California Grotesques: Torture, Fiction, And Ethnic Identity In John Fante's Ask The Dusk,
2013
Seton Hall University
California Grotesques: Torture, Fiction, And Ethnic Identity In John Fante's Ask The Dusk, Elizabeth Bracey
Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)
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Clogging The System,
2013
University of Northern Iowa
Clogging The System, Harrison Postler
Honors Program Theses
This thesis manifested itself in the form of a one-act play, which I wrote and directed at the University of Northern Iowa's Interpreters Theatre. The play is entitled "Clogging the System" and is a comedy with seven characters and one toilet, none of which were played by me. I endeavored to examine how shame functions within our society and how it is indoctrinated at a very young age by using toilets as a vehicle to explore shame based around bodily waste. Additionally, I have incorporated the burgeoning field of literature concerning how humans negotiate the taboo placed upon doing two …
Synesthetes, Or: Lazaro And The Apocalyptic Millennials,
2013
University of Texas at El Paso
Synesthetes, Or: Lazaro And The Apocalyptic Millennials, Fabian Molina
Open Access Theses & Dissertations
Lazaro and Co. around El Paso town.
Beat Consumption: The Challenge To Consumerism In Beat Literature,
2012
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Beat Consumption: The Challenge To Consumerism In Beat Literature, Amien Essif
Pursuit - The Journal of Undergraduate Research at The University of Tennessee
Critics of the Beat generation, from their contemporaries to the present day, often contend that the Beats’ opposition to consumer culture was superficial. Writers like Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs failed, according to these critics, to present a coherent and principled response to consumerism. This paper, however, argues that while in many ways the Beats continued to participate in consumer culture, they developed a distinct form of consumption—Beat consumption—which attempted to regain sovereignty for the Beat consumer. Through an analysis of Kerouac’s The Dharma Bums and On the Road as well as several of Ginsberg’s seminal works, …
“Man’S Country. Out Where The West Begins”: Women, The American Dream, And The West In Joan Didion’S Slouching Towards Bethlehem,
2012
LSU New Orleans
“Man’S Country. Out Where The West Begins”: Women, The American Dream, And The West In Joan Didion’S Slouching Towards Bethlehem, Coleen Maidlow
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
This paper examines the feminist perspective in Didion’s collection of essays Slouching Towards Bethlehem. Throughout the text, Didion looks closely at the West and the changing social climate which surrounds her. Her essays chronicle women struggling to find a balance between the domestic and independence promised by myth the West. I analyze how women are granted only limited participation within the American Dream because of the masculine power structures which dominate our society. As the values of the American Dream shift, the women that Didion depicts attempt to find identity and independence despite the restrictive forces around them.
Risk Characteristics Of Healthcare Workers That Decline Voluntary Influenza Vaccination,
2012
Indiana State University
Risk Characteristics Of Healthcare Workers That Decline Voluntary Influenza Vaccination, Caroline Epler
All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Cultural Intelligence In Foreign Language Classes,
2012
Indiana State University
Cultural Intelligence In Foreign Language Classes, Daniela Báez
All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
From Future Homemaker Of America To The Lesbian Continuum: The Queering Of Mary Ann Singletone In Armistead Maupin's Tales,
2012
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
From Future Homemaker Of America To The Lesbian Continuum: The Queering Of Mary Ann Singletone In Armistead Maupin's Tales, Sara Katherine White
Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations
Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City is a turning point in homosexual literature in twentieth century America. This paper mainly examines the character of Mary Ann Singleton and the "queering" of her character. The writings of Michael Foucault, Judith Butlter, Adrienne Rich, Eve K. Sedgewich, and Simone de Beauvoir are vital in understanding how a straight woman journeys onto the lesbian continuum as a revolt against gender roles (defined by Butler and Beauvoir) and as a result of her friendship with Michael Tolliver. Michael's character provides a discourse (as defined by Foucault) on homosexuality and through this discourse, he provides …
Assessing Risk Of Violence In Caucasian And African-American Male Forensic Patients,
2012
Indiana State University
Assessing Risk Of Violence In Caucasian And African-American Male Forensic Patients, Brandy Lynn Herriott
All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Assessment Of Health-Related Quality Of Life (Hrqol) In A Sample Of Children Referred For An Adhd Evaluation,
2012
Indiana State University
Assessment Of Health-Related Quality Of Life (Hrqol) In A Sample Of Children Referred For An Adhd Evaluation, Maria Riccardi
All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Remote Sensing Of Tanzanian Volcano Oldoinyo Lengai: Verifying Detection Methods Of Flow Activity,
2012
