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Fracture Biomechanics Of The Human Skeleton, Anne M. Kroman Aug 2007

Fracture Biomechanics Of The Human Skeleton, Anne M. Kroman

Doctoral Dissertations

Trauma analysis is a growing area of physical and forensic anthropology. The analysis of fracture patterns is useful in determining cause and manner of death, as well as making inferences about past populations. Traditionally, anthropologists have categorized bone trauma into the discrete categories of blunt, ballistic, and sharp trauma. While these descriptors provide a practical approach, anthropologists need to change the way that trauma is perceived and analysis of fractures is conducted. Bone trauma is best viewed as a continuum (rather than discrete independent categories), with the variables of force, acceleration/deceleration, and surface area of impacting interface governing the appearance …


Writing Back With Light: Postcolonial Film Adaptations Of The Literature Of Empire, Jerod R. Hollyfield May 2007

Writing Back With Light: Postcolonial Film Adaptations Of The Literature Of Empire, Jerod R. Hollyfield

Masters Theses

Since decolonization began after World War II, citizens of colonized nations have attempted to subvert the literature of empire in order to write back to their oppressors and construct national identities. With visual media, such as film, surpassing print as the dominant form of artistic communication, many artists from former colonies have begun using the film medium as another channel to forge identities for their nations. However, in the wake of a decolonized world marked by the increasing power of multinational corporations, artists desiring to write back must address not only their colonizers but also a new form of imperialism …


Shakespeare's Penitents, Lisa Marie Krekelberg May 2007

Shakespeare's Penitents, Lisa Marie Krekelberg

Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects

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The Grieving Process: Loss In British Romantic Women's Poetry, Amanda Elizabeth Sharp Apr 2007

The Grieving Process: Loss In British Romantic Women's Poetry, Amanda Elizabeth Sharp

Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects

No abstract provided.


'Golden Chalice, Good To House A God': Still Life In "The Road", Randall Wilhelm Apr 2007

'Golden Chalice, Good To House A God': Still Life In "The Road", Randall Wilhelm

Cormac McCarthy Conference

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Southern Foodways And Culture: Local Considerations And Beyond, Lisa J. Lefler Jan 2007

Southern Foodways And Culture: Local Considerations And Beyond, Lisa J. Lefler

Southern Anthropological Society Conference Proceedings

Selected Papers from the Annual Meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society, Oxford, Mississippi, February 2007


Travels Of A Country Woman, Lera Knox Jan 2007

Travels Of A Country Woman, Lera Knox

Newfound Press eBooks

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