Riffing On The Past: Jazz And Signifying In Ishmael Reed’S Mumbo Jumbo,
2014
University at Albany, State University of New York
Riffing On The Past: Jazz And Signifying In Ishmael Reed’S Mumbo Jumbo, Kevin Wheeler
English
Jazz. A word that today signifies cool cats in dark sunglasses and black turtlenecks, a word that brings to mind the—predominantly white—big bands of World War yore, or that singular, immediately recognizable rasp of Louis Armstrong. It’s a word that reminds one of names like Miles, Coltrane and Coleman. Maybe even a man whose last name, for most intents and purposes, is the letter G. Many, however, do not associate jazz with racism, repression, and, perhaps most surprising, a disease that renders its victims hysteric and prone to fits of dance. But if they were to read either Ishmael Reed’s …
Breaking Bad: On The Western Genre And Audience Reception,
2014
University at Albany, State University of New York
Breaking Bad: On The Western Genre And Audience Reception, Marisa Mazart
English
“Breaking Bad: on the Western Genre and Audience Reception” examines the recent TV series Breaking Bad making use of cultural scholar Stuart Hall’s encoding and decoding theories in order to better understand what meaning is imbued into the series and what meaning is extracted by the audiences. By treating Breaking Bad as a cultural artifact moving across what Hall defines as the parts of the circuit of culture – production, identification, representation, consumption and regulation – I will be able to answer the question of why the show is so popular and to consider the significance of that popularity. While …
The Isolated Self: A Re-Imaging Of The Individual In Mary Shelley’S Frankenstein And Mamoru Oshii’S Ghost In The Shell,
2014
University at Albany, State University of New York
The Isolated Self: A Re-Imaging Of The Individual In Mary Shelley’S Frankenstein And Mamoru Oshii’S Ghost In The Shell, Emily Wierzbowski
English
Mary Shelley’s 1818 Frankenstein and Mamoru Oshii’s Ghost in the Shell films (1995 and 2004) were both created in times of great upheaval in scientific communities, and show that the further away we get from the organic body, the harder it becomes to articulate what is specifically human through dualisms. Shelley was writing during a period of secularization. Human identity and relations were no longer strictly based on one’s relationship to God or one’s family’s standing. Oshii’s work comes in the midst of the arrival of the new digital age. Medical enhancements and the proliferation of communication technologies such as …
Imperial Masculinities From Late Victorianism To Early Global Modernism.,
2014
University of Louisville
Imperial Masculinities From Late Victorianism To Early Global Modernism., Michael Anthony Phillips
College of Arts & Sciences Senior Theses
No abstract provided.
The Evolution Of The Legend Of King Arthur,
2014
Syracuse University
The Evolution Of The Legend Of King Arthur, Krista Dayle Staropoli
Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All
In all versions of Arthurian legend, the content, while encompassing adventure, magic and politics, is mainly focused on the nature of human relationships. These relationships are nearly always complex and emotional, intended to elicit certain reactions from the audience. The reactions to Arthurian legend depend on the relationship being explored; for example, when explaining a story about knighthood, the author hopes to impress upon the audience the importance and admiration of chivalry, duty and honor. Whereas, when explaining a story about the love triangle of Guinevere, Arthur and Lancelot, the intent is not only to tell a captivating and enthralling …
Detection Methods For Small Analytes: Improvement Of Novel Spr Technology Detection Of Toxins And Toxicants,
2014
University of Connecticut - Storrs
Detection Methods For Small Analytes: Improvement Of Novel Spr Technology Detection Of Toxins And Toxicants, William B. Ollayos
Honors Scholar Theses
Humans are exposed to a variety of toxic substances in their day-to-day activities that may have adverse health effects if not properly identified. An integrated dual-mode instrument that combines grating-coupled surface plasmon resonance (GCSPR) and grating-coupled surface plasmon coupled emissions (GCSPCE) should allow for the efficient detection of toxic analytes in a high-content system using gold-coated superparamagnetic nanobeads. The goal of this study is to validate the binding characteristics of the reagents intrinsic to this innovative assay methodology. Competition enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) and surface plasmon resonance (SPR) assays were conducted on NNK toxicants and SEB toxins, which were the …
“Could Fulfillment Ever Be Felt As Deeply As Loss?”: A Postcolonial Examination Of The West’S Influence On India As Reflected By Kiran Desai’S Portrayal Of Twentieth Century Female Education In The Inheritance Of Loss,
2014
Trinity University
“Could Fulfillment Ever Be Felt As Deeply As Loss?”: A Postcolonial Examination Of The West’S Influence On India As Reflected By Kiran Desai’S Portrayal Of Twentieth Century Female Education In The Inheritance Of Loss, Ambreen Hooda
English Honors Theses
Drawing upon cultural, historical, and postcolonial methods, I analyze how Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss reflects twentieth century India, an India heavily influenced by the West. This analysis seeks to answer questions the effects of colonization and whether or not the formal education the main female character inherits is worth what she loses in the process. One of the two main storylines in Desai’s novel focuses on Sai, an educated teenage girl in Kalimpong, India. Buried within the flashbacks of her story is that of Bela “Nimi” Patel’s, Sai’s grandmother. Shortly after Nimi’s wedding, her husband, Jemubhai, leaves to …
Tough Talk: Books About Bullying,
2014
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Tough Talk: Books About Bullying, Pauline Skowron Schmidt, Jennifer Stuntz, Emilee Hussack
English Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Roundtable - Seamus Heaney: A Tribute,
2014
Bridgewater State University
Roundtable - Seamus Heaney: A Tribute, Ellen Scheible
Bridgewater Review
No abstract provided.
