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Marvin The Martian, Godzilla, And Other Purveyors Of Atomic Destruction, Bethany Underhill
Marvin The Martian, Godzilla, And Other Purveyors Of Atomic Destruction, Bethany Underhill
History in the Making
“Marvin the Martian, Godzilla, and other Purveyors of Atomic Destruction” examines the cultural impact of atomic testing as represented in popular culture. Children’s media, specifically served as a rich source of examples of atomic testing as presented to the general public. Research exposed a trend concerning to attitude toward atomic testing, and how this cultural attitude changed over time. This shift in attitude directly connects to the events surrounding a specific atomic test the Bravo Test in the Castle series. The context of the Castle Bravo test reveals the motivations for this change in attitude. The research encompasses an examination …
Film Review: Lincoln (2012), Members Of The Csusb History Club
Film Review: Lincoln (2012), Members Of The Csusb History Club
History in the Making
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Depressed & Dis-Eased: Storytelling, Melancholia And The Rhetorical Affordances Of Affect, Carlee Franklin
Depressed & Dis-Eased: Storytelling, Melancholia And The Rhetorical Affordances Of Affect, Carlee Franklin
Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations
Because racial oppression is often internalized, this thesis examines literature written by POC about protagonists of color struggling with depression. The pieces are Gwendolyn Brooks’ Maud Martha, Haruki Murakami’s “Tony Takitani,” and Junot Diaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Using literary concepts informed by Black feminist theory, decolonial theory, and affect studies, as well as rhetorical frameworks of silence and listening, this thesis attempts to better understand how the relationship between depression and racial oppression work to color the life expectancy and perspectives of depressed people of color
Film Review: 12 Years A Slave (2013), Lauren Kirschke, Jasmin Gonzalez, Moriah Schnose, Haley Carter
Film Review: 12 Years A Slave (2013), Lauren Kirschke, Jasmin Gonzalez, Moriah Schnose, Haley Carter
History in the Making
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Film Review: 42 (2013), Alexandra Martin
Film Review: The Attack (2012), Complex Issues Through A Cameras Lens, Steven Anthony
Film Review: The Attack (2012), Complex Issues Through A Cameras Lens, Steven Anthony
History in the Making
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