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Topo-biographies of Women, "Austria," and Textual and Spatial Methods Open

Alison L. Booth · 2023

With evidence from Collective Biographies of Women, this paper selects examples of "Austria" to challenge assignment of nationality in women's biographies. The presentation advocates a mid-range approach to textual and spatial DH with awar…

Mary Carpenter, Frances Power Cobbe, “Noble Workers,” and Evangelical Discourse in Action Open

Alison L. Booth · 2023

Victorian activists Mary Carpenter (1807–1877) and Frances Power Cobbe (1822–1904) held different standing in their day: the international founder of reform schools, considered a devout “noble worker,” mentored the Theist journalist who is…

Gender and Psychological Pressure in Competitive Environments: A Laboratory‐based Experiment Open

Alison L. Booth, Patrick J. Nolen · 2022

Gender differences in paid performance have been found in many laboratory‐based competitive experiments. They have been attributed to men and women responding differently to psychological pressure. To explore this further, we conducted a l…

Girls’ and boys’ performance in competitions: What we can learn from a Korean quiz show Open

Alison L. Booth, Jungmin Lee · 2021

Trade Unions and the Welfare of Rural-Urban Migrant Workers in China Open

Alison L. Booth, Richard B. Freeman, Xin Meng, James Zhang · 2021

Using a panel survey, the authors investigate how the welfare of rural-urban migrant workers in China is affected by trade union presence at the workplace. Controlling for individual fixed effects, they find the following. Relative to work…

Gender and Psychological Pressure in Competitive Environments Open

Alison L. Booth, Patrick J. Nolen · 2021

Gender Differences in Tournament Performance Over Time: Can Women Catch-Up with Men? Open

Alison L. Booth, Ryohei Hayashi, Eiji Yamamura · 2019

We investigate the evolution over time of gender differences in single-sex and mixed-sex tournaments, using field data from the Japanese Speedboat Racing Association (JSRA). The JSRA randomly assigned individuals into single-sex and mixed-…

Digital Literary Studies Syllabus Open

Alison L. Booth, Brandon Walsh · 2019

The syllabus for a graduate course on "Digital Literary Studies" taught in the UVA English department. Course was co-taught and co-constructed by Alison Booth and Brandon Walsh.

Girls' and Boys' Performance in Competitions: What We Can Learn from a Korean Quiz Show Open

Alison L. Booth, Jungmin Lee · 2019

6. "God was cruel when he made women" : Felix Holt and The Years Open

Alison L. Booth · 2018

compares The Years, "possibly the best" of Woolf's novels, to The Forsyte Saga (132, 142).Fleishman deplores the resemblance to such popular fiction (Woolf 172).Almost alone, Daiches praises The Years as an advance on the experiments in Mr…

Introduction: The Great Woman Writer, the Canon, and Feminist Tradition Open

Alison L. Booth · 2018

herself a descendant of literary Victorians, records Woolf's mimicry of a Victorian voice: /1 'Is this a great age?' [Woolf would ask] or, 'can there be Grand Old Women of literature, or only Grand Old Men?I think I shall prepare to be the…

Works Cited Open

Alison L. Booth · 2018

3. Eliot and Woolf as Historians of the Common Life Open

Alison L. Booth · 2018

7. "The Ancient Consciousness of Woman": A Feminist Archaeology of Daniel Deronda and Between the Acts Open

Alison L. Booth · 2018

1 . Something to Do: The Ideology o f Influence and the Context of Contemporary Feminism Open

Alison L. Booth · 2018

Feminist critics have turned eagerly to both Eliot and Woolf as magnificent contradictions of all those prohibitions against women in the sanctum of art-"Women can't paint, women can't write," says Charles Tansley to Lily Briscoe (TL 75)-y…

5. Trespassing in Cultural History: The Heroines of Romola and Orlando Open

Alison L. Booth · 2018

The Heroines of Romola and Orlando Eliot and Woolf claim the significance of every element of ordinary life in a history less exclusive than the tradition of masterpieces or the pantheon of great men.In practice, however, their own narrati…

Greatness Engendered Open

Alison L. Booth · 2018

The egotism that fuels the desire for greatness has been associated exclusively with men, according to one feminist view; yet many women cannot suppress the need to strive for greatness. In this forceful and compelling book, Alison Booth t…

Notes on Contributors Open

Kirstie Blair, Ilana M. Blumberg, Rosemarie Bodenheimer, Alison L. Booth, Patrick Brantlinger , et al. · 2018

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The Intergenerational Behavioural Consequences of a Socio-Political Upheaval Open

Alison L. Booth, Xin Meng, Elliott Fan, Dandan Zhang · 2018

The Intergenerational Behavioural Consequences of a Socio-Political Upheaval Open

Alison L. Booth, Xin Meng, Elliott Fan, Dandan Zhang · 2018

Social scientists have long been interested in the effects of social-political upheavals on a society subsequently. A priori, we would expect that, when traumas are brought about by outsiders, within-group behaviour would become more colla…

Performance in Mixed-Sex and Single-Sex Tournaments: What We Can Learn from Speedboat Races in Japan Open

Alison L. Booth, Eiji Yamamura · 2016

Gender Differences in Willingness to Compete: The Role of Culture and Institutions Open

Alison L. Booth, Elliott Fan, Xin Meng, Dandan Zhang · 2016

BadgeLAB Leeds : Exploring Open Badges for the Arts. Research and Development Report. Open

Alison L. Booth, Laurie Garrison, Tim Riches, Andy Dearden, Ian Glover , et al. · 2015

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