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Unsafe: Sex And Death In Contemporary Gay Culture, Wiiliam Dustin Parrott
Unsafe: Sex And Death In Contemporary Gay Culture, Wiiliam Dustin Parrott
Masters Theses
This thesis examines the role of sex and death in contemporary gay male culture, particularly focusing on issues surrounding HIV/AIDS and “safe sex” practices, specifically bug-chasing. By analyzing relevant literature and public discourse the topic of bug-chasing, or intentional pursuit of HIV sero-conversion, is placed in appropriate context. The work of Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, and Leo Bersani is employed in order to frame bug-chasing as a means of radical sexual self-determination which attempts to transcend the bonds of the administered bourgeois self, and ultimately results in an act of will akin to Martin Heidegger’s being-towards-death.
Empress' Story, Brandy Michelle Yates
Empress' Story, Brandy Michelle Yates
Masters Theses
Empress' Story is a creative thesis written by Brandy Michelle Yates in partial fulfillment of the Master of Arts in English degree. Empress' Story explores four days in Empress' adolescent life in which her best friend, Roni, is raped by a deacon in the church they both attend. Empress' Story is not a coming-of-age story; instead, it focuses upon race, gender, rape, and religion in a small Southern town. The way the town handles the rape of Roni is an example of the social context and stigma that surround the deeply personal actualization of people and their actions. This thesis …
Four Stories, Brendan James O'Farrell
Four Stories, Brendan James O'Farrell
Masters Theses
This is a collection of short stories unified by themes of family and friendship, those intransigent bonds that persist despite our best wishes. A personal essay that explains my relationship with writing and outlines my literary influences precedes the collection.
Writing Back With Light: Postcolonial Film Adaptations Of The Literature Of Empire, Jerod R. Hollyfield
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 …
A Costly Toll For Friendship: Material Rhetoric And The Oak Ridge International Friendship Bell, Jamie Elizabeth Farley
A Costly Toll For Friendship: Material Rhetoric And The Oak Ridge International Friendship Bell, Jamie Elizabeth Farley
Masters Theses
This study presents a rhetorical analysis of the International Friendship Bell in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, with particular attention to how it relates to the World War II Manhattan Project. The rhetorical theories of identification, presence, and civic religion elucidated by Kenneth Burke, Chaїm Perelman and Lucie Olbrechts-Tyteca, and Gregory Clark, respectively, provide a theoretical amalgamation by which we can view and study the material object of the bell. As we use this combined theory to scaffold a rhetorical analysis of the bell, we discover several important ways in which the object of the bell, and its surrounding controversy, illustrate the …
The Buried, The Wasted, The Lost: Six Stories And Six Snapshots, Emily E. Thompson
The Buried, The Wasted, The Lost: Six Stories And Six Snapshots, Emily E. Thompson
Masters Theses
This is a collection of short stories unified by themes of loss, confusion and desperation. It is preceded by a personal essay that outlines my literary influences and how and why I write.
Sang The Sun, Katherine Martin Williams
Sang The Sun, Katherine Martin Williams
Masters Theses
This novel is not about a man who knows exactly what he wants out of life. This novel does not have a readily identifiable narrative arc with characters who have readily identifiable motives compelling their actions. This novel is about a man, who despite having all kinds of outward signs of success, cannot figure out why he must leave it all to find something else in another place. Even after he’s found it, he’s not even sure what it is. In short, this novel is about real life.
The Medieval Influences Of Shakespeare’S Richard Iii: Morality Plays, Miracle Plays, And The Chronicles, Elizabeth Jane Shelley
The Medieval Influences Of Shakespeare’S Richard Iii: Morality Plays, Miracle Plays, And The Chronicles, Elizabeth Jane Shelley
Masters Theses
There are many striking similarities between Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of King Richard III and several types of medieval works. The morality play genre is most distinctly represented by Richard’s representation as the Vice, a popular figure first characterized as the devil’s helper who eventually eclipsed the devil and became the sole figure of evil. Riehard also shares characteristics with the miracle or mystery play figures of Cain and Herod, figures who commit evil deeds and are rightly punished by God. Shakespeare was also strongly influenced by the chronicle accounts of Raphael Holinshed and Edward Hall, who base their accounts of …
To The Beat Of A Different Drum: Inside The Mind Of An "Aspie", Kristopher Allyn Jones
To The Beat Of A Different Drum: Inside The Mind Of An "Aspie", Kristopher Allyn Jones
Masters Theses
No abstract provided.
In The Middle Of Somewhere, Lisa Anne Walker
Holding Her Hand, Chris Ellen Lamb
Rocking The Kenyan Cradle: Colonial Conditioning In Ngugi Wa Thiongo's Njamba Nene Stories, Jonathan Moore
Rocking The Kenyan Cradle: Colonial Conditioning In Ngugi Wa Thiongo's Njamba Nene Stories, Jonathan Moore
Masters Theses
No abstract provided.
Punk'd Lives: Or, The Effects Of White Folks, Black Folks, And Breeders On Punks, Maurice L. Tracy
Punk'd Lives: Or, The Effects Of White Folks, Black Folks, And Breeders On Punks, Maurice L. Tracy
Masters Theses
No abstract provided.
Color-Blind Or Seeing White: A Pedagogical Approach To Critical Whiteness Studies, Rebekah K. Volk
Color-Blind Or Seeing White: A Pedagogical Approach To Critical Whiteness Studies, Rebekah K. Volk
Masters Theses
No abstract provided.
The Myth, Paul Meske
Comfort Food, Anita Zimmerman
Home Invasions: Victorian Domestic Space And The Figure Of The Outsider, Kathleen Rodems
Home Invasions: Victorian Domestic Space And The Figure Of The Outsider, Kathleen Rodems
Masters Theses
No abstract provided.
Black, White, And Gray: The Veiled Politics Of Race And Slavery In Antebellum Literature, Emily Ramage
Black, White, And Gray: The Veiled Politics Of Race And Slavery In Antebellum Literature, Emily Ramage
Masters Theses
No abstract provided.
The Search For Authentic Identity In Three Novels By West Indian Author Earl Lovelace, Todd A. Cornwell
The Search For Authentic Identity In Three Novels By West Indian Author Earl Lovelace, Todd A. Cornwell
Masters Theses
No abstract provided.
The Interdialect Approach To Second Dialect Acquisition: Theory, Process, And Results, Shauna K. Cromwell
The Interdialect Approach To Second Dialect Acquisition: Theory, Process, And Results, Shauna K. Cromwell
Masters Theses
No abstract provided.
The Philosophical Quest Of Tom Joad In The Grapes Of Wrath, Eun-Young Lim
The Philosophical Quest Of Tom Joad In The Grapes Of Wrath, Eun-Young Lim
Masters Theses
No abstract provided.
Brasil With An S: A Memoir, Lee Isaacson Roll