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Open AccessPublished: 3 September 2026

Women’s Work as a Cultural Representation: Gendered Constructions in 20th-Century Greek Song Lyrics

Michael Tsangaris

Cultural Arts Research and Development · 1-22 · 10.55121/card.v6i3.102438

This study examines the representation of female identity and its relationship to the concept of work in twentieth-century Greek popular song from a media and communication studies perspective. Although structural and legal advancements throughout the twentieth century gradually redefined women’s position in Greek society, popul

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Open AccessPublished: 28 January 2026

Negotiating Autonomy: A Narrative Analysis of Women’s Agency and Capital during the Tang Dynasty in Chinese History

Jing Hou, Xiaoming Tian, Zeyu Zhang

Cultural Arts Research and Development · 1-14 · 10.55121/card.v6i1.1017

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

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Open AccessPublished: 20 June 2026

Representation of the European Woman as an Intercultural Agent in the Western Film Genre: Archetypal and Genre Analysis

Olga Kosachova

Cultural Arts Research and Development · 71-104 · 10.55121/card.v6i2.101915

The Western film genre has long functioned as a marker of American identity, and recent cinematic trends increasingly foreground female protagonists, particularly European women as intercultural agents within frontier narratives. This study investigates the intersection of mythology, archetypes, and Westerns, focusing on the way

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Open AccessPublished: 2 February 2026

‘Same Old Stories’: Sexist and Anti-Feminist Discourses in Greek Chick-Lit

Vangelis Liotzis

Cultural Arts Research and Development · 15-32 · 10.55121/card.v6i1.682

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

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Open AccessPublished: 29 April 2022

Lucy as A ‘Rising Character’: Character Analysis of Lucy Snowe of Charlotte Brontë’s Villette

Aruna

Cultural Arts Research and Development · 22-26 · 10.55121/card.v2i1.19

In Villette, Charlotte Brontë portrays a woman’s growth in an incredibly subtle way. Her heroine goes through a lonely and painful process from awakening to transformation. Lucy Snowe possess inner strength and she rises out of difficult circumstances --- suffering, seeking, surviving and finding her career. Charlotte’s insights

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