three ways. First, to capture broader political and economic transformations, we consider different types of participation; results change if we analyze separate participation arenas. Some are declining, but a dramatic finding is the rise of arts and culture. Second, to assess impacts of participation, we study more dimensions of democrat ic politics, including distinct norms of citizenship and their associated political repertoires. Third, by analy zing global International S ocial Survey Programme and World Values Survey data, we identify dramatic subcultural differences: the Tocquevillian model is positive, negative, or zero in differen t subcultures and contexts that we explicate

Non-cationic proteins are associated with HIV neutralizing activity in genital secretions of female sex workers.

CAPRISA, 2015.Abstract available in pdf