Queer Appalachia: Toward Geographies Of Possibility,
2010
University of Kentucky
Queer Appalachia: Toward Geographies Of Possibility, Mathias J. Detamore
University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations
Stereotypes about Appalachia abound through dubious and reductive representations of the ‘hillbilly’ icon. Sexuality and how it functions in Appalachia is usually cast from the outside as wild, violent, bestial, incestuous and generally base. Movies such as Deliverance and television shows such as The Beverly Hillbillies and The Dukes of Hazard render images of Appalachian sexuality as hyper-sexual, both naive and violent. These images of Appalachian sexual ignorance and violence that permeate popular culture have had problematic and reductive implications for rural gay/trans Appalachian folk. Mainstream gay culture has often used the perceived meanings of these images to circumscribe and …
My Name And My Face,
2010
CUNY Graduate Center
Identifying The Relationship Between Network Governance And Community Action Program Participation,
2010
Walden University
Identifying The Relationship Between Network Governance And Community Action Program Participation, Angelique M. Goliday
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The relevant literature consistently suggests that understanding citizen participation in community action programs is needed to maximize network governance efforts. Yet, there is no empirical evidence demonstrating a relationship between levels of network governance (NG) and citizen participation rates. The purpose of this study was to determine the degree to which levels of NG is correlated with levels of citizen participation in community action agency (CAA) programs, and whether variations in NG or variations over time in average income level is more strongly related to participation. The research was guided by the integrative model of democracy, which emphasizes citizen participation …
Forget Burial: Illness, Narrative, And The Reclamation Of Disease,
2010
CUNY Graduate Center
Forget Burial: Illness, Narrative, And The Reclamation Of Disease, Marty Melissa Fink
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
Through a theoretical and archival analysis of HIV/AIDS literature, this dissertation argues that the AIDS crisis is not an isolated incident that is now "over," but a striking culmination of a long history of understanding illness through narratives of queer sexual decline and national outsiderhood. Literary representations of HIV/AIDS can be read as a means of resistance to the stigmatization of people of color, women, immigrants, and queers, debunking the narratives that vilify these subjects as threats to national security and health. In drawing connections between illness, history, and the African diaspora, my work adopts a queer theoretical approach to …