Alice Munro: An Appreciation,
2014
Bridgewater State University
Reflective Tales : Tracing Fairy Tales In Popular Culture Through The Depiction Of Maternity In Three “Snow White” Variants.,
2014
University of Louisville
Reflective Tales : Tracing Fairy Tales In Popular Culture Through The Depiction Of Maternity In Three “Snow White” Variants., Alexandra O'Keefe
College of Arts & Sciences Senior Theses
No abstract provided.
From Hip To Hypocrisy : An Exploration Of The Hipster And The Cooptation Of Style.,
2014
University of Louisville
From Hip To Hypocrisy : An Exploration Of The Hipster And The Cooptation Of Style., Melissa Rothman
College of Arts & Sciences Senior Theses
No abstract provided.
Concealment And Construction Of Knightly Identity In Chretien's Romances And Malory's Le Morte Darthur.,
2014
University of Louisville
Concealment And Construction Of Knightly Identity In Chretien's Romances And Malory's Le Morte Darthur., Taylor Lee Gathof
College of Arts & Sciences Senior Theses
No abstract provided.
Some Place To Be That's Not On The Map : Chuck Palahniuk's Demarginalization Of The Gothic Monster.,
2014
University of Louisville
Some Place To Be That's Not On The Map : Chuck Palahniuk's Demarginalization Of The Gothic Monster., Morgan Blair
College of Arts & Sciences Senior Theses
No abstract provided.
Making Sense Of Mina: Stoker's Vampirization Of The Victorian Woman In Dracula,
2014
Trinity University
Making Sense Of Mina: Stoker's Vampirization Of The Victorian Woman In Dracula, Kathryn Boyd
English Honors Theses
This paper examines how Bram Stoker absorbs and adapts the literary depiction of the Victorian woman in Wilkie Collin's novel The Woman in White to create the modern woman of Mina. She herself is like a vampire - an enhanced version of the traditional woman, she appears to be Victorian on the outside and acknowledges the social rules of decorum, but she is so much more. Mina transcends social constraints and makes herself a dangerous force for good, the true opposite to the evil vampire Count Dracula, all the while seeming a traditional woman in the midst of a society …
2014 Forces,
2014
Collin College
Through The Eyes Of The Present: Screening The Male Homoerotics Of Shakespearean Drama In Anglophone Cinema, 1936-2011,
2014
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Through The Eyes Of The Present: Screening The Male Homoerotics Of Shakespearean Drama In Anglophone Cinema, 1936-2011, Anthony Guy Patricia
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
This is an analysis of representations of male homoeroticism in Anglophone Shakespeare film. Using the strategies made available by close reading, gay and lesbian studies, queer theory, and presentism, critical attention is directed to a corpus of fourteen movies, ranging from Max Reinhardt and William Dieterle's 1936 production ofA Midsummer Night's DreamPrivate Romeo, Alan Brown's 2011 homoerotic appropriation ofRomeo and Juliet. The overall purpose of the project is both to map and to interpret how Anglophone filmmakers have dealt with - or not dealt with, as the case may be - the male homoerotic elements Shakespeare wove into the textual …
Midwife, Young Maiden, And Physician: Image And Authority In Karen Cushman's Female Healers,
2014
Utah State University
Midwife, Young Maiden, And Physician: Image And Authority In Karen Cushman's Female Healers, Angela C. Turnbow
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
This study focuses on the characterization of Cushman’s healers in her three medieval novels The Midwife’s Apprentice; Catherine, Called Birdy; and Matilda Bone. I specifically look at the physical descriptions, medical practices, and the healer’s role within the community as an accepted medical authority. Cushman’s portrayals illuminate the different locations and situations in which women practiced medicine during the Middle Ages, thus she presents more historically accurate portrayals of female healers.
The significance of this project is that Cushman challenges the stereotype of the isolated and disfigured old crone that has been, perhaps inadvertently, perpetuated by authors and …
‘My Freedom Is A Privilege Which Nothing Else Can Equal’: The Life And Writings Of Venture Smith And Phillis Wheatley, American Slaves,
2014
University of Southern Mississippi
‘My Freedom Is A Privilege Which Nothing Else Can Equal’: The Life And Writings Of Venture Smith And Phillis Wheatley, American Slaves, Donald Holmes Ii
Honors Theses
Slavery in the United States was an evolving institution that lasted nearly 400 years. To understand the colonial era of slavery within the United States, I examine the life and times of Venture Smith, as documented in his autobiography, A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, A Native of Africa (1798), and that of Phillis Wheatley using The Collected Works of Phillis Wheatley (1988). Both Smith and Wheatley were African-born slaves brought to America during the eighteenth century. In Smith’s narrative, he concludes by proclaiming “my freedom is a privilege which nothing else can equal” (31). This statement …
Don’T You Be Telling Me How Tah Talk: Education, Ebonics, And Code-Switching,
2014
University of Southern Mississippi
Don’T You Be Telling Me How Tah Talk: Education, Ebonics, And Code-Switching, Laquita N. Gresham
Honors Theses
Ebonics, currently referred to as African-American English (AAE), is a highly-controversial topic inside and outside of the classroom. Many educators, scholars, and legislators debate how teachers should approach students who speak AAE and how they can fill the gap between African-American English and Standard English in a way that disbands the dialectal prejudices that may exist. This thesis focuses on code-switching as a pedagogical tool to help teachers instruct Black students in mastering Standard English on a proficient level, particularly Black students who speak AAE. This study explores current problems and practices in the way that English teachers approach AAE …
