Bc. Zuzana Lomjanská

Master's thesis

Towards a New Feminine Ideal: Sinful Beauties Mae West and Bessie Smith

Towards a New Feminine Ideal: Sinful Beauties Mae West and Bessie Smith
Abstract:
My thesis deals with the changes in perception of female beauty during the 1920s and examines the reasons for a rather dramatic shift in attitudes towards women’s social role. The Roaring Twenties was a period of two female revolutions. While white women felt the necessity to disentangle themselves from the restrictions of Victorian morality, black women stood in need of breaking the stereotypes created …more
Abstract:
My thesis deals with the changes in perception of female beauty during the 1920s and examines the reasons for a rather dramatic shift in attitudes towards women’s social role. The Roaring Twenties was a period of two female revolutions. While white women felt the necessity to disentangle themselves from the restrictions of Victorian morality, black women stood in need of breaking the stereotypes created …more
 
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 30. 4. 2009

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 18. 6. 2009
  • Supervisor: Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Prajznerová, M.A.

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Masaryk University

Faculty of Arts

Master programme / field:
Teacher Training for Secondary Schools / Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature