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Foreign Affairs! That's For People Who Don't Have To Work To Make A Living, Edmund F. Wehrle Sep 2010

Foreign Affairs! That's For People Who Don't Have To Work To Make A Living, Edmund F. Wehrle

Edmund F. Wehrle

No abstract provided.


Review: Alan Hardy, Anne Dodd, Graham D. Keevill, Et Al., Aelfric's Abbey: Excavations At Eynsham Abbey, Oxfordshire, 1989-92., Bailey K. Young Jan 2010

Review: Alan Hardy, Anne Dodd, Graham D. Keevill, Et Al., Aelfric's Abbey: Excavations At Eynsham Abbey, Oxfordshire, 1989-92., Bailey K. Young

Bailey K. Young

No abstract provided.


Ecofeminism And Experiential Learning: Taking The Risks Of Activism Seriously, Jeannie Ludlow Jan 2010

Ecofeminism And Experiential Learning: Taking The Risks Of Activism Seriously, Jeannie Ludlow

Jeannie Ludlow

No abstract provided.


On The Trail Of The First Professional Female Detectives In British Fiction, Dagni A. Bredesen Jan 2010

On The Trail Of The First Professional Female Detectives In British Fiction, Dagni A. Bredesen

Dagni A. Bredesen

No abstract provided.


Review: Wasperton: A Roman, British And Anglo-Saxon Community In Central England, Martin Carver, Ed., Bailey K. Young Jan 2010

Review: Wasperton: A Roman, British And Anglo-Saxon Community In Central England, Martin Carver, Ed., Bailey K. Young

Bailey K. Young

No abstract provided.


Prayer And Subjective Well-Being: An Examination Of Six Different Types Of Prayer, Bramdon L. Whittington, Steven J. Scher Jan 2010

Prayer And Subjective Well-Being: An Examination Of Six Different Types Of Prayer, Bramdon L. Whittington, Steven J. Scher

Steven J. Scher

Participants (N = 430) were recruited online and completed a measure of six prayer types (adoration, confession, thanksgiving, supplication, reception, and obligatory prayer). Measures of subjective well-being (self-esteem, optimism, meaning in life, satisfaction with life) were also administered. Three forms of prayer (adoration, thanksgiving, reception) had consistently positive relations with well-being measures, whereas the other three forms of prayer had negative or null relations with the well-being measures. The prayer types having positive effects appear to be less ego-focused, and more focused on God, whereas the negative types have an opposite nature. These results highlight the role of psychological meaning …


The (Inter)Active Soap Opera Viewer: Fantastic Practices & Mediated Communities, Melissa R. Ames Jan 2010

The (Inter)Active Soap Opera Viewer: Fantastic Practices & Mediated Communities, Melissa R. Ames

Melissa A. Ames

In today’s cultural realm, everything exists within a hierarchy of sorts – fandom has not escaped this process of judgmental ranking and social stratification. Admitting to be a “fan” of something often earns people mixed responses depending on the subject of their devoted following. The more one’s object of choice strays from the mainstream, the lower one exists on the fan hierarchy. If the masses find the fan subject matter to exist on the cultural periphery, fans are often quite ridiculed. This has historically been the case for soap opera fans. What is often overlooked, however, is the utility of …


Twilight Follows Tradition: Analyzing "Biting" Critiques Of Vampire Narratives For Their Portrayals Of Gender & Sexuality, Melissa R. Ames Jan 2010

Twilight Follows Tradition: Analyzing "Biting" Critiques Of Vampire Narratives For Their Portrayals Of Gender & Sexuality, Melissa R. Ames

Melissa A. Ames

Vampires have dominated print literature since the 18th century, eventually becoming more visible as they crossed mediated boundaries and genre divides. Now flourishing in neo-gothic realms like science fiction and fantasy, in print genres like chick-lit and young adult, and in the visual realm (from Hollywood’s big screen to daytime television’s sudsy small screen), vampire narratives are finding increased popularity. Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series has shined a new spotlight on the all-encompassing umbrella genre that is “vamp lit,” and with it has come renewed attention to the so-called anti-feminist messages present in such narratives, such as the perceived negative characterization …


A Review Of "Labor And Writing In Early Modern England, 1567-1667" By Laurie Ellinghausen, Julie Campbell Jan 2010

A Review Of "Labor And Writing In Early Modern England, 1567-1667" By Laurie Ellinghausen, Julie Campbell

Julie Campbell

No abstract provided.


Writing Renaissance Emblems: Flaming And Tortured Hearts In The First Part Of The Countess Of Montgomery's Urania, Julie Campbell Jan 2010

Writing Renaissance Emblems: Flaming And Tortured Hearts In The First Part Of The Countess Of Montgomery's Urania, Julie Campbell

Julie Campbell

No abstract provided.


Vamping Up Sex: Audience, Age, & Portrayals Of Sexuality In Vampire Narratives, Melissa R. Ames Jan 2010

Vamping Up Sex: Audience, Age, & Portrayals Of Sexuality In Vampire Narratives, Melissa R. Ames

Melissa A. Ames

No abstract provided.


Field Marshal Harold Alexander: A Selected And Annotated Bibliography, Bradley P. Tolppanen Jan 2010

Field Marshal Harold Alexander: A Selected And Annotated Bibliography, Bradley P. Tolppanen

Bradley P. Tolppanen

No abstract provided.