Politics Of Affect, Object-Oriented-Ontology, And Multitudes In "The Monk" And "Obi",
2016
University at Albany, State University of New York
Politics Of Affect, Object-Oriented-Ontology, And Multitudes In "The Monk" And "Obi", Caitlin Elizabeth Scheufler
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
This thesis will examine the potential viability of a “politics of affect”. The analysis will begin by evaluating Spinoza’s theory of affect and its connection to object-oriented-ontology and quasi-objects. This will include a discussion of Spinoza’s specific brand of “affect” and its ability to influence politics. This paper will also address the theory of Bruno Latour, which utilizes Spinoza’s theory of bodies and affect while examining the political implications of Spinozist ideas. The goal of this analysis is to use a discussion of affect, quasi-objects, and object-oriented-ontology to delineate what exactly a politics of affect might be and how this …
I Think Sam Knows,
2016
University at Albany, State University of New York
I Think Sam Knows, Roger Walkup
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
This story is about Sam and Oran, who are two lower class people entering adulthood and gaining fiscal independence by working as cashiers at a large store. They are struggling to accept their respective childhoods and trying to make peace with the way people are or at least appear to be. They cope with the difficulties of their loneliness, limited resources and troublesome interactions with various meditative activities. Still, they cannot escape the tension between their internal and external environments
Reading Ruth Ozeki's All Over Creation Under The Logic Of Capitalism,
2016
University at Albany, State University of New York
Reading Ruth Ozeki's All Over Creation Under The Logic Of Capitalism, Sun Ju Kim Kim
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
This thesis understands Ruth Ozeki’s novel, All Over Creation in the context of the capitalist system of production pulling non-commodified goods into it in search for profit. This thesis offers the naturalization of nature given as “gift” by God that we can see through the character of Lloyd Fuller, and the political/ethical orientation of ecological movement evident in the Seeds of Resistance. I consider these to be problematic approaches to food and agricultural industries since this roundabout rhetoric impedes readers from seeing through the fundamental problem structuring food production. Focusing the author’s ecological and political imagination, I argue that Ozeki …
I, The Unreliable, Rigoberta Menchu,
2016
Illinois Wesleyan University
I, The Unreliable, Rigoberta Menchu, Rebecca Anderson '19
Outstanding Gateway Papers
There have been many discrepancies regarding the credibility of the book I, Rigoberta Menchu. In the so-called “autobiography” Menchu describes the mass destruction, misery, violence, and oppression towards the indigenous Guatemalan people during the Guatemalan civil war. However, according to research done by anthropologist David Stoll, there is an abundance of inconsistencies and exaggerations in this story. Due to the potential that there are skewed facts and false accounts, this book should not be entered into evidence for the Guatemalan Commission for Historical Health (GCHH). Menchu’s book contains very questionable truths not only about the book’s facts, but about …
Captain Ahab And Her Crew,
2016
Illinois Wesleyan University
Captain Ahab And Her Crew, Abigail Kauerauf '19
Outstanding Gateway Papers
In One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, the novel’s anti-hero R.P. McMurphy unexpectedly parallels Moby Dick. In the infamous Melville classic, Moby Dick bites off the leg of Captain Ahab. Ahab thusly convinces his crew to join him in a revenge-filled quest to kill the white whale. The life of R. P. McMurphy presents a similar journey. While McMurphy attempts to restore the masculinity of the men on the ward so the men can live freely as they once had before the women’s liberation movement, women such as Nurse Ratched endeavor to hunt down these men and emasculate …
Contrasting Biblical Themes In The Novel And Film One Flew Over The Cuckoo’S Nest,
2016
Illinois Wesleyan University
Contrasting Biblical Themes In The Novel And Film One Flew Over The Cuckoo’S Nest, Madeline Gibson '19
Outstanding Gateway Papers
In the beginning of the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Chief Bromden and his fellow patients in the psychiatric ward of the hospital are confined in a strict environment, subject to the cruel decisions of those in control, and convinced that there is no way to escape. Renewed hope for the patients comes in the form of the newly-admitted Randle McMurphy, who serves as an advocate for the overthrow of the authoritative forces controlling the ward, specifically Nurse Ratched. As savior of the ward, McMurphy frees the patients from oppression and helps them rediscover their strengths. Clear …
Partnering Is Such Sweet Sorrow: Establishing Campus And Community Collaboration To Host William Shakespeare’S First Folio At Kansas State University.,
2016
Kansas State University
Partnering Is Such Sweet Sorrow: Establishing Campus And Community Collaboration To Host William Shakespeare’S First Folio At Kansas State University., Casey 'D Hoeve
Collaborative Librarianship
Between October 2014 and February 2016, Kansas State University partnered with academic, Manhattan city community, and local business organizations to host an exhibit displaying William Shakespeare’s First Folio. University and community organization came together to collaborate and host over 14 programs showcasing the works of William Shakespeare, along with providing educational lectures to the community regarding Shakespeare and his contemporaries. The Libraries were able to secure funding to obtain modern Shakespeare materials, filling in critical humanities collection gaps, along with illustrating modern adaptions of Shakespeare’s works to students. The exhibit was a resounding success, attracting more than 4,000 attendees and …
A Minor History Of Photography,
2016
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Evidence,
2016
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Pastoral,
2016
University of Alabama at Birmingham
With This Spider I Do Thee Wed,
2016
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Vespers,
2016
University of Alabama at Birmingham
They Stopped,
2016
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Maybe Time Meant To Tell Us,
2016
University of Alabama at Birmingham
My Youngest Daughter Brings Me Daisies And Bits Of Plastic Trash,
2016
University of Alabama at Birmingham
My Youngest Daughter Brings Me Daisies And Bits Of Plastic Trash, Sean Thomas Dougherty
Birmingham Poetry Review
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Another Picture Of The Future,
2016
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Saint Columbia In Old Age,
2016
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Mea Maxima Culpa,
2016
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Postcards From The Tokaido Road,
2016
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Indexia In The Dark,
2016
University of Alabama at Birmingham
