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Hoppin' Down The Bunny Trail: Behind The Banishment Of Walt Disney's Song Of The South In Search Of Uncle Remus, Michael Galiano
Hoppin' Down The Bunny Trail: Behind The Banishment Of Walt Disney's Song Of The South In Search Of Uncle Remus, Michael Galiano
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
This study is an informative discussion on the history behind Walt Disney's film, Song of the South, based on the Uncle Remus tales originally written by Joel Chandler Harris, which will be addressed in Chapter One. Chapter Two elaborates on the methods within the vehicles of two distinct media versions in two different time periods as the problematic source of perception. Chapter Three relates why this is due to cultural sensitivities pertaining to the film and the suggested media guidelines by minority organizations that have gained power since the Civil Rights movement. Chapter Four discusses the historical data showing the …
Adrift, Alexis Wiggins
Adrift, Alexis Wiggins
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
Adrift is a novel about Telemaka Miller, a beautiful young woman who cannot say no to men as a result of her father's abandoning her when she was young. Loosely based on Homer's epic poem The Odyssey (in which Odysseus' son, Telemakos, sets out to look for his lost father), the novel traces Telemaka's search for her father through an endless string of lovers. The novel opens in 2005, when Telemaka is in her late twenties, and works its way backward through her twenties, teens, and adolescence to the moment in her childhood when her father left the family.
Voices Behind Bars: Correctional Education From The Perspective Of The Prisoner Student, Renee Hall
Voices Behind Bars: Correctional Education From The Perspective Of The Prisoner Student, Renee Hall
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
Approximately two million men and women are currently incarcerated in the nation's penitentiaries. Ninety percent of these inmates will eventually be released from prison. There is a need for prisons to provide services that will prepare these men and women for successful reentry into society. These services include education and vocational training. To determine the effectiveness of education/training, the perspective of the prisoner student is key to the field of correctional education. The voice of the prisoner student, however, is absent from the literature on prisoner education. This qualitative study examined the thoughts, feelings, experiences, and plans/goals of prisoner students …
Turn: Essays On Growing Up, Lauren R. Rice
Turn: Essays On Growing Up, Lauren R. Rice
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
Turn is a collection of personal essays that loosely focus on what it means to become an adult. The topics of the essays range from crushes to dog walking, from weddings to working at a New Orleans snoball stand. The essays deal with how much more complicated the world turned out to be than as a child I expected.
Word Blind, Douglas Bradburd
Word Blind, Douglas Bradburd
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
Following a referenced and annotated introduction that discusses the author's poetics, 'word blind' includes thirty of the author's current poems.
Creating The Role Of Dabby Bryant In Timberlake Wertenbaker's Our Country's Good, Tiffany Patrick
Creating The Role Of Dabby Bryant In Timberlake Wertenbaker's Our Country's Good, Tiffany Patrick
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this thesis is to create the character of Dabby Bryant in Timberlake Wertenbaker's Our Country's Good, which was selected for the third production in the University of New Orleans' 2004-2005 theatre season. The steps involved in creating Dabby Bryant's character involve using specific methods as outlined by the Acting Program of UNO as well as the text A Practical Handbook for the Actor by Melissa Bruder, et. al. I also utilized specific instructions from the director of the production, David Hoover, also my major professor. I also had to use the novel The Playmaker by Thomas Keneally …