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The Ghosts That Haunt Us : Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's Stories Of The Supernatural, Sally E. Corran
The Ghosts That Haunt Us : Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's Stories Of The Supernatural, Sally E. Corran
Doctoral Dissertations
This dissertation focuses on Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's short stories of the supernatural in which he emphasizes the presence of forces beyond human knowledge and control. Using Todorov's notion of the fantastic and Freud's notion of the uncanny,I Argue that Le Fanu presents spiritual, historical, and psychological forces as supernatural in order to warn his readers that there are powers in the material world working in ways that cannot be explained by science or rationalism.Le Fanu challenges the increasing rationalism and materialism of the nineteenth century by creating stories that leave readers questioning the veracity of events depicted,the reliability of …
Individual Support For Violent Group Action : Why People Lend Support To Nationalist Paramilitary Movements, Daniel Masters
Individual Support For Violent Group Action : Why People Lend Support To Nationalist Paramilitary Movements, Daniel Masters
Doctoral Dissertations
This study is designed to analyze potential solutions to the collective action problem. The collective action problem refers to the social dilemma that individuals face when deciding between short-term individual interests and long-term group goals. The assumption is that individual interests are likely to outweigh those of the group. Thus, in order to resolve the dilemma researchers are forced to seek out solutions that identify different factors that will entice the individual to sacrifice their short-term interest in favor of group goals. This study analyzed this question within the context of nationalist rebellion, and focused on three potential explanations. The …
The Affinity Of South Carolina's "Gullah" African Americans : Biological Tests Of Cultural And Historical Hypothesis, Nikki L. Rogers
The Affinity Of South Carolina's "Gullah" African Americans : Biological Tests Of Cultural And Historical Hypothesis, Nikki L. Rogers
Doctoral Dissertations
This study examines the specific African ancestry of the "Gullah" African Americans of Lowcountry South Carolina. The proximate goal was to use biological data from Lowcountry populations to test the conclusions of previous cultural, historical, and linguistic research. The ultimate goal was to further knowledge of complex diseases prevalent in African American populations. When ancestral populations are correctly identified, medical researchers can target the most informative comparative populations for studies of genetic and environmental causes of disease. The proposed Lowcountry/Sierra Leone relationship promoted by Opala (1987) generated new interest and pride in Gullah/Geechee heritage. However, other African connections to the …