中西合璧的“圣女”——《典型的美国佬》中特蕾萨的性格分析

美籍华裔女作家任璧莲的代表作《典型的美国佬》中的特蕾萨,既保留了中国人的勤奋、善良和强烈的家庭责任感,又吸收了西方人坚强独立、勇于追求的开拓精神。东西方的文化和价值观念在她的身上得到融合,尽管不十分完美,但却令人充满期待。任碧莲试图通过这一人物,表达她对物欲横流的美国社会现状的批判和对“美国梦”的质疑,唤起人们对于亲情的眷恋和真情的渴望。     

A herstory of public relations: Teresa Dorn,from Scott Cutlip to Burson-Marsteller Europe (1974–1995)

ABSTRACT

This research concentrates on Teresa Dorn’s contributions to the history/herstory of public relations through the analysis of her first 20 years in the profession, 15 of which were devoted to making Burson-Marsteller a prominent multinational company in Spain and Europe. The study explores the process of how Burson-Marsteller became one of the top consultancies in a country with a newly established democracy through the report of a life history. This methodology leads to a better understanding of when, why, and how the first international consultancy was settled in Spain and succeeded under the guidance of an American female practitioner.     

Women and the Nobel Prize for peace

The Nobel Prize for Peace has been awarded for over 100 years. While the formal criteria for selection have not changed, there has been an evolution in the kind of choices made. To better understand those choices I have grouped individual winners into five distinct categories. The two largest groups are national leaders working within the international legal system and peace activists. The other three are: opponents capable of exercising force who agree to stop using it; individuals pursuing justice, freedom and/or rights nonviolently as a prelude to peace; and those offering selfless service. Some winners have focused on ending conflict. This kind of peace is sometimes called `negative'. Others have sought a `positive' peace, one based on justice. While at least one woman falls into each of the categories, those which involve the application of law and/or force have only one woman each. Women are primarily peace activists. They won in ten of the seventy-one years that individuals won. Three won in the first fifty years. There was then a thirty-year hiatus, but since 1976 eight women have been winners. They vary in nationality, age and class, but in only one case did the individual work through well-established institutions. Most acted either as individuals or were founding participants in new organizations.