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Institutionalism To Contextualism : Modifying The Institutional Theory Of Art Into A Historical/Cultural Contextualist Account., Stephanie Ann Coffman Dec 2012

Institutionalism To Contextualism : Modifying The Institutional Theory Of Art Into A Historical/Cultural Contextualist Account., Stephanie Ann Coffman

College of Arts & Sciences Senior Honors Theses

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The Hidden Help : Black Domestic Workers In The Civil Rights Movement., Trena Easley Armstrong Nov 2012

The Hidden Help : Black Domestic Workers In The Civil Rights Movement., Trena Easley Armstrong

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

During the 1960's, nearly ninety percent of black women in the South worked as domestic servants. While much has been written depicting the dehumanizing and exploitative conditions in which they lived, their contributions to human rights garnered from their subtle acts of resistance and specifically, their involvement in the Civil Rights Movement, has either been undocumented or documented quite minimally. Despite their historical roles and socioeconomic disadvantages, their reach for human agency was beneficial to society. This thesis examines their labor as domestic workers and their participation in the Civil Rights Movement using the qualitative research method of interviews and …


Review Of "Jews In The Early Modern Imagination: A Scattered Nation", S. Matthew Biberman Oct 2012

Review Of "Jews In The Early Modern Imagination: A Scattered Nation", S. Matthew Biberman

Faculty Scholarship

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Wim Klooster, Gert Oostindie (Eds.), Curaçao In The Age Of Revolutions, 1795-1800, Charlton W. Yingling Oct 2012

Wim Klooster, Gert Oostindie (Eds.), Curaçao In The Age Of Revolutions, 1795-1800, Charlton W. Yingling

Faculty Scholarship

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Prisoners Teaching Esl: A Learning Community Among “Language Partners”, Andrea R. Olinger, Hugh Bishop, Jose R. Cabrales, Rebecca Ginsburg, Joseph L. Mapp, Orlando Mayorga, Erick Nava, Elfego Nunez, Otilio Rosas, Andre D. Slater, Luann Sorenson, Jim Sosnowski, Agustin Torres Sep 2012

Prisoners Teaching Esl: A Learning Community Among “Language Partners”, Andrea R. Olinger, Hugh Bishop, Jose R. Cabrales, Rebecca Ginsburg, Joseph L. Mapp, Orlando Mayorga, Erick Nava, Elfego Nunez, Otilio Rosas, Andre D. Slater, Luann Sorenson, Jim Sosnowski, Agustin Torres

Faculty Scholarship

A program in which prisoners teach ESL classes, supported by volunteer teacher-trainers, is a learning community with immense and sometimes unforeseen value.


The Foundational Structures Behind Star Wars., Aaron Nusz Aug 2012

The Foundational Structures Behind Star Wars., Aaron Nusz

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The Star Wars franchise is one of the most successful film series of all time. The original three movies, along with the more recent three prequels, serve as the foundation to a vast empire of Star Wars television shows, action figures, comic books, and novels. Millions of people have already been exposed to these films, and millions more will be exposed to it in the future. With such a vast amount of people which continue to view these movies, it is easy to understand the impact Star Wars has had on our culture. But how did creator George Lucas sculpt …


Maidens, Matrons, And Magicians : Women And Personal Ritual Power In Late Antique Egypt., Meghan Paalz Mcginnis May 2012

Maidens, Matrons, And Magicians : Women And Personal Ritual Power In Late Antique Egypt., Meghan Paalz Mcginnis

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Utilizing an interdisciplinary approach to a variety of material, textual, and literary evidence, the aim of this thesis is to shed light on the realities – rather than stereotypes -- of an important aspect of late ancient women’s experience: the use of ritual power. Patterns of gender differentiation in late antique Egyptian magic are investigated and shown to be connected to the particular aims to which numinous powers were employed, aims which were in turn bound up with the social roles expected of each sex. The majority of this study consists of a series of case studies of different types …


Developing Actor Expertise : The Presentation And Representation Of Man In Will Eno's The Flu Season., Conrad Harding Newman 1984- May 2012

Developing Actor Expertise : The Presentation And Representation Of Man In Will Eno's The Flu Season., Conrad Harding Newman 1984-

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis examines my work on the role of Man in the University of Louisville's 2011 production of Will Eno's The Flu Season directed by James Tompkins. It is composed of three primary chapters: rehearsal process, character development, and performance. The rehearsal chapter compares and contrasts my experiences working with Dr. Amy Steiger on Charles Mee's A Perfect Wedding and Professor James Tompkins on The Flu Season, highlighting the value of both collaborative and individual aspects in rehearsal. The styles of the directors are observed and discussed concerning their effect upon my acting process and development. In character development I …


Sir Gawain And The Green Knight And The History Of Medieval Rhetoric., Joseph Turner Apr 2012

Sir Gawain And The Green Knight And The History Of Medieval Rhetoric., Joseph Turner

Faculty Scholarship

During the Middle Ages, rhetoric and literature were thoroughly intertwined, whereas current notions of disciplinarity, in which literature and rhetoric are constructed as separate traditions, muddy our understanding of medieval practice. This essay reads Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, an anonymous fourteenth-century poem, as engaged in a Ciceronian debate over the ramifications of legislative rhetoric on civic decision-making. Because of the paucity of information on medieval rhetorical practice, it concludes, literature is a resource that illuminates this neglected and misunderstood historical period.