http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 https://escholarship.org/uc/csw_feministresearch/rss Recent eScholarship items from Working Papers in Feminist Research Sat, 13 Jun 2026 04:32:24 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0w62h4dp <p>This article focuses on the Rape Shield Laws and their evolution in the United States, one of the pioneers in this field. The article also discusses constitutional and feminist critiques of present Rape Shield Laws, and ends with a comparative perspective throughout the Anglo-American legal space today. Finally, although the Rape Shield Laws can be approached from a variety of discourses, this article engages specifically with a discourse that intersects legal and feminist analyses.</p> https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0w62h4dp Fri, 8 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000 Roman, Denise https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8kr6w6zk <p>It is in the domain of cultural studies to critique icons that delineate models of behavior and beliefs represented in films, movies, music, print and television. The media “provides modern morality tales that demonstrate right and wrong behavior, that show what to do and what not to do, that indicate what is or is not the ‘right thing’.” (Kellner, l995, p. 162) The TV Jewish Mother is a media archetype whose depictions represent the ambiguity that 21st Century American culture promulgates about the role of mothering. By doing a diagnostic critique of the Jewish Mother, so often stereotypically characterized on TV, one discovers that, for the most part, she is a devouringly negative, albeit loving presence in her child’s life...</p> https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8kr6w6zk Wed, 10 Dec 2003 00:00:00 +0000 Hant, Myrna