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“My God! If Only I Could Get Out Of Here!” The Construction Of “White Slavery” As A Social Problem In Progressive-Era Chicago, Mandy J. Swygart-Hobaugh M.L.S., Ph.D. Apr 2013

“My God! If Only I Could Get Out Of Here!” The Construction Of “White Slavery” As A Social Problem In Progressive-Era Chicago, Mandy J. Swygart-Hobaugh M.L.S., Ph.D.

University Library Faculty Presentations

This paper presentation draws from my dissertation research, in which I examined how Progressive-Era Chicago social reformers constructed prostitution as a social problem. I specifically discuss the rhetorical persuasiveness of the “white slavery” construction, which is primarily examined in Chapter 3 of my dissertation.


“She Would Have Said Please Stop”: The Complexity Of Consent, Amy Gregg, Hina Ahmed Mar 2013

“She Would Have Said Please Stop”: The Complexity Of Consent, Amy Gregg, Hina Ahmed

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

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Getting Your Bloke On: Gender Issues In The Reality Competition 'I Will Survive', Frank Miller Jan 2013

Getting Your Bloke On: Gender Issues In The Reality Competition 'I Will Survive', Frank Miller

Communication Faculty Publications

The Australian reality competition "I Will Survive" set out to find a cast replacement for the leading role in the Broadway production of "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert." The stage version closed halfway through production the series, forcing a repositioning of the competition as the search to find "Australia's next triple threat." Even when the main prize was a role as a drag queen, however, the series presented a heterocentric approach to gender that treated drag less as a means of personal expression than as a part in a play that just happened to be about two gay men and …