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1、StatementofPurpose:Pleasedescribeyouraptitudeandmotivationforgraduatestudyinyourareaofspecialization,includingyourpreparationforthisfieldofstudy,youracademicplansorresearchinterestsinyourchosenareaofstudy,andyourfuturecareergoals.PleasebespecificaboutwhyUCBerkeleywouldbeagoodintelle
2、ctualfitforyou.ThewriterofthestatementbelowwasadmittedintoUCBerkeley'sHistoryDepartment.Withherpermission,Ireprintheressayparsedwithmycommentaryaboutwhyitworksasawinningessay.12"Lusciousfareisthejewelofinordinatedesires,"cautionstheauthorofTheGentlewoman'sCompanion(1673),oneofmanyea
3、rlymodernconductbooksIsurveyedthispastyearforanhonorsthesisentitled"'Chaste,Silent,and3Hungry':TheProblemofFemaleAppetiteinEarlyModernEngland,1550-1700."Asindicatedbythetitle,thisprojectexploresaprovocativebutasofyetscarcelystudiedfacetofearlymoderngenderconstructions:femalefood4des
4、ire.Iusetheword"desire"hereratherdeliberately,asearlymoderndefinitionsofappetiteextendedwellbeyondthephysiologicaldrivetoeattoencompassallthosephysical(andshameful)longingsassociatedwiththebody.And,inaculturewherewomenwerebydefinitionimmoderateandsensual,femalefoodappetite,Iargue,5c
5、onstitutedanunrulydesirethatdemandedbothsocialandmoraldiscipline.Inbrief,myresearchconcernsthepatriarchalcontrolofwomen'sbodiesinsixteenthandseventeenth-centuryEnglandvis-à-visaculturalideaabout6fooddesireandsatiationassuggestiveandimmodest.Inlieuofaformalintroductionofmyresearchint
6、erestsandaspirationsIofferasummaryofmyseniorthesis,whichearnedmethe2003Chancellor'sAwardforExcellenceinUndergraduateResearchattheUniversityofCalifornia,7Davis.Thisfirstventureintoserioushistoricalscholarshiphasaffirmedmypassionforearlymoderncultureandhistory;andithasgivenmetheconfid
7、encetoassertandcontestmyopinionsregardingthestatusofwomeninearly8modernEuropeandthecurrentstateofearlymodernhistoriography.Continuingalongtheseavenuesofresearchingraduateschool,Iwouldliketousemythesisasthebasisforafuturedissertation.ThoughIremainwaryabout9committingmyselfprematurely
8、toaspecifictopicofr
