This study investigates the agency of women in the Tang Dynasty through Pierre Bourdieu’s theoretical framework of agency and capital, using three female figurines from the Shaanxi History Museum as primary objects of analysis. Depicting women in elaborate makeup, on horseback, and in men’s clothing, these figurines are examined through narrative analysis as storied cultural... more

This article examines the reproduction of sexist and anti-feminist discourses in contemporary Greek chick-lit through a critical discourse analysis of ten novels by Chrysiida Dimoulidou and Lena Manta. Situating the genre within post-feminist and neoliberal cultural contexts, the study interrogates how linguistic, discursive and narrative strategies construct and normalize restrictive conceptions of femininity and masculinities... more

When discussing artistic improvisation, effectiveness is generally dismissed for at least two main reasons. On the one hand, an improviser cannot anticipate the appropriate means to achieve an end that, by definition, they do not set in advance—hence the inherent risk of failure. On the other hand, an improviser does not aim to showcase their... more