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Portraits With A Posthumous Voice: Reinforcing And Contesting Social Norms In The Heterotopic Museum And Cemetery, Matthew J. Crissey

Museum Studies Theses

Abstract

The following paper qualitatively analyzes and documents over 500 memorial-photographs/etched portraits on tombstones in ten Western New York cemeteries. This paper covers fourteen topics, ranging from religion to gang-violence. A juxtaposition of portraits exhibited within the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery with memorial-portraits on tombstones revealed heterotopic environments creating a public forum enabling the reinforcing or contestation of social ideologies. In other words, the author observed the similarities of identities and social norms publicly expressed on tombstones and gallery portraits.

A Social Constructionist approach enabled the study to examine how one social phenomenon contributes to the shaping of a culture. …

Love For Sale: Prostitution And The Building Of Buffalo, New York, 1820-1910, Rachel V. Nicolosi

The Exposition

Generally referred to as “the oldest profession in the world,” prostitution often earns nothing but derision when spoken about in mainstream media. Women who find themselves in this line of work are often thought to be classless, uneducated, and sexually promiscuous outside of their occupation, and are generally considered to be an example of morally unfit behavior. Despite evidence pointing otherwise, this view of prostitution is one which has unfortunately prevailed since the 1800s. On the American Frontier, prostitution was one of the only legal means a woman could survive, and in east coast cities like Buffalo, New York, one …

Newspaper Obituaries; Book 1 (E-H), Afro-American Historical Association Of The Niagara Frontier

Newspaper Obituaries, African Americans from WNY

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Newspaper Obituaries; Book 1 (T-Z), Afro-American Historical Association Of The Niagara Frontier

Newspaper Obituaries, African Americans from WNY

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Newspaper Obituaries; Book 1 (I-L), Afro-American Historical Association Of The Niagara Frontier

Newspaper Obituaries, African Americans from WNY

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Newspaper Obituaries; Book 1 (A-D), Afro-American Historical Association Of The Niagara Frontier

Newspaper Obituaries, African Americans from WNY

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Newspaper Obituaries; Book 1 (M-O), Afro-American Historical Association Of The Niagara Frontier

Newspaper Obituaries, African Americans from WNY

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Newspaper Obituaries; Book 1 (P-S), Afro-American Historical Association Of The Niagara Frontier

Newspaper Obituaries, African Americans from WNY

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Newspaper Obituaries; Book 2 (E-H), Afro-American Historical Association Of The Niagara Frontier

Newspaper Obituaries, African Americans from WNY

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Newspaper Obituaries; Book 2 (A-D), Afro-American Historical Association Of The Niagara Frontier

Newspaper Obituaries, African Americans from WNY

No abstract provided.

Newspaper Obituaries; Book 2 (I-L), Afro-American Historical Association Of The Niagara Frontier

Newspaper Obituaries, African Americans from WNY

No abstract provided.

Newspaper Obituaries; Book 2 (P-S), Afro-American Historical Association Of The Niagara Frontier

Newspaper Obituaries, African Americans from WNY

No abstract provided.

Newspaper Obituaries; Book 2 (T-Z), Afro-American Historical Association Of The Niagara Frontier

Newspaper Obituaries, African Americans from WNY

No abstract provided.

Newspaper Obituaries; Book 2 (M-O), Afro-American Historical Association Of The Niagara Frontier

Newspaper Obituaries, African Americans from WNY

No abstract provided.