Indiana State University
Remote Sensing Of Tanzanian Volcano Oldoinyo Lengai: Verifying Detection Methods Of Flow Activity, Scott Richard Frystak
All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
The Rebound Effect: The Use Of Short-Term Mating Strategies After The Dissolution Of A Significant, Loving Relationship,
2012
Indiana State University
The Rebound Effect: The Use Of Short-Term Mating Strategies After The Dissolution Of A Significant, Loving Relationship, Sarah L. Pierce
All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
The Development Of Attentional Skill In A Rapid Serial Visual Presentation Task: Effects Of Extended Practice On The ‘Attentional Blink’,
2012
Indiana State University
The Development Of Attentional Skill In A Rapid Serial Visual Presentation Task: Effects Of Extended Practice On The ‘Attentional Blink’, Greg Simmons
All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Race Bias In The Diagnosis Of Schizophrenia,
2012
Indiana State University
Race Bias In The Diagnosis Of Schizophrenia, Rose M. Fernandez
All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Traitorous Texting: Addressing The Methodological Issue Of Arousal In Romantic Jealousy Research,
2012
Indiana State University
Traitorous Texting: Addressing The Methodological Issue Of Arousal In Romantic Jealousy Research, Rachel Rasley
All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Spiritual Flow: The Influence Of Religious Experience On Psychological Well-Being,
2012
Indiana State University
Spiritual Flow: The Influence Of Religious Experience On Psychological Well-Being, Christian H. Monson
All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Demystifying The Cowboy Through His Song: How Cowboy Poetry And Music Create A Common Language Between Multiple-Use Conservationists And Forever-Wild Preservationists To Meet The Goals Of Sustainable Agriculture,
2012
Utah State University
Demystifying The Cowboy Through His Song: How Cowboy Poetry And Music Create A Common Language Between Multiple-Use Conservationists And Forever-Wild Preservationists To Meet The Goals Of Sustainable Agriculture, Kristin Y. Ladd, Roslynn Brain
English Faculty Publications
Though multiple-use conservationists (use the land for multiple purposes) and forever-wild preservationists (solely set aside land for non-human species) seem to be at odds, this article argues that key figures such as Gifford Pinchot and John Muir discredit this perceived discordance. As well, it probes into the unexplored arena of cowboy music gatherings as productive places for cooperation between the two groups. First, mystique of the cowboy is examined and unraveled through true stories of cowboy-environmentalist collaboration. The article addresses how cowboy poetry festivals function as entertainment and meeting places to support sustainable behavior through communitybased social marketing techniques.
Material Memory: Willa Cather, “My First Novels [There Were Two]”, And The Colophon: A Book Collector’S Quarterly,
2012
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Material Memory: Willa Cather, “My First Novels [There Were Two]”, And The Colophon: A Book Collector’S Quarterly, Matthew J. Lavin
Digital Initiatives and Special Collections
Willa Cather's 1931 essay "My First Novels [There Were Two]" is an often-cited statement on place in the author's literary oeuvre. In the essay, Cather distances herself from her first novel 'Alexander's Bridge' (1912) and its imitative, Jamesian motifs and setting. Her second novel 'O Pioneers!', she writes, was a kind of second "first" novel, one written "entirely for myself" and preoccupied with the story of "Scandinavians and Bohemians who had been neighbors of ours when I lived on a ranch in Nebraska." As Merrill Maguire Skaggs, Robert Thacker and Emmy Stark Zitter have argued, "My First Novels [There Were …
The Strongest Wind,
2012
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
The Strongest Wind, Vinesh Kannan '15
2012 Fall Semester
The essence of the American Dream is that it promises those who embrace it a spirit of hope that they can become anything they wish, doctors, lawyers, mothers, volunteers, or even heroes. Just as these dreams are different, the way in which Americans embrace them is just diverse. When considering the conglomeration of identities in a society such as that of America, such differences can often be strange, unfamiliar, and even harsh from a new perspective. In her short story, “Rules of the Game,” Amy Tan, a writer of Asian descent herself, prompts her audience to ponder a new perspective, …
Significant Themes In 19th-Century Literature,
2012
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Significant Themes In 19th-Century Literature, Matthew L. Jockers, David Mimno
Department of English: Faculty Publications
External factors such as author gender, author nationality, and date of publication affect both the choice of literary themes in novels and the expression of those themes, but the extent of this association is difficult to quantify. In this work, we apply statistical methods to identify and extract hundreds of "topics" from a corpus of 3,346 works of 19th-century British, Irish, and American fiction. We use these topics as a measurable, data-driven proxy for literary themes. External factors may predict fluctuations in the use of themes and the individual word choices within themes. We use topics to measure the evidence …
