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Scottish And Irish Elements Of Appalachian Fiddle Music, Matthew S. Emmick
Scottish And Irish Elements Of Appalachian Fiddle Music, Matthew S. Emmick
Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection
This paper is designed to serve as a general introduction to the topic and is not meant to be a definitive resource. The ideas presented here deal with general characteristics which serve as a basis for comparison of the three fiddle styles. A more in-depth study which examines stylistic traits peculiar to small geographic regions within Scotland, Ireland, and Appalachia is needed to give a more complete picture of the Celtic influence on the fiddle traditions of the Southern mountains.
The Survival Of The Three Original U.S. Television Networks Into The Twenty-First Century As Diverse Broadcast Programming Sources, Don Robert Fitzpatrick
The Survival Of The Three Original U.S. Television Networks Into The Twenty-First Century As Diverse Broadcast Programming Sources, Don Robert Fitzpatrick
Graduate Thesis Collection
The economic viability of the three original U. S . television networks, ABC, CBS, and NBC, is threatened by emerging competition, excessive regulation, and the proliferation of new broadcasting and telecommunications technologies. This is a significant problem because United States viewers have depended upon free, diverse, broadcast television programming for more than forty years. This programming has traditionally been provided to viewers at no charge, unlike costly pay-per-view, direct broadcast satellite systems, cable television, backyard or rooftop television satellite receiving dishes, video programming via the Regional Bell Operating Companies (video Dialtone), wide and local area computer networks, or the Internet. …
Flight And Hand Imagery, Jennifer L. Fosnough-Osburn
Flight And Hand Imagery, Jennifer L. Fosnough-Osburn
Graduate Thesis Collection
This paper will fill in the gaps in the current criticism regarding Toni Morrison's use of flight imagery and will also introduce a parallel line of criticism regarding Morrison's narrative focus on hands and hand gestures, an important and overlapping phenomenon in her novels. This phenomenon serves to elucidate Morrison's larger ideological project, in which she points out the core of one's life is creativity. Flight imagery and hand gestures work together to show a progression in Morrison's novels; thus, they must be considered together in order to completely comprehend characters and their actions as Morrison had intended.